Comic Title: Detective Comics #442
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1974
On Sale Date: May 30, 1974 Newsstand Date May 30, 1974
Source: Comic Reader, #106

Copyright Date May 30, 1974
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1974

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 96
Editor: Archie Goodwin

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Robbery That Never Happened"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Sid Greene

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #333 (1964)

Feature Character(s)

• Elongated Man (last appearance in Detective Comics #332; next appearance in Detective Comics #334)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sue Dibny (last appearance in Detective Comics #332; next appearance in Detective Comics #334)

Villain(s)

• A jewel thief and his henchman (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Richard Bell (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When Sue Dibny visits a jewel to pick up a repaired watch, the store owner tells her about a hundred dollar bill, that he thought was a ten dollar bill, when a customer corrected him when making change. Sue relates the story to her husband, who decides to investigate as the Elongated Man.

Ralph visits the jewelry store and sees the jeweler robbing his own safe. He follows the man and watches as the jewels are placed in an alley garbage can. Ralph stays with the jewels and sees another man pick them up. He eavesdrops and learns that the crook hypnotized the jeweler into robbing himself. Ralph apprehends the thief and explains the situation to the jeweler, who was hypnotized to forget his own robbery.