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Issue Details

Issue #88
Published January 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "Robin Declares War on Batman!"

Characters Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes Inker revision from Mortimer to Mooney verified by Craig Delich 2010-4-2.
Reprinted in Robin Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2010)

10 page Robin story "The Man Batman Refused to Help!"

Characters Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jimmy Brent; Mr. Brent (Jimmy's father); Mr. Denton (Brent's business partner, death); Mr. Walsh (villain, Brent's business partner); Chopper Slade (villain); Rabbit (villain); Digger Davis (villain); Waxey Todd (villain); Mike the Mug (villain)
Synopsis Robin has to race against the clock to prevent the execution of the wrong man sitting on death row for a crime he didn't commit.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes Batman appearances begin here. Inker revision from Mortimer to Mooney verified by Craig Delich 2010-4-2. The splash page is a close replication to the cover.
Reprinted in Robin Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2010)

10 page Captain Compass story "Time to Kill"

Characters Captain Compass [Mark Compass]
Genre detective
Pencils Chuck Winter
Inks Chuck Winter

7 page Merry, the Girl of a Thousand Gimmicks story "The Girl Who Tried To Be A Boy"

Characters Merry [Mary Pemberton]
Genre superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer

8 page Tomahawk story "Daniel Boone, King of the Hunters"

Characters Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]; Daniel Boone
Genre western; period
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray