Detective Comics Vol 1 155

"Batman: "Bruce Wayne, Private Detective"": Vicki Vale is allowed to take pictures of the various trophies in the Batcave and after the session, she goes on a date with Bruce Wayne and challenges him to prove that he can be a good enough

Batman: "Bruce Wayne, Private Detective"
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Detective Comics Vol 1 #155
January, 1950
Executive Editor	Whitney Ellsworth
Cover Artists	Win Mortimer
Batman: "Bruce Wayne, Private Detective"
Pencilers	Bob Kane Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inkers	Charles Paris
Editors	Jack Schiff
Roy Raymond: "Mighty Maro -- the Man Who Reads Minds"
Pencilers	Dan Barry
Inkers	Dan Barry
The Andrews Raiders
Pencilers	Fred Ray
Inkers	Fred Ray
Pow-Wow Smith: "The Ranger From Red Deer Valley"
Writers	Don C. Cameron
Pencilers	Carmine Infantino
Previous Issue	Detective Comics # 154
Next Issue	Detective Comics # 156

Bruce, you're hopeless! Now take Batman... there's a man!

— Vicki Vale

Detective Comics #155 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1950.

Synopsis for Batman: "Bruce Wayne, Private Detective"

Vicki Vale is allowed to take pictures of the various trophies in the Batcave and after the session, she goes on a date with Bruce Wayne and challenges him to prove that he can be a good enough detective, just like Batman. Subsequently, Bruce gets a job as a private detective and he is involved in a series of investigations thanks to his public connection with Batman. However, a couple of thugs want to get one of Batman's trophies and they ask Bruce to retrieve it for them. This leads to a series of unfortunate events, endind with the capture of the criminals at the hands of Batman and Robin.

Vicki is surpised by Bruce's performance as a detective, but ironically, she tells him that he's not on the same level as Batman.

Appearing in Batman: "Bruce Wayne, Private Detective"

Featured Characters:

• Batman
• Robin

Supporting Characters:

• Vicki Vale

Antagonists:

• Tracks Carlin (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
• Mr. Tilley (Single appearance)
• Frank Kelcey (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Ed Wedge (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Gotham City
  • Wayne Manor
    • Batcave
  • Gotham Hospital

Items:

• Batrope
• Batsuit
  

Appearing in Roy Raymond: "Mighty Maro -- the Man Who Reads Minds"

Featured Characters:

• Roy Raymond

Supporting Characters:

• Karen Duncan

Antagonists:

• The Jade Gang (Single appearance)
  • Mason J. Feather (Jade King) (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Ali (Single appearance)
• Mighty Maro (Hadley Ellis) (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Metropolis
  

Synopsis for "The Andrews Raiders"

This story is reprinted from Real Fact Comics #5.

Appearing in "The Andrews Raiders"

• Appearances not yet listed
  

Appearing in Pow-Wow Smith: "The Ranger From Red Deer Valley"

Featured Characters:

• Pow-Wow Smith

Supporting Characters:

• Marpeetopa

Antagonists:

• The River Wolf (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Bob Murphy (Single appearance)
• Sioux Tribe

Locations:

• American Old West
  • Red Deer Valley

Notes

• Bruce Wayne, Private Detective is reprinted in Batman Archives Vol 8.

Trivia

• The Batman story has a reference to the late actor Humphrey Bogart.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Detective Comics series
• Images from Detective Comics Vol 1 155

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