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Issue Details

Issue #109
Published March 1946
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Jack Schiff; Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "The House That Jokes Built"

Characters Batman; Robin; The Joker.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley; Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #5 (March 2001).

12 page Batman story "The House that Jokes Built"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Beagle; The Joker (villain); Herbert Swail; Titus Drumm; Courtney.
Synopsis The Joker uses common, ordinary pranks to bilk rich people out of their money, but when he kidnaps Robin, Batman pulls a prank of his own on the Killer Clown!
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Winslow Mortimer (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks Winslow Mortimer (signed as Bob Kane)
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-24-09.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #5 (March 2001).

6 page Slam Bradley story "It's Off to Jail We Go"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre detective
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly
Notes Revised pencil credit by Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005). Pencil credit previously given to Howard Sherman.

6 page Air Wave story "Landslide for the Law"

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

1 page Spike filler

Characters Spike
Genre gag
Script Phil Berube
Pencils Phil Berube
Inks Phil Berube
Letters Phil Berube
Notes Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 5-24-09.

2 page text story "Foot Soldier"

Genre war
Script Stan Carter (signed)

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 5-24-09.

1 page Pigskin Pete filler

Characters Pigskin Pete
Genre humor

11 page The Boy Commandos story "Keep 'em Frying"

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