Comic Title: Detective Comics #165
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1950
Approx. On Sale Date: September 20, 1950 Copyright Date September 18, 1950
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1950
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
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Man Who Never Slept"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Roy Raymond (of Earth-1)

Artist: Dan Barry

Feature Character(s)

• Roy Raymond (last appearance in Detective Comics #164; next appearance in Detective Comics #166)

Supporting Character(s)

• Karen Duncan (last appearance in Detective Comics #164; next appearance in Detective Comics #166)

Villain(s)

• Hugo King, Fred Weeks, and Lew (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mr. Phillips (an inventor; no further appearances)
• Harold Wilson (a district attorney; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Hugo King claims to have invented a helmet that allows him to never sleep. Roy Raymond tests the man by having him stay awake answering questions for a week. While King appears to be making good on his claim, his associates are selling the helmets to customers.

When customers begin reporting that their ideas have been stolen, Roy investigates. He questions King and finds that he is up to date on the latest news, despite still being locked in a room undergoing questions. Roy wears a helmet himself and falls victim to hypnotic truth gas. He is forced to appear before King's associates, but Roy overcomes them. Roy exposes the helmets as a fraud used to steal ideas from other men.