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Issue Details

Issue #65
Published July 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth; [Murray Boltinoff; Mort Weisinger]

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin; Boy Commandos.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon (on Boy Commandos), Jerry Robinson (on Batman & Robin)
Letters Howard Ferguson
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 (1991); in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #258 (September-October 1974); in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-15.

1 page Good Books Worth Reading filler "The Lost Caravan by Waldo Fleming"

Synopsis The book reviewed is "The Lost Caravan" by Waldo Fleming.
Genre review
Script Josette Frank (signed)
Letters typeset

13 page Batman story "The Cop Who Hated the Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Tom Bolton [Tom Nolan, Mike's son]; Mike Nolan (flashback, villain, D); Nick Rocco (villain).
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.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Greene
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks George Roussos; Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
Letters Ira Schnapp?
Notes Some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-22-09.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 (1991).

13 page The Boy Commandos story "Nostradamus Predicts"

Characters Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Pierre; Alfy; Jan]; 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.
Genre war; adventure
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Joe Simon
Inks Joe Simon
Letters Howard Ferguson
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-22-09.
Reprinted In 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-15 (March 1973).

Half page Clancy the Cop filler

Characters Clancy
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

10 page The Crimson Avenger story "The Red Letter Day Crimes"

Characters The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; The Holiday Hoods villains]; Superman (balloon).
Genre superhero
Script Jack Lehti (signed)
Pencils Jack Lehti (signed)
Inks Charles Paris
Letters Charles Paris

6 page Spy story "The Case of the Man Who Sold Death"

Characters Bart Regan
Genre adventure
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve

2 page text story "No More Ghosts"

Genre adventure
Script John Hilton (signed)
Letters typeset

7 page Air Wave story "The Machine Man"

Characters Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Prof. Gurn (villain); D. A. Cole.
Genre superhero
Script Murray Boltinoff ?
Pencils Harris Levy (signed as Lee Harris)
Inks Charles Paris

Half page Private Pete filler

Characters Pvt. Pete
Genre military humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page Slam Bradley story "Mystery of the Priceless Pooch"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre detective
Pencils Pierce Rice
Inks Arturo Cazeneuve