Comic Title: Detective Comics #357
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1966
On Sale Date: September 29, 1966 Newsstand Date September 29, 1966
Source: Direct Currents, Superman #191, Page 18

Copyright Date September 29, 1966
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1966

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

Title: "Tragedy of the Too-Lucky Thief"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Murphy Anderson
Inker: Sid Greene

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents the Elongated Man Vol. 1 TPB (2006)

Feature Character(s)

• Elongated Man (last appearance in Detective Comics #356; next appearance in Detective Comics #358)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sue Dibny (last appearance in Detective Comics #356; next appearance in Detective Comics #358)

Villain(s)

• Joey Cutler and a gang of thugs (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Judge Albert Tolliver (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Ralph and Sue Dibny attend the horse races at Hollyvale Race Track. Joey Cutler, a man sitting near them, wins his bet on each race, but is disappointed. Ralph investigates the mystery and saves Cutler from a group of thugs. Cutler then explains that his horoscope predicted a lucky streak for him, but it also predicted his death. Cutler had been trying to prove prophecy false by losing, but his luck prevailed at the track. Now he worries about his death.

Ralph stays with Cutler and protects him from another gang of thugs. Then police accuse Cutler of stealing a valuable stamp collection from Judge Albert Tolliver. Ralph provides Cutler with an alibi since he was with the man at the time of the crime. However, Ralph suspects that he was tricked. Cutler had set the clock ahead at the crime scene, so that he would appear to have been in two places at once. Ralph finds the stamp collection with Cutler's fingerprints, proving that he was the culprit. Cutler intentionally drew Ralph's attention at the race track, so that Ralph could provide his alibi.