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Issue Details

Issue #117
Published November 1946
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Jack Schiff; Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief)
Notes Pencil credit revised from Ray Burnley to Bob Kane. Art credits verified by Joe Desris.

Cover Details - "Steeplejack's Showdown"

Characters Batman; Robin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Kane
Inks Ray Burnley
Notes Pencil credit revised from Ray Burnley to Bob Kane. Art credits verified by Joe Desris.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #5 (March 2001).

12 page Batman story "Steeplejack's Showdown"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bob Skelly; Ben; Red [villain]; Logan [villain, D]; Madame Nadir.
Synopsis The owner of a steeplejack company, home resting from war service, heeds the words of a gypsy fortune teller to stay away from heights, advice that nearly costs Batman his life!
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Ray Burnley
Notes Art credits verified by Joe Desris. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #5 (March 2001).

6 page Air Wave story "Three's A Mob"

Characters Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
Genre superhero
Pencils Harris Levy (signed as Lee Harris)
Inks Harris Levy (signed as Lee Harris)

6 page Slam Bradley story "The Fastest Snails in the World"

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

Half page Casey the Cop filler

Characters Casey
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

5 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 5-25-09.

1 page Sunshine Nelly filler

Characters Sunshine Nelly
Genre gag

2 page text story "Glass Clue"

Genre adventure
Script Tom Neill (signed)
Letters typeset

11 page The Boy Commandos story "The Man No One Could See"

Characters The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Jan; Brooklyn; Alfy; Andre].
Genre war; adventure
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Steve Brodie