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Comics - Ongoing - Detective Comics - Issue #147

DETECTIVE COMICS #147
TITLE: Tiger Shark

COVER DATE: May, 1949

WRITER: Bill Finger
ARTIST: Dick Sprang
INKER: Charles Paris
EDITORS: Jack Schiff
COVER: Dick Sprang; Charles Paris

PRICE: $.10 U.S.

CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon

PLOT:
Batman and Robin match wits with an underwater villain known as the Tiger Shark. With the help of famed oceanographer Dr. Gaige, Batman constructs a Bat-submarine. Before construction is complete, he and Robin find Tiger Shark's underwater hide-out. However, they are caught in a bathysphere and presumed dead.

Batman and Robin are able to escape the bathysphere safely. Batman also allows the world to continue to believe that he is dead. He then goes after Tiger Shark in the new submarine.

When Tiger Shark sees the sub, he realizes that Batman is still alive. Batman and Robin apprehend the crook. Before unmasking his foe, Batman guesses that Tiger Shark must be Dr. Gaige, since he was the only one that knew about the submarine. Batman is correct, and Tiger Shark's criminal career is ended.

TITLE: Robot Town, U.S.A.

WRITER: Otto Binder
ARTIST: Jimmy Thompson
INKER: Jimmy Thompson
CHARACTERS: Robotman

PLOT:
Jonathan Barclay is an arrogant man who does not accept people from different backgrounds. When he sees Robotman capture two crooks, he calls Robotman a freak. Robotman counters by saying that in a town of robots, Barclay would be the freak.

Moments later, Barclay trips and strikes his head. He falls unconscious and dreams about Robot Town, a city inhabited only by robots. Robotman's statement proves true as the robots ridicule Barclay's humanity. When Barclay regains consciousness, he decides to be more respectful of other people's feelings.

TITLE: When Private Eyes Cross

WRITER: Unknown
ARTIST: Howard Sherman
INKER: Howard Sherman
CHARACTERS: Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan

PLOT:
After recovering stolen jewels from a recent case, Slam locks them in the office safe. He worries about the safety of the jewels, so he returns to the office and witnesses a man trying to steal them. He chases the man, then runs into Shorty. The jewels are recovered, but a diamond ring is missing.

Slam and Shorty suspect each other of the crime. They each hire a pair of detectives to follow ttheir partner. Still, suspicious Slam and Shorty return to the office again and see the hired detectives robbing their safe. They realize it was foolish to suspect each other and apprehend the crooked detectives.

TITLE: The Fight of the Century

WRITER: Unknown
ARTIST: Carmine Infantino
INKER: George Klein
CHARACTERS: Boy Commandos; Andre Chavard; Tex; Brooklyn

PLOT:
Rip Carter agrees to participate in an exhibition boxing match. Underworld czar Jeffrey Rheems wants Carter to throw the fight. When Rip refuses Rheems hires Shadow Barlowe, an assassin with a grudge against Carter, to kill him.

Barlowe hides in the stadium rafters with a rifle. When Rip appears to be winning the fight, Barlowe lines up a shot. However, a moth distracts him. The moth reminds him of a butterfly which tormented him while he was once trapped in the jungle. Barlowe begins shooting wildly and eventually falls to his demise.

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