(October 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)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; Ongoing series
[Battle of the Billboards]
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
- Inks:
- Dick Sprang
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; Robin.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #5 ([March] 2001)
The Battle of the Billboards
Batman / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Alvin Schwartz
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
- Inks:
- Dick Sprang
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Edward Faraday; Fat Frank [villain]; Toby the Inchworm [villain]; Mr. Keel [villain].
- Synopsis:
- Batman turns the tables on some crooks who are using giant billboards to blackmail people.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #5 ([March] 2001)
Indexer Notes
Revised synopsis and some info added by Craig Delich 5-23-09.
none
Three-Ring Binks / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Farr
- Pencils:
- Jack Farr
- Inks:
- Jack Farr
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Jack Farr
Content Information
- Characters:
- Three-Ring Binks
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 5-23-09.
The Buzzard and the Screech
Slam Bradley / comic story / 6.66 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Howard Sherman
- Inks:
- Howard Sherman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective
- Characters:
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Indexer Notes
Revised artist credits confirmed by Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005). Previously the credits had also been assigned to John Daly?
The Swag That Stole Itself
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]
Clear Sailing
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Alton Black (signed)
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
none
Scuffy the Tramp / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (signed as Lit-Win)
- Inks:
- ? (signed as Lit-Win)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
- Characters:
- Scuffy the Tramp
Indexer Notes
Lit-Win was the pen name of an unknown artist that Jack Burnley remembers meeting in the DC offices, but he couldn't remember the man's true name.
The Crooked Ghost
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Louis Cazeneuve
- Inks:
- Louis Cazeneuve
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war; adventure
- Characters:
- The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Alfy; Andre; Brooklyn; Jan].
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Battle of the Billboards
Batman -
2.
none
Three-Ring Binks -
3.
The Buzzard and the Screech
Slam Bradley -
4.
The Swag That Stole Itself
Air Wave -
5.
Clear Sailing
-
6.
none
Scuffy the Tramp -
7.
The Crooked Ghost
The Boy Commandos
This issue was most recently modified by:
- 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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