Detective Comics #65

(July 1942)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Lost Caravan by Waldo Fleming (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Josette Frank (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

book review

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. The book "The Lost Caravan" by Waldo Fleming is reviewed.

The Cop Who Hated the Batman! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Joseph Greene

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

George Roussos; Ray Burnley (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp ?

Feature Logo

Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Tom Bolton [Tom Nolan] (Mike Nolan's son); Mike Nolan (villain, flashback, death); Nick Rocco (villain); "Soapy" Joe (villain, death)

Synopsis

Batman and Robin join Commissioner Gordon to head for a northern state to watch the state troopers in action. While there, Batman meets a cop who holds a grudge with him because he believes Batman shot his father in the back years ago.

Reprints

• in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 ([July] 1991)
• in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #6 ([December] 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; Gotham City

The Winning Team... (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

In a Class by Itself! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[Nostradamus Predicts] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ?

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson (sourced)

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Pierre Chavard; Alfy Twidgett; Jan Haasan]; Nostradamus; Catherine, Queen of France; Bathingham; Chibbs; Hermann Göring (villain)

Synopsis

Rip tries to send the boys to school. Nostradamus predicts Hitler and the Boy Commandos.

Reprints

• in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-15 (March 1973)
• in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #109 ([Circa October 1975])
• in The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (2010 [January 2011])

Indexer Notes

Trademark information: (Submission) Serial #: 456,728. Detective Comics, Inc., New York, N. Y. Filed Nov. 10, 1942. "The Boy Commandos" (logo image), For Cartoons Published in a Series. Claims use since Mar. 2, 1942. Submission appeared in the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 546, January 12, 1943, p. 220.

The trademark submission was for the logo design that started in this issue. The first appearance in the last issue has a different design. Also, this trademark is not the same trademark that was granted for the logo that would eventually become the cover logo for Boy Commandos (DC, 1942 series) #1 (Winter 1942-1943) (details found on the ashcan, Boy Commandos Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1942 series) #1 (September-October 1942)).

(Granted) Trademark #: 400,764. Registration granted in the Official Gazette for the United States Patent Office Volume 548, March 30, 1943, p. 787.

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

advertisement / 0.23 page (report information)

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

Clancy the Cop / comic story / 0.44 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

Whew - It's hot...

Genre

humor

Characters

Clancy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

The Red Letter Day Crimes (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Jack Lehti (signed)

Pencils

Jack Lehti (signed)

Inks

Charles Paris (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Charles Paris (sourced)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Superman [Clark Kent] (balloon); The Holiday Hoods (villains)

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

Popsicle Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Case of the...Man Who Sold Death!! (Table of Contents: 12)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; spy; detective-mystery

Characters

Bart Regan

No More Ghosts (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

John Hilton (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

The Machine Man (Table of Contents: 14)

Air Wave / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Murray Boltinoff ?

Pencils

Lee Harris (signed)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; District Attorney Cole; Professor Gurn (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Morrow Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Private Pete / 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

This K.P. duty is real woman's work!

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Pvt. Pete

Mystery of the Priceless Pooch (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Pierce Rice

Inks

Arturo Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan

Now on Sale (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

The Tootsie Roll of Honor (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)