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Cover: Carmine Infantino & Joe Giella

Detective Comics #344

Oct 1965 · DC · 0.12 USD

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In "The Crime-Boss Who Was Always One Step Ahead of Batman!", Gardner Fox crafts a clever cat-and-mouse game as Johnny Witts outthinks Batman and Robin at every turn—only for the Dynamic Duo to finally close the net. Sheldon Moldoff’s expressive art, inked by Joe Giella and lettered by Gaspar Saladino, brings the tension to life, while Carmine Infantino’s cover captures the eerie precision of a mind always one step ahead.

Contains 3 stories

The Crime-Boss Who Was Always One Step Ahead of Batman!

13.34 pp · Superhero

Batman [Bruce Wayne]Robin [Dick Grayson]Johnny Witts (introduction, villain)

Peril in Paris!

9.67 pp · Superhero

Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]Sue Dibny

Untitled story

0.25 pp

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (VG) $11

CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $555*

CGC 9.4 · 4 in census $297

CGC 9.2 · 5 in census $165*

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CGC 8.5 · 9 in census $73

CGC 8.0 · 4 in census $59*

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CGC 7.5 · 2 in census $47*

CGC 7.0 · 4 in census $39*

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CGC 6.0 · 5 in census $29*

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CGC 5.0 · 4 in census $24

CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $20*

CGC 4.0 · 3 in census $20*

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CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $20*

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Full credits

writer Gardner Fox

artist Sheldon Moldoff

inker Joe Giella

letterer Gaspar Saladino

cover pencils Carmine Infantino

cover inks Joe Giella

Reprints

Reprinted in Mighty Comic #51 (1966), Batman Annual #[nn] (1970), Lynvingen Kjempe-album #[1971] (1971), Showcase Presents the Elongated Man #1 (2006), Showcase Presents: Batman #2 (2007), Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino #[nn] (2014), Läderlappen #4/1966

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