Detective Comics #68

(October 1942)

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

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

The Mail Wagon Mystery by May Justus (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Josette Frank

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

book review

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. The book "The Mail Wagon Mystery" by May Justus is reviewed.

The Man Who Led a Double Life! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Two-Face [Harvey Kent] (villain); Gilda (Harvey's fiancee); Henry Logan (matchstick object collector); Henry Logan's double; Gotham City's Mayor; a mask maker; mask maker's son; Al (villain); "Getaway" George (villain); Two-Face's criminal combine (villains)

Synopsis

Two-Face gets away from Batman and resumes his criminal career, but, in the end, is double-crossed by one of his own men!

Reprints

• in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-20 (September 1973)
• in Giant Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1962 series) #28 ([1974] ?)
• in DC-serier (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #1/1989 (Januari 1989)
• in DC presenterer (Semic, 1988 series) #2/1989 (uke 17 1989) [page 1 removed]
• in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 ([July] 1991)
• in Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler (DC, 1995 series) ([August] 1995)
• in Batman vs. Two-Face (DC, 2008 series) ([July] 2008)
• in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #7 ([May] 2009)
• in Batman Arkham: Two-Face (DC, 2015 series) (2015 [January 2016])
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #2 ([October] 2016)
• in Two-Face: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2017 series) (2017 [January 2018])
• in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([April] 2018)
• in Batman Arkham (Urban Comics, 2021 series) #[1] - Double-Face (février 2021)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Daily Globe

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Detective Comics #66.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Costumes for Hire

Genre

humor

Characters

Silly Willy

Extra! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

The Treachery of Osuki! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ?

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson ?

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

The Boy Commandos: Brooklyn; Captain Rip Carter; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett
Osuki (villain)

Synopsis

The boys end up shipwrecked in the Pacific with a Japanese pilot, but without Rip Carter.

Reprints

• in The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (2010 [January 2011])

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Energy to Get There! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Scoopy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harold Sherman (signed as Sherman)

Inks

Harold Sherman (signed as Sherman)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mrs. Goldrocks was just robbed...

Genre

humor

Characters

Scoopy

How Do They Think 'Em Up?! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Dead Men Do Tell Tales (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 [Wing How]; Tommy; Uncle; Trigger (villain); Shorty (villain)

Synopsis

Two crooks sell an old man and a young boy a treasure map and then decide they want it back.

Indexer Notes

Inker and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

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

Silly Willy / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I think I'll mosey around the circus...

Genre

humor

Characters

Silly Willy

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

advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Prize Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Adventure of the Peglegged Wildcat (Table of Contents: 14)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pierce Rice

Inks

Arturo Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery; spy

Characters

Bart Regan

Escape from Death (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Niles Hall (credited as Nils Hall ?)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

The Case of the Talking Gun! (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Murray Boltinoff

Pencils

Lee Harris (signed as Harris)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static (his parrot); Ebenezer Rood (Morning Star editor, death); Burt Benson (newspaper editor); Jimmy Pardee (newspaper crime reporter); Mrs. Pardee (Jimmy's mother); Porky; Wilbur

Keywords

The Morning Star

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, Chief - Mow your lawn for a quarter?

Genre

humor

Characters

Chief Hot Foot

Biggest and Best! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

The Case of the Cultured Crooks! (Table of Contents: 19)

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: 20) (Expand) /

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

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

Muscle Power Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary / advertisement / 1 page (report information)