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Batman #165 (1964) · The Collector

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Batman (1940)
#165

DC Comics#165

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Batman #165

The Man Who Quit the Human Race! / The Dilemma of the Detective's Daughter

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: August 1964
On sale: Jun 11, 1964
Cover price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Credits

Writers: Gardner Fox, Ed Herron
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Joe Giella
Letterers: Joe Letterese, Gaspar Saladino

Sources

Grand Comics Database issue 18526

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When it is discovered that he is a mutant, Governor Warner agrees to step down from office and undergo an experiment that will allow him to quickly evolve. He does, and he becomes an entirely new species with contempt for the human race.

Covers

Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella

Editor

Julius Schwartz

Cover letters

Ira Schnapp

Characters

Batman
Commissioner James Gordon
gang of hi-jackers
Governor Andrew Warner
Lt. Detective Mike Powell
Patricia Powell
Professor Ralph Smedley
Robin
two kidnappers

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