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Issue Details

Issue #138
Published August 1948
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Invisible Crimes"

Characters Batman; Robin; The Joker (silhouette).
Genre superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

12 page Batman story "The Invisible Crimes"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Walter Timmins (first appearance); Mr. Laird (first appearance); Mr. Stacy (first appearance); Mr. Morse (first appearance); The Joker (villain).
Synopsis The Joker follows up an article in the newspaper about a scientist discovering a lost elixir of invisibility and becomes a real terror to Batman until the crime fighter takes some of the elixir himself.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger?
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Dick Sprang
Notes Pencil credit verified by Sprang. Inker credit revised & verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker credit previously given to Howard Sherman? Gene McDonald? Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-5-08.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

6 page Robotman story "The Inside Story of Robotman"

Characters Robotman [Paul Dennis]
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder (credit by Martin O'Hearn)
Pencils Jimmy Thompson
Inks Jimmy Thompson
Notes Origin retold, series continues from Star- Spangled Comics.
Reprinted In World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #208 (December 1971).

7 page Slam Bradley story "Shorty Meets the Champ"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre detective
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Notes Inker credit revised and verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker credit previously given to John Daly.

1 page Shorty filler

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

2 page text article "Secret Codes Can Be Fun!"

Genre fact
Script Henry Lysing (signed)
Letters typeset

12 page The Boy Commandos story "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste II"

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

Half page Daffy & Doodle filler

Characters Daffy; Doodle.
Genre humor
Pencils ? (signed as Lit-Win)
Inks ? (signed as Lit-Win)
Notes Lit-Win is a pen name for an unknown artist whom Jack Burnley saw in the DC offices often, but he couldn't remember the man's true name.