(April 1946)

DC, 1937 Series
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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 (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Winslow Mortimer
Inks:
Winslow Mortimer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin; Alfred Beagle.
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Batman and Robin in Scotland Yard (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Don Cameron
Pencils:
Winslow Mortimer (signed as Mortimer)(signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:
Winslow Mortimer (signed as Mortimer)(signed as Bob Kane)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Graywon]; Alfred Beagle; Inspector Gow; Professor Moriarty (villain; I).
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin travel to Scotland Yard to put on a demonstration of their crime fighting techniques, and end up helping catch the namesake of Professor Moriarty.
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Indexer Notes

Mortimer signed his name on a truck in panel 2 of page 9. Some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-24-09.


none (Table of Contents)

Scuffy the Tramp / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (signed as Lit-Win)
Inks:
? (signed as Lit-Win)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Scuffy the Tramp

Indexer Notes

Lit-Win was a pen name for an unknown artist that Jack Burnley met many times at the DC offices, but never could remember the true name of.


Crime Gets the Gong (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
George Roussos
Inks:
George Roussos
Colors:
George Roussos
Letters:
George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Air Wave [Larry Jordan]

none (Table of Contents)

Daffy & Doodle / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (signed as Lit-Win)
Inks:
? (signed as Lit-Win)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Daffy; Doodle.

Indexer Notes

Lit-Win was a pen name for this artist, who Jack Burnmley saw often in the DC offices. But he couldn't remember his true name.


none (Table of Contents)

Daffy & Doodle / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (signed as Lit-Win)
Inks:
? (signed as Lit-Win)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Daffy; Doodle.

Indexer Notes

Lit-Win was a pen name for an artist whom Jack Burnley saw often in the DC offices, but couldn't remember his true name.


none (Table of Contents)

The Fellers / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Phil Berube
Pencils:
Phil Berube
Inks:
Phil Berube
Colors:
?
Letters:
Phil Berube

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
The Fellers

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 5-24-09.


Golden Murder (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Blair Bolton (signed)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
crime

The Crook Who Couldn't Be Jailed (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
detective-mystery
Characters:
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.

Indexer Notes

Revised pencil credit by Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005). Pencil credit previously given to Howard Sherman.


A Flatbush Frolic (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Steve Brodie
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure; war
Characters:
The Boy Commandos: Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Andre; Alfy; Jan (last appearance); Mickey Tanner; Maggie Tanner; Big Nose.
Synopsis:
Jan stays behind in Holland as the boys return to America with Rip. Alfy is supposed to stay in England but stows away. Brooklyn gets involved in trying to keep Mickey Tanner from hanging with a street gang. Rip Carter forms a Flying Commando unit under Interpol.

Indexer Notes

(Swan has confirmed Brodie was his inker on Boy Commandos to Craig Delich, although he hadn't reviewed each strip).


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. none
    Batman
  2. 1. Batman and Robin in Scotland Yard
    Batman
  3. 2. none
    Scuffy the Tramp
  4. 3. Crime Gets the Gong
    Air Wave
  5. 4. none
    Daffy & Doodle
  6. 5. none
    Daffy & Doodle
  7. 6. none
    The Fellers
  8. 7. Golden Murder
  9. 8. The Crook Who Couldn't Be Jailed
    Slam Bradley
  10. 9. A Flatbush Frolic
    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