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DETECTIVE COMICS # 441 - 100 Page Giant! FN! BATMAN! 1974!! $24.00! - $24 (Superior WI)
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This 100 page Special is in a solid FN condition with All pages here and complete! Flat, Clean and Colorful, but light general wear along the bottom of the book!
Batman stars in "Judgment Day!" by Archie Goodwin and Howard Chaykin, as Batman learns about the abduction of Robin, he goes to investigate and is lured into an abandoned house, where a mysterious man who calls himself the Judge has prepared several deadly traps for him! Batman is forced to elude the traps while trying to rescue Robin from one of these traps as well, but he is unable to reach the youngster as the Judge keeps him busy with his traps. Eventually, Batman learns that the Judge wants to make Batman pay for causing his daughter to turn blind after an accident a few years in the past...sadly the Judge's daughter becomes the first and last victim of these traps and the Judge allows Batman and Robin to take him to the authorities.
Plastic Man: "Woozy Winks – Wanted for Murder!" by Joe Millard and Jack Cole! from 1941 Plastic Man #3! When a gossip columnist begins writing malicious stuff about various public figures, he is promptly knocked off. On the list of suspects is Plas' pal Woozy. The two shake down the other suspects to try and clear Woozy's name!
The Case of the Prophetic Pictures!" by Bill Finger, Bob Kane & Jerry Robinson! From Detective Comics #42! Pierre Antal, a famous portrait artist and womanizing ne'er-do-well discovers that his paintings have been defaced or damaged. The subjects of the paintings are also dead...The day after each portrait is completed, each person is killed exactly in the manner their portrait predicts.To lure him out, Bruce Wayne has a painting done by Antal and sets up a dummy to fool the killer. In his mansion's study, Batman manages to detain and unmask the killer, who turns out to be Wylie, a financially-stressed socialite who was trying to raise the prices of his art collection via this elaborate and murderous ruse. Soon after being caught, Wylie commits suicide with his own handgun!
Ibis the Invincible in "Holocaust, God of Destruction" reprinted from Whiz Comics #95! In the middle of the night Ibis realizes there's an invisible intruder in his bedroom, who he reveals as a mystic maiden in Grecian garb. She and her sisters live in a magical realm where they guard the imprisoned god Holocaust. His horrific influence causes disasters on Earth whenever he manages to slip captivity, and she's come to Ibis for help as she's afraid Holocaust is about to do so again. Ibis flies with her to this magical realm and finds the horrific three-headed giant is indeed about to break loose! Ibis uses his wand to whistle up a new magic chain where all links are equally strong, thus saving the world!
Eclipso: "The Two Faces of Doom!" from House of Secrets #66. Professor Bennet engineers a special ray-gun to be used on Eclipso that will change him from evil to good. The device seems to work as the next time Dr. Bruce Gordon is transformed into the evil Eclipso, Mona shoots him with the ray-gun and his behavior does indeed seem to have changed...or has it?
Alias the Spider in "The Secret of Mouse Malone" has The Underworld's Nemesis The Spider taking on gangsters Mouse Malone,
Honest Abe Lavery and Slippery Joe! by the great Paul Gustavson!
Batman: "The Carbon Copy Crimes" by Bill Finger & Jim Mooney sees from Batman #38. When Batman and Robin finish a recording session on a radio station, they are summoned to the GCPD Headquarters where Commissioner Gordon informs them that a criminal has been replicating the Case of the Prophetic Murders, which had been solved by Batman several years ago! The killer has been following the exact same patterns of the previous crimes and the Dynamic Duo decide to use the same trick they used the first time to catch the killer. However, this time the killer is prepared and manages to capture Batman and Robin, taking them to his secret hideout as they learn that the killer is in fact a Psychologist who wants to test a theory and cause a mental breakdown in Batman! The Caped Crusader remembers his previous recording session and he takes off his mask, revealing himself as Bruce Wayne. The Psychologist is shocked, but Bruce explains that the real Batman is at the radio station, broadcasting live. When the killer listens to Batman's voice on the radio, he loses his mind and kills himself, just like the killer from the first case!
Manhunter: "Cathedral Perilous!" Manhunter and Christine St. Clair invade a cathedral in Istanbul. They confront the Council, gaining evidence that the organization was responsible for murdering one of their directors! by Archie Goodwin & Walt Simonson!
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