(May 1944)

DC, 1937 Series
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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)
Format:
Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; Ongoing series

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

none (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks:
Dick Sprang
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin.
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The Man of a Thousand Umbrellas (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joseph Greene
Pencils:
Dick Sprang
Inks:
Dick Sprang
Colors:
?
Letters:
Dick Sprang

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot](villain).
Synopsis:
Bruce and Dick disguise themselves as umbrella repairmen in order to get the Penguin to surface, but when he does, he has a surprise in store for the Caped Duo. He then buys an umbrella shop and does his own repairs, placing radio devices into umbrellas in order to direct his men on jobs.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit verified by Dick Sprang. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-14-09.


In Paper There Is Power (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jerry Robinson
Inks:
Jerry Robinson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin; Johnny Smith

Professor Long Sells Air Wave Short (Table of Contents)

Air Wave / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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; Professor Long.

[Blazin' Brody the Fire Eater] (Table of Contents)

Three-Ring Binks / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Farr
Pencils:
Jack Farr
Inks:
Jack Farr
Colors:
?
Letters:
Jack Farr

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Three-Ring Binks; Blazing Brody.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-14-09.


Smugglers' Song (Table of Contents)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Daly
Inks:
John Daly
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing.

Tuition Free (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Martin Naydel
Inks:
Martin Naydel
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective
Characters:
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.

Happy Goes Lucky (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Art Watkins (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Happy

King Brooklyn the Foist (Table of Contents)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
war; adventure
Characters:
The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Tex; Andre; Alfy; Jan]; King Mantobi [villain].
Synopsis:
Brooklyn becomes king of a South Seas island.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Man of a Thousand Umbrellas
    Batman
  2. 2. In Paper There Is Power
    Batman and Robin
  3. 3. Professor Long Sells Air Wave Short
    Air Wave
  4. 4. [Blazin' Brody the Fire Eater]
    Three-Ring Binks
  5. 5. Smugglers' Song
    The Crimson Avenger
  6. 6. Tuition Free
    Slam Bradley
  7. 7. Happy Goes Lucky
  8. 8. King Brooklyn the Foist
    The Boy Commandos
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