![]() His last appearance was a cameo in a story where Batman had lost his fighting spirit. When Bruce was overcome with night terrors, Robin suggested Ace sleep beside him.Īce disappeared from the Batman comics after Julius Schwartz took over as editor in 1964. Ace was used less and less over time, and for various reasons. For example his specialized radio collar, when activated told him to don his own mask (via a hands-free device) and track down Batman and Robin. At one point, Ace acquired super-powers thanks to Bat-Mite but this was short-lived. Wilker was never aware that Ace was the Bat-Hound or that Bruce Wayne was Batman.Īn early case involved Ace tracking down a mentally ancient weapons expert who was using his own weapons to commit crimes. Wilker later took a new job that made it difficult for him to take care of Ace, so he left the dog to Bruce Wayne. Ace was subsequently christened the Bat-Hound by a criminal the dog helped Batman to apprehend. ![]() ![]() To forestall that problem, he hastily improvised a hood-like mask for the dog that incorporated the bat emblem as a dog tag dangling from Ace's collar. ![]() Because he had already placed a large number of "lost dog" announcements for Ace in his civilian identity of Bruce Wayne, he was concerned that anyone recognizing Ace (who had a prominent star-shaped marking on his forehead) might make the connection between Bruce Wayne and Batman. He was found by Batman and Robin after his master was kidnapped by a gang of counterfeiters. Ace's creation was inspired by the success of Krypto's debut in Adventure Comics #210 (March 1955), and by German Shepherds from detective films and serials, such as Rin Tin Tin and Ace the Wonder Dog.Īce was a German Shepherd originally owned by an engraver named John Wilker. 2.1.1 DC animated universe's Batman BeyondĪce debuted in Batman #92 (cover-dated July 1955) and was created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff. ![]()
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