Detective Comics
#77
(July 1943)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-05-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor); Bernard Breslauer (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Crime Clinic
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Crime Doctor [Dr. Matthew Thorne]
- Reprints
-
in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #3 (1993 [January 1994]) - in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #9 ([April] 2010)
- in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #3 ([June] 2017)
- in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #5 ([November] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- droppers; erlenmeyer flasks; forceps; giant figures; medical reflectors; microscopes; Pasteur pipettes
The Crime Clinic!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Billy (hospital patient); Mr. Brown; Hodges (banker); unnamed Professor; The Crime Doctor [Dr. Matthew Thorne] (villain, surgeon, introduction); Albert (villain, Thorne's assistant); Piggy Pinto (villain); Ranson (villain)
- Synopsis
- A noted brilliant surgeon, intrigued with the excitement of crime, opens the "Crime Clinic," where criminals who are worried sick over how to commit crimes can go for advice.
- Reprints
- in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #3 (1993 [January 1994])
- in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #9 ([April] 2010)
- in Batman: The War Years 1939-1945 (Chartwell Books, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #3 ([June] 2017)
- in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #5 ([November] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Crime Clinic; Novelty Rubber
Trail of the Red Herring!
Slam Bradley / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
Struggle Is Our Brother by Gregor Felsen
Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page
- Script
- Josette Frank (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Keywords
- book review
Indexer Notes
The book, "Struggle Is Our Brother" by Gregor Felsen, is reviewed.
The Mystery of the Mounted Marauders!
The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 7.5 pages
- 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.
Taps for the Telegrapher!
Spy / comic story / 4.67 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Bart Regan
Indexer Notes
Last appearance.
Glory Enough
text story / 1 page
- Script
- James Quill (credited)
- Pencils
- Raymond Perry ?
- Inks
- Raymond Perry ?
- Colors
- Raymond Perry ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
The Case of the Soundless Crimes!
Air Wave / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils
- George Roussos (signed)
- Inks
- George Roussos (signed)
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static; Dr. Silence (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
Colorist credit conformed in article on Roussos in Alter Ego #5 (Summer 2000), which also reprinted the splash page to this story.
The Valley of Destiny
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfy Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Sarkis; General Von Konk; Grubble; Boering; Baron Shohiro; General Saki; Yuma Hara; The Wise One; Dr. Cairne
- Synopsis
- A mystical monk brings representative samples of modern civilization to the lost Valley of Destiny to determine if civilization is worthy to learn its secrets.
- Reprints
- in The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #2 (2015 [February 2016])
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Crime Clinic
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
1.
How to Make Your Body Bring You Fame ...Instead of Shame!
Charles Atlas -
2.
The Crime Clinic!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
3.
[no title indexed]
Popsicle -
4.
Trail of the Red Herring!
Slam Bradley -
5.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
6.
Struggle Is Our Brother by Gregor Felsen
Good Books Worth Reading -
7.
The Mystery of the Mounted Marauders!
The Crimson Avenger -
8.
How Well Do You Know Our War Weapons?
Bendix -
9.
Taps for the Telegrapher!
Spy -
10.
[no title indexed]
Spencer Fireworks Co. -
11.
Glory Enough
-
12.
The Case of the Soundless Crimes!
Air Wave -
13.
["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"]
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14.
The Valley of Destiny
The Boy Commandos -
15.
[no title indexed]
Knickerbocker Pub. Co. -
16.
[no title indexed]
Arco Publishing Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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