(June 1943)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 60
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Detective Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor); Bernie Breslauer (actual editor)
- 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
Slay 'Em With Flowers
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors:
- Jerry Robinson
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; Robin; The Joker (villain).
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #3 ([November] 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
Colorist credit confirmed from an interview with Jerry Robinson in Alter Ego issue 39 (August 2004) via the GCD errors list by Derek Reinhard on July 26, 2008.
Slay 'Em with Flowers
Batman / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Horace L. Gold
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors:
- Jerry Robinson
- Letters:
- George Roussos
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Jason Johnson; Percy Fillmore; The Joker (villain).
- Synopsis:
- After taking over ownership of a flower shop, the Joker and his men use the pretty posies to perpetrate crimes against the wealthy.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #3 ([November] 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
Colorist credit confirmed from an interview with Jerry Robinson in Alter Ego issue 39 (August 2004) via the GCD errors list by Derek Reinhard on July 26, 2008. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-6-09.
The Invasion of America
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils:
- Joe Simon
- Inks:
- Joe Simon
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; war
- Characters:
- Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Andre; Jan]; The Sandman (cameo); Sandy (cameo); The Newsboy Legion [Big Words; Scrapper; Gabby; Tommy Thompkins] (cameo); Guardian (cameo); Doktor Gruenigg (villain); Kid Commandos [Sally Noonan; Slats McGuiness]; President Franklin Roosevelt (cameo); Heinrich (villain); August (villain)
- Synopsis:
- The Boys are sent on a good will tour of the US as representatives of "four great nations united for the liberation of the world." But the Nazis think it would be a great propaganda victory to kidnap them right in the middle of their celebration.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Mister Miracle (DC, 1971 series) #5 (November-December 1971)
- in The Brave and the Bold Annual (DC, 2001 series) #1 (2001)
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The Case of the Lollipop Crimes
The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 8 pages
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; Charlie Jones; Jerry the Mule; Carson; The Weazel (villain).
- Synopsis:
- Gangsters use a candy store to transmit messages to each other.
Decks of Doom
Spy / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Chuck Winter
- Inks:
- Chuck Winter
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Bart Regan
The Man who Talked his Crimes
Air Wave / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils:
- George Roussos (signed)
- Inks:
- George Roussos (signed)
- Colors:
- George Roussos
- Letters:
- George Roussos
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static; The Talker (villain).
Mountain Invasion
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Dan Wallace (signed)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
The Bashful Bandits
Slam Bradley / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Howard Sherman
- Inks:
- Howard Sherman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
- Characters:
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
Slay 'Em With Flowers
Batman -
1.
Slay 'Em with Flowers
Batman -
2.
The Invasion of America
The Boy Commandos -
3.
The Case of the Lollipop Crimes
The Crimson Avenger -
4.
Decks of Doom
Spy -
5.
The Man who Talked his Crimes
Air Wave -
6.
Mountain Invasion
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7.
The Bashful Bandits
Slam Bradley
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