(June-July 1947)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Comics Publications, Inc.
Brand:
A Superman DC Publication
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Format:
Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; monthly; ongoing series

Batman, Interplanetary Policeman (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jim Mooney (verified by Mooney)
Inks:
Jim Mooney (verified by Mooney)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

The Bird Cage Bandits! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ed Hamilton ?
Pencils:
Jim Mooney (verified by Mooney)
Inks:
Jim Mooney
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin; The Penguin (villain)

Indexer Notes

Revised inking credit verified to Craig Delich by Jim Mooney (Nov. 2005). Previously given to Ray Burnley.


Swifty Seaver Wins For Beaver (Table of Contents)

Jim Wise; PF Flyer / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Plastino
Inks:
Al Plastino
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
sports

The Bandits of Tiny Town! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ed Hamilton ?
Pencils:
Jim Mooney (verified by Mooney)
Inks:
Jim Mooney
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin; Moose Miller (villain; Intro)

Indexer Notes

Possibly inspired by the 1938 movie, "THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN." Revised inker credit verified to Craig Delich by Jim Mooney (Nov. 2005). Previously assigned to Ray Burnley. Uses one of Hamilton's favorite words: Strategem, twice.


["I understand Lefty Looey is in the neighborhood"] (Table of Contents)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

The Score (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Baker
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Batman, Interplanetary Policeman! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox (probably)
Pencils:
Jim Mooney (verified by Mooney)
Inks:
Jim Mooney
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

Content Information

Genre:
super-hero
Characters:
V: Sax Gola (I; a Martian)

Indexer Notes

Revised inking credit verified to Craig Delich by Jim Mooney (Nov. 2005). Previously given to Ray Burnley.


How Jet-Propulsion Works (Table of Contents)

US Royal; US Bike Tires / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Plastino
Inks:
Al Plastino
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

"Mud pies!" (Table of Contents)

Little Arthur / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Phil Berube (signed)
Pencils:
Phil Berube (signed)
Inks:
Phil Berube (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
children; humor

The Too-Sure Eleven (Table of Contents)

Famous Sports Flops; Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
sports

T is For Tapir (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

ad for the Boy Commandos #21


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Bird Cage Bandits!
    Batman
  2. 2. Swifty Seaver Wins For Beaver
    Jim Wise; PF Flyer
  3. 3. The Bandits of Tiny Town!
    Batman
  4. 4. ["I understand Lefty Looey is in the neighborhood"]
    Casey the Cop
  5. 5. The Score
  6. 6. Batman, Interplanetary Policeman!
    Batman
  7. 7. How Jet-Propulsion Works
    US Royal; US Bike Tires
  8. 8. "Mud pies!"
    Little Arthur
  9. 9. The Too-Sure Eleven
    Famous Sports Flops; Thom McAn
  10. 10. T is For Tapir
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