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Cover: Bob Kane

Detective Comics #36

Feb 1940 · DC · 0.10 USD
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“Professor Hugo Strange”

In "Professor Hugo Strange," Batman confronts a chilling new foe whose sinister mind weaponizes a deadly fog to commit crimes under cover of darkness. Written by Bill Finger and brought to life by Bob Kane’s bold art and Jerry Robinson’s sharp inks, this early tale sees the Dark Knight unraveling a mystery tied to a fallen G-Man, facing both a clever adversary and a suffocating threat that blurs the line between truth and illusion. The cover by Bob Kane captures the eerie tension of the story in stark, iconic lines.

writer Bill Finger · artist, inker Bob Kane · artist, letterer Jerry Robinson · cover Bob Kane

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artist, inker Bob Kane
artist, letterer Jerry Robinson
cover pencils, inks Bob Kane

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After he witnesses the death of a G-Man and obtaining a clue as to the perpetrator, Hugo Strange, the Batman has to battle a deadly fog created by Strange that he uses to commit crimes.

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