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Issue Details

Issue #119
Published January 1947
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Jack Schiff; Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #5 (March 2001).

12 page Batman story "The Case of the Famous Foes"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Wiley Derek [villain].
Synopsis A crook on the lam takes on the role of a guard at an asylum and gets the idea of using the men inside [who think of themselves as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin and others] as dupes to carry out his nefarious crimes.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)(verified by Sprang)
Inks Gene McDonald
Notes Most likely Gene McDonald's last Batman work, since he inked thru 1946 (Delich). Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #5 (March 2001).

7 page Slam Bradley story "Danger - Crooks At Work!"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre detective
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly

8 page Air Wave story "The Talking Dog"

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

2 page text story "Gentlemen's Agreement"

Genre adventure
Script John Broome (signed as John Osgood)
Letters typeset

Half page Casey the Cop filler

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

12 page The Boy Commandos story "The Runaway Robot"

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