Detective Comics
#90
(August 1944)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1944-06-20
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Batman with Robin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #4 ([August] 1998) - in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #3 ([June] 2017)
- in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #6 ([March] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- speedboats
Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Sprang.
Crime Between the Acts!
Batman with Robin / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Joseph Greene
- Pencils
- Ed Kressy (layouts); Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Dick Sprang
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Sprang
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Captain Ben (villain); Ben's gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Caped Crusaders see a connection between the arrival of a showboat and its performers and a series of crimes that occur in that town while the ship is docked.
- Reprints
- in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #4 ([August] 1998)
- 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; The Mississippi Mermaid
Indexer Notes
Layout pencils credit from Craig Delich. Letters credit verified by Dick Sprang.
Story prepared earlier (circa 1941) and held in inventory in case Bob Kane was drafted.
[no title indexed]
Rollin Stone / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Ray McGill (signed)
- Pencils
- Ray McGill (signed)
- Inks
- Ray McGill (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray McGill
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now, Stone! If you can't train this baby elephant...
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
Commando Performance!
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Andre Chavard; Alfy Twidgett; Jan Haasan]; Ichimoto (villain)
[no title indexed]
"Three-Ring" Binks / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Top-flight booking agent and talent scout...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Three-Ring Binks; Stencilled Joe from Alamo
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Molly / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Ray Houlihan (signed)
- Pencils
- Ray Houlihan (signed)
- Inks
- Ray Houlihan (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Houlihan
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gollies! Is it hot!!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Molly
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
Battle of the Fans!
Air Wave / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Roussos (signed)
- Inks
- George Roussos (signed)
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Mike the Mule (villain); Air Wave Fan Club
The Double Steal!
Slam Bradley / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Benny the News; Hooke
[no title indexed]
public service announcement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's right, folks...
- Genre
- advocacy
[no title indexed]
Gus Gaggs / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Ray McGill (signed)
- Pencils
- Ray McGill (signed)
- Inks
- Ray McGill (signed)
- Letters
- Ray McGill
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, boy! Late again!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Gus Gaggs
Indexer Notes
Found on the inside back cover. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Batman with Robin -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
["For spine-tingling action..."]
-
3.
Crime Between the Acts!
Batman with Robin -
4.
["Now, Stone! If you can't train this baby elephant..."]
Rollin Stone -
5.
["Why not? They helped give me the energy..."]
Wheaties -
6.
Commando Performance!
The Boy Commandos -
7.
["Don't worry, darling! There's nobody around!"]
Wheaties -
8.
["Top-flight booking agent and talent scout..."]
"Three-Ring" Binks -
9.
["Gollies! Is it hot!!"]
Molly -
10.
The Warpath
-
11.
Battle of the Fans!
Air Wave -
12.
[no title indexed]
Popsicle -
13.
The Double Steal!
Slam Bradley -
14.
["That's right, folks..."]
-
15.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties -
16.
["Oh, boy! Late again!"]
Gus Gaggs -
17.
The Mysterious Blonde
The Adventures of "R.C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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