(March 1945)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Detective Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Jack Schiff; Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief)
- 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
none
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
- Inks:
- Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; Robin.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #4 ([June] 1998)
-
The Secret of the Switch
Batman / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Greene
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang
- Inks:
- Dick Sprang
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Oscar the Weasel [villain]; Benny the Gimp [villain]; Joe the Nutcracker [villain]; Nick Petri [villain]; the Slasher [villain, D].
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #4 ([June] 1998)
-
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-18-09.
Call of Death
Slam Bradley / comic story / 6.66 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Howard Sherman
- Inks:
- Howard Sherman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
- Characters:
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Indexer Notes
Revised artist credits by Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005). Previously credited also to John Daly?
none
Gags and Groans / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (signed as Lit Win)
- Inks:
- ? (signed as Lit Win)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
Indexer Notes
Lit-Win is a pen name, whom Jack Burnley met on occasion, but he couldn't remember his true name.
Too Much for Granted
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Eddie Bell (signed)
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
[Fido the Gabber]
Three-Ring Binks / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Farr
- Pencils:
- Jack Farr
- Inks:
- Jack Farr
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Jack Farr
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Three-Ring Binks
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-18-09.
Doubling in Danger
Air Wave / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- George Roussos
- Inks:
- George Roussos
- Colors:
- George Roussos
- Letters:
- George Roussos
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
He Swings through the Air
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 11 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby?
- Inks:
- George Klein?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; war
- Characters:
- The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Alfy; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan]
March of Dimes
Batman and Robin / public service announcement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; Robin
- Synopsis:
- PSA for the March of Dimes.
Indexer Notes
This feature is out of proper sequence.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
none
Batman -
1.
The Secret of the Switch
Batman -
2.
Call of Death
Slam Bradley -
3.
none
Gags and Groans -
4.
Too Much for Granted
-
5.
[Fido the Gabber]
Three-Ring Binks -
6.
Doubling in Danger
Air Wave -
7.
He Swings through the Air
The Boy Commandos -
8.
March of Dimes
Batman and Robin
This issue was most recently modified by:
- R. J. Roper
- Per Sandell
- Matthew Peets
- Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bill Wormstedt
- Bob Klein
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Jerry Bails (R.I.P.)
- Carl Gafford
- John Greb
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Jeremy Heier
- Chris Launder
- Terry Vraspir
- Craig Delich
- Mike Bowen
- Gregory Fischer
- Dwayne Best
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Gordon
- Max Capp
- Ed Boner
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