Cover: Bob Kane & Jerry Robinson & George Roussos

Detective Comics #54

Aug 1941 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“Hook Morgan and His Harbor Pirates”

In "Hook Morgan and His Harbor Pirates," a 1941 Detective Comics classic, Bruce Wayne’s keen eye spots a suspicious clue in a shop window—fabric linked to a theft that’s stirred up trouble along Gotham’s docks. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Bob Kane, with inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos, this early Batman tale unfolds with the Dark Knight diving into a web of maritime crime, where danger lurks in the shadows and every clue could be a trap. The cover by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, and George Roussos captures the tension perfectly.

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

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Full credits

writer Bill Finger

artist Bob Kane

inker Jerry Robinson

inker, letterer George Roussos

cover pencils Bob Kane

cover inks Jerry Robinson

cover inks George Roussos

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When Linda is told that harbor pirates have absconded with special cloth she had ordered, and Bruce notices that cloth is in the window of a store, the Batman takes over to to get to the bottom of the mystery, nearly losing his life in the process.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).