DETECTIVE COMICS - #399 NEAL ADAMS COVER (1969 - VF+)

💥 NEAL ADAMS COVER! CLASSIC BOOK! GREAT CONDITION! After losing an exhibition match to Batman, martial artist Khan vows to take revenge by killing Commissioner Gordon. However, a month later after his defeat, Khan's dojo is destroyed in a deadly explosion and he is apparently killed. Afterwards, Batman and Commissioner Gordon are invited to a magic show, where someone threatens Gordon's life and promises to kill him at midnight. The lights suddenly go out and in the confusion nobody is able to see where did the magician went. Fearing for Gordon's life, the Gotham City Police Department place him in a safe bunker beneath the GCPD Headquarters along with Arthur Reeves, a member of the GCPD, known for his aversion for Batman. When Batman proves that the security in that place could not protect Gordon, Reeves has to concede Batman a point. Furthermore, Reeves has to follow Batman's plan, when the Dark Knight unmasks Gordon as a phony and everyone realizes that the real Gordon is missing.