Comic Title: Adventure Comics #286
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1961
On Sale Date: May 31, 1961 Newsstand Date May 31, 1961
Source: House Ad, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #54, Page 10

Copyright Date May 31, 1961
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1961

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "Bizarro, Private Detective"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Bizarro (of Earth-1)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: John Forte

Reprinted In:
Superman #193 (1967)
Superman:Tales of the Bizarro World TPB (2000)

Feature Character(s)

• Bizarro (last appearance in Adventure Comics #285; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #27)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bizarro Lois Lane (last appearance in Adventure Comics #285; next appearance in Adventure Comics #287)
• Bizarro Jr. (last appearance in Adventure Comics #285; next appearance in Adventure Comics #288)

Other Character(s)

• Bizarro Kltpzyxm (next appearance in Adventure Comics #287)
• The inhabitants of Bizarro World (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bizarro laments the fact that he has no money and goes to his Fourtriss uv Bizarro to forget his troubles. He finds his son there aiming the duplicator ray into space. They return home together, and Bizarro is forced to get a job.

He decides to be a private detective, quickly earning his first case. He discovers that a Bizarro baby has been turning coal into diamonds, a crime on Bizarro World.

Next the mayor asks him to find out who fixed up the Palace of Junk. First Bizarro believes the mayor himself is responsible, but he eventually learns it was Bizarro-Kltpzyxm. When his son aimed the duplicator ray into space it hit Mr. Mxyzptlk and created a duplicate. Bizarro tries to make the imp say his name forwards, but the imp will not fall for it. Instead he willingly accepts punishment since the real Mxyzptlk would avoid capture.