Detective Comics #97

(March 1945)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Buzzy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

The Secret of the Switch! (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Joseph Greene

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang; Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Sprang

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Oscar the Weasel (villain, informer); Benny the Gimp (villain); Joe the Nutcracker (villain); Nick Petri (villain); The Slasher (villain, death)

Synopsis

The Batman tracks down the unusual safe that holds the loot taken years before by the Slasher's mob. With the Slasher supposedly dead, the villain has left behind a note leading the Caped Crusaders to that safe: a safe having 7 switches, only one of which opens the safe; the rest are connected to a bomb!

Reprints

• in Special Edition, Detective Comics (DC, 1945 series) #4 ([February 26] 1945) [Story re-written with simplified text.]
• in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #4 ([August] 1998)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #4 (2017 [January 2018])

Keywords

Batmobile; Gotham City; Gotham News

Indexer Notes

Letters credit by Craig Delich. Robinson inks some of the faces of Batman and Robin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Call of Death! (Table of Contents: 5)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan

Reprints

• in Special Edition, Detective Comics (DC, 1945 series) #4 ([February 26] 1945) [Story re-written with simplified text.]

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Jerry Bails. We previously suggested John Daly.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

public service announcement / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That sure is a remarkable machine!

Genre

advocacy

Keywords

War Bonds

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Gags, Groans 'n' Giggles / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Lit-Win

Pencils

Lit-Win (signed)

Inks

Lit-Win (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I got the idea from a steam ship!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

7 gags.

Too Much for Granted (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Eddie Bell (credited) (house name)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

[Fido the Gabber] (Table of Contents: 10)

"Three-Ring" Binks / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Farr

Pencils

Jack Farr

Inks

Jack Farr

Colors

?

Letters

Jack Farr

Genre

humor

Characters

Three-Ring Binks; Fido

Reprints

• in Special Edition, Detective Comics (DC, 1945 series) #4 ([February 26] 1945) [Story re-written with simplified text.]

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Doubling in Danger! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

?

Pencils

George Roussos (signed)

Inks

George Roussos (signed)

Colors

George Roussos

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Air Wave [Larry Jordan]

Reprints

• in Special Edition, Detective Comics (DC, 1945 series) #4 ([February 26] 1945) [Story re-written with simplified text.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Tom Edison] (Table of Contents: 13)

Billy Brand / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

He Swings through the Air! (Table of Contents: 14)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby ?

Inks

George Klein ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Alfy Twidgett; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]

Reprints

• in Special Edition, Detective Comics (DC, 1945 series) #4 ([February 26] 1945) [Story re-written with simplified text.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look, kids!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Keywords

Infantile Paralysis; March of Dimes

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page (report information)