Comic Title: Detective Comics #383
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1969
On Sale Date: November 21, 1968 Copyright Date November 21, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968

Newsstand Date November 21, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #70

Newsstand Date November 21, 1968
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V23 #9

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Pursuit of the Bugged Bandits"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Elongated Man (of Earth-1)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Sid Greene

Feature Character(s)

• Elongated Man (last appearance in Detective Comics #382; next appearance in Flash #206)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sue Dibny (last appearance in Detective Comics #382; next appearance in Flash #210)

Villain(s)

• A gang of jewel thieves (Charley named; last appearance in Detective Comics #382; no further appearances)
• The Black Turtleneck Gang and their rivals (young hoods; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Billy Warner (last appearance in Detective Comics #382; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from the second story of Detective Comics #382.

Synopsis:
The Elongated Man is knocked out while trying to apprehend a gan of jewel thieves. Fortunately young Billy Warner has placed a coin with a transmitter inside the crooks' car. Ralph uses the transmitter to find the getaway car which was stolen by a street gang. He questions the gang members to learn where they got the car. The Elongated Man then finds and apprehends the thieves.