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"Deathmask!": An ancient mask of a South American god of death is being held in exhibition at the Gotham Museum. The legend behind the mask leads a series of men to wear the mask and they are all driven by it to kill, leaving Batman to learn the secret behind the myst

Detective Comics #437 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1973.

Synopsis for "Deathmask!"

An ancient mask of a South American god of death is being held in exhibition at the Gotham Museum. The legend behind the mask leads a series of men to wear the mask and they are all driven by it to kill, leaving Batman to learn the secret behind the mysterious mask. After investigating the background of some of the Museum's employees, Batman finally deduces the identity of the killer, who has used the mask as a mean to frame his colleagues and seize control of both the mask and and the museum, all for himself. In the final confrontation with Batman, the criminal tries to escape, but is crushed by a giant replica of the mask and the murder mystery ends as his life is claimed by the curse of the mask.

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  • Unnamed Art Thief (Single appearance; dies)
  • Judd Thaxton (Single appearance; dies)
  • Austin Spires (Single appearance; dies)

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  • Marcus Wingate (Single appearance; dies)

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Synopsis for "The Himalayan Incident"

Christine St. Clair, an Interpol agent, seeks a mysterious vigilante called Manhunter, aka Paul Kirk, a former big-game hunter. She learns from a man in Nepal of how Manhunter protected an idealistic anti-tyrant from assassination by a group of clones of Manhunter's, and then leaves, not knowing that the man she spoke to was Manhunter himself in disguise.

Appearing in "The Himalayan Incident"

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  • Cult of Thieves (Single appearance)
    • Master of Thieves (Single appearance; dies)
    • Master's Bodyguards (Single appearance; dies)
  • Group of Sherpas (Single appearance)
  • Dharmata (Single appearance)

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