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    Detective Comics #48

    Detective Comics » Detective Comics #48 - The Secret Cavern released by DC Comics on February 1941.

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    The Secret Cavern last edited by DOS76 on 04/26/22 02:52PM View full history

    Batman and Robin must stop robbers plotting to hit the nation's gold reserve!

    1. Batman - The Secret Cavern - When a surveyor discovers a limestone cavern that runs under the nation's gold reserves, gangsters frame his daughter for murder in order to blackmail him into revealing the cave's entrance. Unfortunately for them, Bruce Wayne happens to have a date with the young lady that very evening!

    2. Spy

    3. Larry Steele - The Case Of The Fugitive Killer

    4. Cliff Crosby

    5. Speed Saunders

    6. Steve Malone

    7. G-Man's Revenge by Tim Standish (text)

    8. The Crimson Avenger

    9. Slam Bradley

    This is the first issue of Detective Comics to refer to Gotham City by name.

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    Detective Comics #48 - The Secret Cavern by gc8 on May 23, 2011

    This is a pretty good crime story - a nice meaty plot involving a surveyor who finds a limestone cavern under the nation's gold reserves and the gangsters that frame his daughter for murder in order to blackmail the man into revealing the entrance to the cave.It also marks a number of firsts. Prior to this issue, the city which Batman operated in was New York - sometimes referred to as a 'gotham'. But in this issue, it is expressly named 'Gotham City'. Also, prior to this, Batman employed a Bat-...

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