Cover: Sheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #246

Aug 1957 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“Murder at Mystery Castle”

In "Murder at Mystery Castle," Batman and Robin are drawn into a deadly puzzle when the reclusive John Barham is found dead in his meticulously reconstructed European castle—now standing in the American countryside. With Sheldon Moldoff’s sharp art and Bill Finger’s tight plotting, this 1957 tale unfolds like a classic whodunit, where every clue hides a trap and the line between guest and killer blurs. Cover by Sheldon Moldoff.

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writer Bill Finger · artist Sheldon Moldoff · inker Charles Paris · letterer Pat Gordon · cover Sheldon Moldoff

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Full credits

writer Bill Finger

artist Sheldon Moldoff

inker Charles Paris

letterer Pat Gordon

cover pencils, inks Sheldon Moldoff

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The murder of John Barham in his own castle that he had dis-assembled in Europe and re-built in America draws the Caped Crusaders into a murder mystery that nearly costs them their lives.

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