Detective Comics #171
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Menace of the Giant Birds!", the Penguin, newly released from prison, claims he's gone straight and opens a bird refuge—though Batman remains skeptical. As he and Robin trail the Penguin through Gotham’s streets, they find him visiting a bank, a jewel importer, a metal refinery, a nightclub, and a curio shop, each time returning stolen goods. But when Batman realizes these returns are part of a larger, more dangerous plan, he must uncover the truth before the Penguin’s latest scheme takes flight. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Dick Sprang with inks by Charles Paris, this 1951 classic features a cover by Win Mortimer.
In "The Menace of the Giant Birds!", the Penguin, freshly released from prison, claims he’s reformed and opens a bird refuge—but Batman remains skeptical. As the Dynamic Duo trail him through Gotham, he visits a bank, a jewel importer, a metal refinery, a nightclub, and a curio shop, returning stolen goods one by one. But when Batman realizes these returns are part of a larger, more dangerous plan, he must uncover the truth before the Penguin’s next move unleashes a flock of monstrous birds upon the city.
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Reprinted in Stålmannen #10/1953 (1953), Superboy #92 (1956), Detective Comics #250 (1957), Five-Score Comic Monthly #12 (1959), Superboy #93 (1961), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 (2019)
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