Detective Comics Vol 1, Issue #381

Newsstand Edition Release date: November 1968 Estimated grade VG (borderline VG- if you’re being cranky about the creasing). Solid 12-cent Silver Age reader with multiple color-breaking spine ticks, moderate spine/edge wear, corner blunting, and a couple visible cover creases (including that long front-cover line). Back cover presents nicer but still shows edge rub. One Drown...One To Go! A smuggling crew puts a contract out on Robin, so Batman sells them the “job done” with a brutal-looking Gotham Baystunt. The crooks come out of hiding, Batman moves in solo—until Robin claws his way back into the action for a lighthouse throwdown, where Mr. X takes a lethal shock and a long drop. Creators Writer Gardner Fox, Frank Robbins Cover Artist Irv Novick Penciller Sid Greene, Bob Brown Inker Joe Giella Editor Julius Schwartz Editor in Chief Carmine Infantino   Characters Batman Bruce Wayne Alfred Pennyworth Robin Dick Grayson Elongated Man Ralph Dibny Sue Dibny Captain Spume