Detective Comics
#84
(February 1944)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-12-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor); Bernard Breslauer (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Artists in Villainy
Batman with Robin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #3 (1993 [January 1994]) - in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #11 ([March] 2013)
- in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #3 ([June] 2017)
- in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #6 ([March] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- automatic pistols; effigies; machine guns
Indexer Notes
Art and letters credits verified by Sprang.
[no title indexed]
Books for Your Christmas List / text article / 0.67 page
- Script
- Josette Frank (credited)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Keywords
- book review
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. One of the books reviewed is "Great Caesar's Ghost" by Manning Coles.
Artists in Villainy
Batman with Robin / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Mort Weisinger
- Pencils
- Ed Kressy (layouts); Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Dick Sprang
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Sprang
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed Police Captain; Ivan Krafft (villain); Krafft's gang [Burchall; Scarface; Dicer; Mike (death)] (villains); Trigger Stepke (villain, mention only)
- Synopsis
- The Dynamic Duo must stop Ivan Krafft, who has developed a "school", under the cover of a gentleman's sporting club, to train criminals on successful crime techniques then send them out on lucrative criminal endeavors.
- Reprints
- in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #3 (1993 [January 1994])
- in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #11 ([March] 2013)
- in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #3 ([June] 2017)
- in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #6 ([March] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- Batplane; Gotham City; Gotham City Press; Happy Valley Gentlemen's Sporting Club
Indexer Notes
Art and letterer credits verified by Sprang.
Story prepared in 1941 and held in case Bob Kane got drafted. The next to last panel on Page 13 was used on the cover to Batman #18.
[no title indexed]
Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh - What will they think of next!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
3 gags.
[no title indexed]
Gags / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Prof. Mago, the magician, is here to see you, sir!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
3 gags.
Bandits on the Beam!
Air Wave / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils
- George Roussos (signed)
- Inks
- George Roussos (signed)
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; The Broadcaster (villain)
Scoundrels in Society!
The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Mrs. Bussy; Rusty Mulligan; Big Tim Barton (villain); Pearl Mulligan
- Synopsis
- "Retired" gangsters try to break into society.
Shorty Falls in Love
Slam Bradley / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Scarpuss Malone (villain); Mrs. Mortimer Montmorency; Lucy
- Synopsis
- Criminals break into Mrs. Montmorency's house and leave emeralds.
[no title indexed]
public service announcement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! You sure are in a hurry, my friend!!
- Genre
- advocacy
- Keywords
- War Stamps and Bonds
[The Three Acrobats]
"Three-Ring" Binks / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Three Ring Binks
- Synopsis
- Binks tells the story of the three most amazing acrobats he's ever known.
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Never Say Die!
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfy Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Aleta; General Yumasota (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Commandos avenge the deaths of American flyers executed in Tokyo.
Indexer Notes
Writer identification by Bob Hughes.
Captain Tootsie and the Secret Weapon!
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Artists in Villainy
Batman with Robin -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
[no title indexed]
Books for Your Christmas List -
3.
Artists in Villainy
Batman with Robin -
4.
["Gosh - What will they think of next!"]
Laffs -
5.
["Prof. Mago, the magician, is here to see you, sir!"]
Gags -
6.
Here's Get Up and Go
Wheaties -
7.
Bandits on the Beam!
Air Wave -
8.
Scoundrels in Society!
The Crimson Avenger -
9.
["Sir, may I please have my copy of Leading Comics??"]
Leading Comics -
10.
Birds of a Feather
-
11.
Shorty Falls in Love
Slam Bradley -
12.
["Wow! You sure are in a hurry, my friend!!"]
-
13.
[The Three Acrobats]
"Three-Ring" Binks -
14.
Never Say Die!
The Boy Commandos -
15.
[no title indexed]
The Weather Man -
16.
[no title indexed]
Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia -
17.
Captain Tootsie and the Secret Weapon!
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- John Pannozzi
- Matthew Peets
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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