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Issue Details

Issue #99
Published May 1945
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Jack Schiff; Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin; The Penguin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks Dick Sprang
Letters typeset
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #4 (June 1998).

12 page Batman story "The Temporary Murders"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Beagle; Rogers; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot](villain).
Synopsis The Penguin, operating out of a hideout he considers fool proof, Police proof and Batman proof, concocts a scheme in which he freezes a person, then sends the box with the body to relatives for the payment of a certain sum of money to safely have them restored to life.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Letters Pat Gordon (verified by Sprang)
Notes Letterer credit by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-19-09.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #4 (June 1998).

6 page Slam Bradley story "Veteran in Villainy"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre detective
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman

4 page Three-Ring Binks story "Swangaelic the Hypnotist"

Characters Three-Ring Binks; Swangaelic [villain].
Genre humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr

2 page text story "The Refugees"

Genre adventure
Script Stan Carter (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page The Boners filler

Genre humor
Pencils ? (signed as Lit-Win)
Inks ? (signed as Lit-Win)
Notes Lit-Win was a pen-name. Jack Burnley met him several times at the DC offices, but couldn't remember his true name.

11 page The Boy Commandos story "The Locusts of Lohan"

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

6 page Air Wave story "Caution ... Handle without Care"

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