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  • Detective Comics Vol 1 151
Indicia Publisher
  • National Comics Publications, Inc.
Inker1
  • Dick Sprang
  • Howard Sherman
  • George Klein
  • Jimmy Thompson
Inker1
  • Dick Sprang
  • Howard Sherman
  • George Klein
  • Jimmy Thompson
Writer1
  • Don Cameron
Penciler1
  • Carmine Infantino
  • Dick Sprang
  • Howard Sherman
  • Jimmy Thompson
Writer1
  • Don Cameron
StoryTitle
  • Batman: "I.O.U. My Life"
  • Pow-Wow Smith: "The Origin of Pow-Wow Smith"
  • Robotman: "Around the World in 24 Hours"
  • Slam Bradley: "Rich Man, Poor Man, Lawyer Man... Thief"
OriginalPrice
  • 0.100000
Editor1
  • Jack Schiff
Penciler1
  • Carmine Infantino
  • Dick Sprang
  • Howard Sherman
  • Jimmy Thompson
Appearing
  • Featured Characters: * Pow-Wow Smith Supporting Characters: * Jimmy * Matogee Adversaries: * Other Characters: * Marpeetopah * Little Eagle Locations: * Items: * Vehicles: *
  • Featured Characters: * * Robin Supporting Characters: * Adversaries: * Homer Davis * The Lazy Larry Gang Other Characters: * Ben Kole * Peter Chaney * Jenkins Locations: * Gotham City Items: * Vehicles: *
  • Featured Characters: * Robotman Supporting Characters: * Adversaries: * Other Characters: * Mack * Doc Payne Locations: * Items: * the atomotor, a newly-invented atomic motor Vehicles: *
  • Featured Characters: * Slam Bradley Supporting Characters: * Shorty Morgan Adversaries: * Slick Eddie Other Characters: * Miss Dale Locations: * New York City Items: * None Vehicles: * None
Brand/Imprint
  • A Superman DC Publication
Editor1
  • Jack Schiff
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CoverArtist
  • Jim Mooney
Country
  • USA
Executive Editor
  • Whitney Ellsworth
Issue
  • 151
Pages
  • 52
Links
  • * Detective Comics #151 index entry * Pow-Wow Smith wikipedia article
Volume
  • 1
Title
  • Detective Comics
Month
  • 9
Synopsis
  • http://www.dcindexes.com/indexes/indexes.php?character=7&choice=appearances plot summaries all from dcindexes.com
  • -- Slam and Shorty pay Elbert a visit and see the second will. When Slam notices a fingerprint on it, Elbert and two men attack. Slam and Shorty overcome the men and expose Elbert as a phony. Though, they prove the second will false, their actions in solving the case have broken the terms of the original will. The inheritance is instead given to an animal shelter.
  • -- Robotman finally decides to smash himself into a huge boulder to stop his momentum. The plan works, but his body is destroyed. A farmer finds Robotman's head and mails it to a repair shop where Robotman gets a new body. Payne then gives up on his atomotor idea.
  • -- Pow-Wow excels at college in athletics and academics. After graduation he returns to his tribe to teach them of new technology. Another Sioux warrior Matogee challenges Ohiyesa, claiming that he has forgotten his tribal past. Ohiyesa proves him wrong by performing in a ritual ceremony.
  • A young member of the Sioux indian tribe living in Red Deer Valley befriends a white boy named Jimmy. The indian boy named Ohiyesa is given the name Pow-Wow Smith by a group of loggers, when he settles a conflict by talking rather than fighting. When Jimmy goes to college, Pow-Wow misses his friend and obtains permission to follow his friend to the white man's university.
  • A lawyer visits Slam's office and informs him that Slam and Shorty have been mentioned into the will of millionaire Ezra Pickney. The only condition of the will is that the detectives retire. Slam and Shorty agree to accept the money and quit their jobs. The lawyer then informs them that Ezra's son Elbert is contesting the will claiming he has one of his own.
  • -- When Davis drowns in his home, Batman investigates the apparent accident. He then rescues Chaney from a gorilla attack. Batman sets himself up as the next intended target, but escapes his own death. He follows a clue to Kole's office, where he finds Davis about to kill him. Davis had faked his own death and attempted to frame Kole. His real goal was to kill Chaney, to whom he owed a large sum of money. Batman foils the plot, and Kole apologizes for trying to cash in on his I.O.U.s.
  • Ben Kole saves the lives of Homer Davis, Peter Chaney, and Batman. In return he gets each of them to sign a paper stating that they owe him their lives. When Kole is financially ruined, he tries to get the men to pay him. When they refuse to pay the blackmail demand, Kole curses them and tells them they will die in the same manner that he saved them.
  • Inventor Doc Payne approaches Robotman, asking him to try his newly invented atomotor. Robotman declines, but the inventor installs the atomic powered motor anyway. When Payne turns the motor on, Robotman is unable to control himself. He also finds that he is far faster and more powerful. He then begins to run around the world, out of control.
Notes
  • * "I.O.U. My Life!" is reprinted in . * Pow-Wow Smith is introduced in this issue, replacing the Boy Commandos.
Publisher
  • DC Comics
Year
  • 1949