DETECTIVE COMICS # 444 - 100 Page Giant! VG! BATMAN! Jan. 1974!! $12.00 obo!

DETECTIVE COMICS # 444 - 100 Page Giant! VG! BATMAN! Jan. 1974!! $12.00 obo!

This 100 page Special is in VG condition with All pages here and complete! Flat, Clean and Colorful, but general wear along the bottom of the book!

Batman stars in "Bat-Murderer!" by Writer Len Wein and everything else by Jim Aparo, as Commissioner Gordon asks Batman to find criminal Scrag Donovan and finds that Donovan has joined a mysterious gang lead by a woman, who is planning a big crime in Gotham! Batman infiltrates the gang by posing as one of the crooks and he joins them as they rob a Movie Premiere and steal valuable jewels from a famous Actress! In that moment, Batman learns that their leader is none other than Talia, the daughter of the criminal mastermind Ra's al Ghul!! Talia explains that she must escape for her Father's sake and she tosses her gun to Batman,..who catches the firearm and as Talia starts running away, Batman fires the gun in his hand and the bullet hits Talia, Killing her!! By the time Commissioner Gordon and the GCPD arrive at the scene, they find Batman holding her dead body! Afterwards, Commissioner Gordon commands that the Bat-Signal is never to be turned on again due to Batman being a Murderer...but Batman delivers Scrag Donovan to the police, true to his last promise!

"Dick Grayson, Detective!" stars Robin by David Vern Reed and Jim Mooney, reprinted from Star-Spangled Comics #111, as an aptitude test indicates Dick Grayson is meant to be a detective, but he must throw off the attention to keep his identity as Robin safe!

Star Hawkins is next in "The Case of the Martian Witness!" by John Broome, Mike Sekowsky and Bernie Sachs, as Private Investigator of the Future, Star Hawkins, is looking for work, hopefully to earn enough to get his robot secretary Ilda back from the pawn shop! He applies to a classified ad for a big paycheck on a job in the asteroid belt. After being hired Hawkins hops an astrobus to the planetoid Vesta. He finds only one place the kind of person Hawkins is looking for would hide out; the Red Jungle, full of weird, monstrous plants! Eventually Hawkins finds his quarry, the Martian Qar-Miq. He was a worker at a goldmine on the other side of Vesta that was robbed from its owner. Hawkins knocks him out and brings him back to testify for the crime. Having succeeded in his job, Hawkins buys Ilda back, but she suspects he might have to pawn her again the next time their money's tight!!

Manhunters Around the World: "The International Sky Police!" is by Leonard Starr, reprinted from Star-Spangled Comics #109, sees them taking on a group of Thugs!

Kid Eternity stars in "The Man Called Unknown!" by Al Bryant, as he takes on the mysterious Mr. Keeper and his stooges!

Roy Raymond: "The Good-Luck Prophet" is reprinted from Detective Comics #285, as he takes on Provo the Prophet!

Sierra Smith: "The Case of the Haunted Horse!" by Joe Millard and Penciler Alex Toth is reprinted from Dale Evans Comics #9, as he takes on some local toughs!

Gangbusters star in "Circus Beat", reprinted from Gang Busters #48, as they meet a Circus of Crime!

Finally, The Elongated Man and his Wife Sue Dibney star in "The Magical Mystery Mirror!" and is Mike W. Barr's first work!!

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