Comic Title: Detective Comics #369
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1967
On Sale Date: September 28, 1967 Newsstand Date September 28, 1967
Source: Direct Currents, Spectre #1, Page 32

Copyright Date September 28, 1967
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1967

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

Title: "Legend of the Lovers' Lantern"
Pages: 9

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Neal Adams

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents the Elongated Man Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
DC Universe Illustrated by Neal Adams HC (2009)

Feature Character(s)

• Elongated Man (last appearance in Detective Comics #368; next appearance in Detective Comics #370)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sue Dibny (last appearance in Detective Comics #368; next appearance in Detective Comics #370)

Villain(s)

• Lefty Luke Knowles (a sneak thief; no further appearances)
• A gang of art gallery thieves (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Martha and John Hanlon (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Sue Dibny purchases a lovers' lantern at an auction house. Supposedly the lantern has supernatural properties and will ensure that the owner's loved ones will return home safely. When leaving the gallery, Sue is robbed by a sneak thief. Her husband, the Elongated Man, gives chase. His pursuit is interrupted when he happens across another group of crooks. He stops them, but the original thief escapes.

The Elongated Man has no clues with which to track the thief. However, when the thief sees in the newspaper that his victim was Sue Dibny, he fears that the Elongated Man will track him down. To protect himself, he returns the stolen lantern to Sue. Ralph is then able to analyze the package, and track down the thief, and apprehend him.

Sue then gives the lamp to Martha Hanlon, who is hoping that her husband will return alive after being captured by bandits. Shortly after she lights the lantern, John Hanlon returns safely, leaving Sue to wonder if the superstition surrounding the lantern is real.