Detective Comics #65

(July 1942)

The Lost Caravan by Waldo Fleming (Table of Contents)

Good Books Worth Reading / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Josette Frank (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

review

Synopsis:

The book reviewed is "The Lost Caravan" by Waldo Fleming.

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 (1991)

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:

war; adventure

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-15 (March 1973)
• in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #109 ([Circa October 1975])
• in The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (October 2010)

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:

gag

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:

• in The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (October 2010) [page 1 of story]

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.

none (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:

military humor

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

Characters:

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.