Cover: Sheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #248

Oct 1957 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“Around the World in 8 Days”

In "Around the World in 8 Days," Batman and Robin race against the clock to recover a stolen experimental drug vital to saving a patient, with the stolen formula now scattered across global fences. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Dick Sprang, with inks by Charles Paris, this 1957 adventure sees the Dynamic Duo chasing leads from city to city in a globe-trotting chase. The cover, by Sheldon Moldoff, captures the urgency of the mission in bold, classic style.

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writer Bill Finger · artist Dick Sprang · inker Charles Paris · cover Sheldon Moldoff

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Cast · 5 characters

Batman Casey the Cop Dick Grayson Roy Raymond Warden Willis

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writer Bill Finger

artist Dick Sprang

inker Charles Paris

cover pencils, inks Sheldon Moldoff

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Bandits break into a hospital and steal an experimental new drug....the only one that will save a patient, and Batman & Robin only have a week to discover its location and get it back so that the man can be injected with it. To make matters worse, the loot from the crime has been broken up between "fences" all over the world!

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