Title:

Detective Comics (1937)

Synopsis:
The prisoners on Lock-Up prison are starving. Bolton has been captured by the police and he refuses to tell them the location of his prison. Later that night, Lock-Up manages to escape and steals a police car to reach his prison and feed his prisoners.

Commissioner Gordon notifies Batman about Lock-Up’s escape and the vigilante starts a new plan with Robin and Nightwing to recapture him.

Batman devises a plan that involves three possible Lock-Up targets. Batman disguises himself as Matches Malone and infiltrates the gangster Vanya Triplet’s inner circle and expects that Lock-Up appears. Soon the goons suspect that Malone is wired and they take Malone to a car in order to finish him off in a quiet and dark place.

The second target is a child abductor and murderer named Jay Huffman. Nightwing is in charge of looking over that man. Everything seems quiet in the man’s apartment. Hoffman is cooking dinner and serves two plates. Nightwing then remembers that Hoffman lives alone. He enters the man’s apartment and discovers Hoffman has abducted another child. Nightwing puts the man down and rescues the kid; but there is no sign of Lock-Up.

The third target is Eldon Adams. Tim already knows the guy so he is sent to check over Adams’ turf. Tim disguises himself as a young delinquent named Alvin Draper. Tim tells Adams that he needs some weapons. When Adams is showing Tim his weapons, an armored car crushes the place. Adams runs away but Tim stays. He tries to radio Batman and Nightwing but his efforts are futile. Lock-Up is angry because his target escaped so he knocks out Tim and takes him as a ”consolation prize”.
Cover Date:
Jul 1996
Publisher:
DC (Detective Comics)
Barcode:
761941200194
Issue Number:
698
Month:
July
Year:
1996
Variant Number:
1
Printing:
69811
Country:
United States
Cover Price:
$1.95
Era:
Copper Age
Genre:
Superhero
Detective
Crime
Action/Adventure
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Language:
English
Type of Comic:
Trade Paperback
Characters:
Batman
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Date Added:
2018-07-02 22:10:23
Series:
Detective Comics (1937)
Story Arc:
The Tomb
Date Added:
2018-07-02 22:10:23
Created By:
Bob Kane
Bill Finger
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Writer:
Chuck Dixon
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Artist:
Graham Nolan
Bill Sienkiewicz
Patrick Martin
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Penciller:
Graham Nolan
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Inker:
Scott Hanna
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Colorist:
Gloria Vasquez
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Cover Artist:
Bill Sienkiewicz
Graham Nolan
Patrick Martin
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Letterer:
John Costanza
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Editor:
Scott Peterson
Darren Vincenzo
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