PropertyValue
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  • Detective Comics Vol 1 315
Indicia Publisher
  • National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Inker1
  • Charles Paris
  • Joe Certa
Inker1
  • Charles Paris
  • Joe Certa
Writer1
  • Jack Miller
Penciler1
  • Sheldon Moldoff
  • Joe Certa
Writer1
  • Jack Miller
StoryTitle
  • The Jungle Man of Gotham City
  • The Man of 1,000 Disguises
OriginalPrice
  • 0.120000
Editor1
  • Jack Schiff
Penciler1
  • Sheldon Moldoff
  • Joe Certa
Appearing
  • Featured Characters: * * Robin Supporting Characters: * Commissioner Gordon Adversaries: * Eli Mattock Other Characters: * Tommy Young * Edgar Young * Mrs. Young Locations: * Africa * Gotham City ** Wayne Manor *** Batcave ** Gotham City Police Headquarters Items: * Utility Belt * Batrope * Bat-Bolas Vehicles: * Batmobile
  • Featured Characters: * Supporting Characters: * Captain Harding * Diane Meade * Zook Adversaries: * Porto Other Characters: * Locations: * Colorado ** Middleton Items: * None Vehicles: * None
Brand/Imprint
  • Superman DC National Comics
Editor1
  • Jack Schiff
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CoverArtist
  • Sheldon Moldoff
Country
  • USA
Executive Editor
  • Jack Schiff
Issue
  • 315
Pages
  • 36
Volume
  • 1
Title
  • Detective Comics
Month
  • 5
Synopsis
  • After J’onn J’onzz and Zook fail to capture a “human fly” bandit, John Jones’s attention is drawn by Diane Meade to Porto, a “man of 1,000 disguises” who is performing, among other things, a human fly as part of his repertoire. Jones and Diane take Zook to the performance, and Zook’s antennae indicate that Porto and the bandit are the same man. J’onn J’onzz captures Porto, and, when the latter refuses to reveal where the rest of his gang is, assumes Porto’s identity with chameleon power and hides the disguise artist away. J’onzz whips through Porto’s act onstage, using his chameleon powers to effect the disguises. But Porto himself escapes, contacts his gang, and takes them to the theater where J’onzz is performing, intending to kill him when he assumes a vulnerable human aspect. Zook rescues the Manhunter by melting the gang’s bullets before they can hit him, and J’onzz captures Porto and his gang.
  • A gangster tricks a jungle man into thinking that Batman is his enemy, and brings him to Gotham to use his skills and the animals he commands against the Caped Crusader.
Notes
  • * "The Man of 1,000 Disguises" is reprinted in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #2
Publisher
  • DC Comics
Year
  • 1963