Comic Title: Detective Comics #168
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1951
Approx. On Sale Date: December 22, 1950 Copyright Date December 20, 1950
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1951
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Man Behind the Red Hood"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inker: George Roussos

Reprinted In:
Batman #213 (1969)
Batman from the 30s to the 70s HC (1972)
Limited Collectors' Edition C-39 (1975)
Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told HC (1989)
Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told TPB (1989)
Stacked Deck:The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told HC (1990)
Batman in the Fifties TPB (2002)
Batman:Secrets of the Batcave TPB (2007)
Batman Archives Vol. 8 HC (2012)
Joker:A Celebration of 75 Years HC (2014)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 7 HC (2019)
Joker:80 Years of the Clown Prince of Crime:The Deluxe Edition HC (2020)
Batman in the Fifties TPB (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #63; next appearance in Detective Comics #169)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #113; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #114)
• Commissioner Gordon (chronology forthcoming)

Villain(s)

• Joker (last appearance in Batman #63; next appearance in Batman #66)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Joker (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Batman #1)