Batman #188
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Title: "The Ten Best-Dressed Corpses in Gotham City"
Pages: 11
Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)
Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Sid Greene
Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 2 TPB (2007)
Feature Character(s)
Supporting Character(s)
Villain(s)
- Matt Whitson (a magazine publisher; no further appearances)
- Hampden Dennis and Strongin (a racket boss and his chauffeur; no further appearances)
Synopsis:
Publisher Matt Whitson explains to police and Batman that three of the men on his magazine's ten best-dressed men list have been recently murdered. Batman promises to investigate. Earlier in the day he had his own narrow escape from death as Bruce Wayne, another man on the list.
Batman and Robin check out the next man on the list, Hampden Dennis. Dennis believes himself to be safe, but Batman follows him anyway. Batman then discovers that Dennis is a racket boss. He arrests Dennis and turns him over to police.
Batman then checks the racket boss's home. Robin is locked in a steam room. Batman comes to his partner's aid. Whitson is waiting for him, but Batman frees Robin and defeats the publisher. Batman deduces that Whitson himself was the killer, using the list to throw police off his trail.
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