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Issue Details

Issue #96
Published February 1945
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Jack Schiff; Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks George Roussos
Letters typeset
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #4 (June 1998).

12 page Batman story "Alfred, Private Detective"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Beagle; J.C. Willis; Stoney Peters [villain]; Fingers [villain].
Synopsis Alfred asks for a month off, during which time he goes to another town and opens a detective agency. His first client: Stoney Peters, a criminal who had just shot the Batman!
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Letters Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Notes Letterer credit by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-18-09.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #4 (June 1998).

6 page Slam Bradley story "Bargains in Burglary"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre detective
Script Writer D
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Notes Revised artist credits by Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005). Previously credited also to John Daly?

6 page Air Wave story "Crime Goes into Mourning"

Characters Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
Genre superhero
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos
Colors George Roussos
Letters George Roussos

4 page Three-Ring Binks story

Characters Three-Ring Binks
Genre humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-18-09.

2 page text story "Present from the General"

Genre adventure
Letters typeset

11 page The Boy Commandos story "The Sinister League"

Characters The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Andre; Alfy; Brooklyn; Jan].
Genre war; adventure
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve