Detective Comics #60

(February 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Lancaster County Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Case of the Costume-Clad Killers (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman with Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain); Joker's gang [as Sergeant Dix; others un-named] (villains)

Synopsis

Batman and Robin set out to clash with a clever gang that secures uniforms and equipment of police and firemen in order to commit crimes. But Batman has already figured out the person behind this as a person who would relish the "humor" of the situation: the Joker!

Reprints

• in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 ([July] 1991)
• in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #5 ([June] 2008)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #2 ([October] 2016)
• in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #3 ([October] 2017)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batmobile; belt wireless; Gotham City; Pete's Tap Room; The Brody Diamond

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I hope you put some grease on the car, too!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

3 gags.

Boy! Am I in a Hurry!! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[Herr Flax] (Table of Contents: 5)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Moore (signed)

Pencils

Ed Moore (signed)

Inks

Ed Moore (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

Bart Regan; Whitey; Herr Flax (villain)

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

"Super" Duper; Canada Dry Ginger Ale / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Cliff Crosby / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pierce Rice

Inks

Arturo Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Cliff Crosby

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

Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

See, Son, here we are in the far west country...

Genre

humor

Characters

Chief Hot Foot

Wow and Double Wow! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Murder on the Airwaves (Table of Contents: 10)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Lehti (signed)

Pencils

Jack Lehti (signed)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Charles Paris

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing

Indexer Notes

Inker and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Silly Willy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Not an animal in sight!

Genre

humor

Characters

Silly Willy

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

The Shining Knight; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

The Magic Walking Stick by John Buchan (Table of Contents: 14)

Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

The Case of the Tell Tale Candle (Table of Contents: 15)

Larry Steele, Private Detective / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Cliff Young (signed)

Inks

Cliff Young (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Larry Steele

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

Gags / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Guess what I have for you?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

3 gags.

Newcomer! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Sensation Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Prize Comics / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

The Case of the Missing Evidence! (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script

Mort Weisinger ?

Pencils

Lee Harris (signed)

Inks

Lee Harris (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Air Wave [Larry Jordan] (introduction); District Attorney Cole (introduction); Snake Scalotti (villain, introduction); Louie (villain)

Reprints

• in Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (DC, 2019 series) ([May] 2019)

Keywords

Belt radio

Indexer Notes

No origin provided.

The last illustrated panel features Air Wave asking readers to contact the editor and let him know how they liked the feature.

Inker revision from Charles Paris to Harris per Will Murray in Alter Ego #162 (January 2020).

The Trick (Table of Contents: 20)

text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

Norman Goss (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[The Fat Man's Club] (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Sherman

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan

Now on Sale (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Energy to Move a Mountain (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)