Comic Title: Detective Comics #355
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1966
On Sale Date: July 28, 1966 Newsstand Date July 28, 1966
Source: Direct Currents, Batman #184, Page 18

Newsstand Date July 28, 1966
Source: House Ad, Batman #184, Page 30

Copyright Date July 28, 1966
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1966

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Tantalizing Troubles of the Tripod Thieves"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Carmine Infantino

Reprinted In:
Detective Comics #439 (1974)
JLA:Zatanna's Search TPB (2004)
Showcase Presents the Elongated Man Vol. 1 TPB (2006)

Feature Character(s)

• Elongated Man (last appearance in Detective Comics #354; next appearance in Detective Comics #356)

Guest Star(s)

• Zatanna (last appearance in Green Lantern #42; next appearance in Justice League of America #51)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sue Dibny (last appearance in Detective Comics #354; next appearance in Detective Comics #356)

Villain(s)

• Marshal Maitland (a prop shop owner; no further appearances)
• Two jewel thieves (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Elongated Man sees two jewels thieves flying through the air. Puzzled he attempts to catch them. The thieves can't explain why they are flying and despite Elongated Man's efforts to stop them, they get away. Elongated Man follows them to a prop shop where he finds Zatanna. She was responsible for the flying crooks, as she summoned them to help find a stolen magic artifact.

The prop shop owner double-crosses Zatanna when he learns that the artifact is valuable. Elongated Man then helps Zatanna defeat the crooks and the shop owner, who is also an underworld fence. Zatanna then recovers the Ting Tripod and the Book of I Ching which will allow her to penetrate the dark realm to help locate her father. Though Elongated Man offers to help, Zatanna chooses to go alone.