Detective Comics #172

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DC ⋅ 1951

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Issue Details

Publisher

DC

Writer

Bill Finger

Artist

Dick Sprang

Inker

Charles Paris

Cover Artist

Win Mortimer

Published

June 1951

Synopsis

THE OUTLAW WHO HAD NINE LIVES A man called Paul Gregorian is seen dying in a plane crash, but not long after this he appears again and this time he dies when he touches some high-tension wires at the Power Plant. Next, he is seeing jumping off a bridge to a certain death. However, no matter the situation, Gregorian always manages to survive and he is dubbed the man with nine lives. Batman and Robin investigate the case and they realize that Gregorian has been using magic tricks to fool everybody. At the same time, a notorious criminal learns the same fact and he recruits Gregorian for his gang in order to perform great crimes without being captured. At first the thugs succeed, but after Batman and Robin get on their trail, they are cornered and Gregorian tries to escape by jumping off a building. The criminals are captured and the man with nine lives dies instantly. THREE CLUES TO CRIME THE HUMAN CLOCK THE PHANTOM BRAVE

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