His last appearance Template:Contradiction-inline was a cameo in a story where Batman had lost his fighting spirit. Īce disappeared from the Batman comics after Julius Schwartz took over as editor in 1964. When Bruce was overcome with night terrors, Robin suggested that Ace sleep beside him. 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 superpowers 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 unhinged 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 that 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 the Superdog's debut in Adventure Comics #210 (March 1955), and by German Shepherd Dogs from detective films and serials, such as Rin Tin Tin and Ace the Wonder Dog.įictional character biography Pre- Crisis Īce was a German Shepherd Dog originally owned by an engraver named John Wilker. Ace debuted in Batman #92 (cover-dated July 1955) and was created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff.
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