Detective Comics #433 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1973.
Synopsis for "Killer in the Smog!"
Batman and Commissioner Gordon try to uncover the mystery of a strangler who strikes during smoggy days, and throttles his victims with a yellow ascot. After finding three victims of the murderer, Batman and Commissioner Gordon conduct separate investigations in order to find the killer. Gordon manages to find a dead man, suspected of being the murderer, but Batman finds the real killer, who is not one person, but three men who conspired to help each other and eliminate their enemies.
Appearing in "Killer in the Smog!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Rick Manton (Single appearance)
- Clyde Wilson (Single appearance)
- James Corwin (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Patti Dalton (Single appearance; dies)
- Ben Milgrim (Appears only as a corpse)
- "Squeeze" Chapin (Appears only as a corpse)
- Boston Lions (Behind the scenes)
- Gotham Mets (Behind the scenes)
Locations:
- Gotham City
- Gotham City Police Headquarters
- Gotham Harbor
- Gotham Metrodome
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Case of the Forged Face!"
Jason Bard must track down the would-be assassin of a senator who has impersonated Bard in three cities.
Appearing in "The Case of the Forged Face!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Wilbur Holly (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Gotham's Mayor (Single appearance)
- Senator Townes (Single appearance)
- Nurse Tompkins (Single appearance)
- Larry (Single appearance)
Locations:
Trivia
- The plot of "Killer in the Smog" is reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith's novel Strangers on a Train, adapted to film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951.
- Mike W. Barr is on the letters page.