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Comics - Ongoing - Detective Comics - Issue #242

DETECTIVE COMICS #242
COVER TAGLINE: None
COVER DATE: April, 1957
COVER: Sheldon Moldoff
PRICE: $.10 U.S.

TITLE: The Underworld Bat-Cave
STORY ARC: None

WRITER: Edmond Hamilton
ARTIST: Dick Sprang
INKER: Charles Paris
EDITORS: Jack Schiff

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

PLOT:
Criminal Brainy Walker appears to have discovered the Bat-Cave and planted a clue there. Batman discovers the clue and when Brainy is captured, he is forced to let the crook go. During the encounter, Robin accidentally blurts out the real location of the Bat-Cave. Brainy had not really discovered the cave, but Robin's words reveal it to him.

Brainy and his henchmen then arrive at the Bat-Cave only to discover it's full of fake trophies. Brainy believes Batman has tricked him and set up a false Bat-Cave. Batman then apprehends the crooks. Fortunately, though Brainy has really learned the location of the Bat-Cave, his disbelief means the secret is safe.

TITLE: The Man Who Could Make Money

WRITER: Jack Miller
ARTIST: Ruben Moreira
INKER: Ruben Moreira

CHARACTERS: Roy Raymond

PLOT:
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TITLE: The Thirty Fathom Sleuth

WRITER: Jack Miller
ARTIST: Joe Certa
INKER: Joe Certa
EDITORS: Jack Schiff

CHARACTERS: Martian Manhunter (J’onn J’onzz); Captain Harding

PLOT:
John Jones is weakened fighting a gasoline fire. Before he is fully recovered, John takes an assignment to recover stolen evidence from the bottom of the harbor. Criminal divers using acetylene torches try to destroy the evidence, and the fire from the torches further weakens Jones. He tries to put out the torches with a whirlpool and nearly dies trying. With his last bit of energy, John succeeds and the evidence is successfully recovered.

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