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"Batman: "The Toughest Cop in Gotham!"": Steve "Shotgun" Smith is known as the "toughest cop in Gotham" for his harsh methods against the Gotham pushers, but Batman suspects that he may be taking kickbacks. [[James Gordon (Earth-One)|Commi

Detective Comics #428 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1972.

Synopsis for Batman: "The Toughest Cop in Gotham!"

Steve "Shotgun" Smith is known as the "toughest cop in Gotham" for his harsh methods against the Gotham pushers, but Batman suspects that he may be taking kickbacks. Commissioner Gordon fears that Smith might take his methods too far and he asks Batman to keep a close eye on the detective.

While on the lookout for Smith, Batman helps him nab a gang of drug dealers and their stash of drugs, but the next day, Bruce Wayne notices that the evidence delivered to the police was missing one of the drug packages from the dealers. Batman assumes that Smith has taken the drugs and he follows the detective closely. Finally, after a whole day of tracking the man, Batman finds that Smith is in fact dealing with big time drug dealers and he tries to stop him, but Shotgun gets the upper hand in the fight and the crooks are convinced that Shotgun is on their side.

Smith is then taken to the crook's den, where he meets the leader of the gang and after the criminal boss has told Smith all the information necessary, Smith reveals that he has been recording everything and he attempts to round up the crooks. Unfortunately, the criminals bring Shotgun's daughter, Maryanne and they stop the tough cop from arresting them. At that moment, Batman appears on the scene and helps Shotgun against the thugs. After the crooks are captured, Batman and Shotgun exchange information and they realize that both have always trusted in each other's righteousness and eventually, that proved to be the secret to their success.

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  • Wheel (Single appearance; dies)

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  • Maryanne Smith (First appearance)

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Synopsis for Hawkman: "The Invisible Thief of Bleakhill Manor!"

A thief menaces Bleakhill Manor, the manor houses a museum with rare historic artifacts displayed with weapons. The curator is stumped, because the thief steals the almost worthless weapons but leaves the priceless artworks, but Hawkman realizes the thief takes the antique weapons as a distraction and replaces the artworks with good fakes. He goes to battle the thief, but he needs to arm up, as the crook seems to have the same taste in armament as he is. Hawkman interrogates his old friend, Socrates the owl who leads him to the hideout, and after some fencing the Hawkman takes the crook into custody.

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  • a thief (Single appearance)

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  • Socrates (An Owl)

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