(July 1942)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Detective Comics, Inc.
Brand:
A Superman DC Publication
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth; Murray Boltinoff (uncredited); Mort Weisinger (uncredited)
Color:
Color
Dimensions:
Standard Golden Age US; Standard Silver Age US; Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:
Newsprint; Glossy
Binding:
Saddle-stitched; Squarebound
Publishing Format:
Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Joe Simon (on Boy Commandos); Jerry Robinson (on Batman & Robin)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin; Boy Commandos
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The Lost Caravan by Waldo Fleming (Table of Contents)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Josette Frank (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
non-fiction
Synopsis:
The book reviewed is "The Lost Caravan" by Waldo Fleming.
Keywords:
book review

The Cop Who Hated the Batman (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Greene
Pencils:
Jack Burnley
Inks:
George Roussos; Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Tom Bolton [Tom Nolan, Mike's son]; Mike Nolan (flashback, villain, D); Nick Rocco (villain).
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin join Commissioner Gordon to head for a northern state to watch the State Troopers in action. While there Batman meets a cop who holds a grudge with him because he believes Batman shot his father in the back years ago.
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Indexer Notes

Some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-22-09.


[Nostradamus Predicts] (Table of Contents)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Kirby
Pencils:
Joe Simon
Inks:
Joe Simon
Colors:
?
Letters:
Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:
adventure; war
Characters:
Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Pierre; Alfy; Jan]; Nostradamus; Catherine, Queen of France; Bathingham; Chibbs; Hermann Göring [villain].
Synopsis:
Rip tries to send the boys to school. Nostradamus predicts Hitler, and the Boy Commandos.
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Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-22-09.


none (Table of Contents)

Clancy the Cop / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Clancy

The Red Letter Day Crimes (Table of Contents)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Lehti (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Lehti (signed)
Inks:
Charles Paris
Colors:
?
Letters:
Charles Paris

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; The Holiday Hoods villains]; Superman (balloon).

The Case of the Man Who Sold Death (Table of Contents)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Louis Cazeneuve
Inks:
Louis Cazeneuve
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Bart Regan

No More Ghosts (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John Hilton (signed)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Reprints:

The Machine Man (Table of Contents)

Air Wave / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Murray Boltinoff ?
Pencils:
Harris Levy (signed as Lee Harris)
Inks:
Charles Paris
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Prof. Gurn (villain); D. A. Cole.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
humor; military
Characters:
Pvt. Pete

Mystery of the Priceless Pooch (Table of Contents)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Pierce Rice
Inks:
Arturo Cazeneuve
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective-mystery
Characters:
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. The Lost Caravan by Waldo Fleming
    Good Books Worth Reading
  3. 2. The Cop Who Hated the Batman
    Batman
  4. 3. [Nostradamus Predicts]
    The Boy Commandos
  5. 4. none
    Clancy the Cop
  6. 5. The Red Letter Day Crimes
    The Crimson Avenger
  7. 6. The Case of the Man Who Sold Death
    Spy
  8. 7. No More Ghosts
  9. 8. The Machine Man
    Air Wave
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Private Pete
  11. 10. Mystery of the Priceless Pooch
    Slam Bradley
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