Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1944-05-23
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor); Bernard Breslauer (actual editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #89 Edit Cover
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The Cavalier of Crime!
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake]
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Sprang.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Tops in Comics!
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Laboratory Loot!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Helmar Helstrom (inventor); The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake] (villain, identity revealed); Stinger Sloane (villain); Sloane's gang (villains)
Synopsis:
The theft of a secret typewriter, valueless except to the inventor, leads the Batman and Robin to discover the true identity of the Cavalier.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit verified by Dick Sprang.

The Cavalier notifies Batman at the end of the story that he is going to adopt a new identity to replace that of Mortimer Drake.

[no title indexed]
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

[Rubberino]
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Three-Ring Binks / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Three-Ring Binks; Rubberino

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

Man or Mouser!
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Air Wave / comic story / 6 pages

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Characters:
Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Mickey the Cat

The Disappearing Desperados!
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The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 5.67 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; The Ghost Gang (villains)

[no title indexed]
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public service announcement / 0.33 page

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  • Genre:advocacy

[no title indexed]
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Private Pete / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I've got an order from the Colonel to send you right over...
Characters:
Pvt. Pete

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Popsicle Products / advertisement / 1 page

No Time for Stealing
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Tex Palmer (credited) (house name)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

Borrowed Brains!
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Slam Bradley / comic story / 7.67 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Elmer Haggle

[no title indexed]
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Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Joyride a la Russe!
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The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; war
Characters:
The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett; Andre Chavard]; Ivan; Leon; Olga; Nicolai
Synopsis:
The Commandos team up with some Russian guerrillas.

[no title indexed]
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Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page

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Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Cavalier of Crime!
    Batman and Robin
  2. Tops in Comics!
  3. Laboratory Loot!
    Batman and Robin
  4. ["Order 'The Flash' another carton of Wheaties."]
    Wheaties
  5. [Rubberino]
    Three-Ring Binks
  6. [no title indexed]
    Baby Ruth
  7. Man or Mouser!
    Air Wave
  8. The Disappearing Desperados!
    The Crimson Avenger
  9. ["He's the happiest guy I ever saw!"]
  10. ["I've got an order from the Colonel to send you right over..."]
    Private Pete
  11. [no title indexed]
    Popsicle Products
  12. No Time for Stealing
  13. Borrowed Brains!
    Slam Bradley
  14. ["One side friend!"]
    Batman
  15. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  16. Joyride a la Russe!
    The Boy Commandos
  17. [no title indexed]
    Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia
  18. ["Say, Red, do you suppose this is what the military..."]
    Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
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  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
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