Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1945-02-20
Editing: Jack Schiff; Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #98 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Sprang.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

The King of the Hoboes!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Boxcar Bill]; Robin [Dick Grayson; also as Slugger Junior]; Alfred Pennyworth; Frisco Fred (hobo); Casper Thurbridge (bank President); Silvers Silke (villain); Soapy Waters (villain)
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin go undercover to locate crooks responsible for robbing the home of Casper Thurbridge and trail them to Paradise Jungle, a home for hobos, and discover Thurbridge there!
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Letters credit by Craig Delich and verified by Sprang.

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

Audacious Alibi!
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Slam Bradley / comic story / 6.67 pages

Script:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan

Indexer Notes

Artist credits by Jerry Bails. We previously suggested John Daly.

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public service announcement / 0.33 page

Script:
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  • Genre:advocacy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:No kidding, kids...

Circus Terror!
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Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[Millimetre-Gun Murphy]
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Three-Ring Binks / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Three-Ring Binks

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Want to Be a Champion?
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Wheaties / advertisement / 2 pages

Sound Effects by Air Wave
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Air Wave / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Air Wave [Larry Jordan]

A Slide for Life
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Alton Black (credited) (house name)
Pencils:
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Colors:
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Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

Indexer Notes

Found on the 2nd page on the inside back cover.

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Scuffy the Tramp / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Lit-Win (signed)
Inks:
Lit-Win (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ah! A pair of riding breeches!
Characters:
Scuffy

Look, Fellows...
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U.S. Army Helmet Liner / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Trial of Field Marshal von Augen!
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The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:adventure; war
Characters:
The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Andre Chavard; Alfy Twidgett; Jan Haasan; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]]; Field Marshall von Augen (villain)

Speedy Energy
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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. ["For spine-tingling action..."]
  4. The King of the Hoboes!
    Batman and Robin
  5. ["Private Jones reporting..."]
    Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
  6. Audacious Alibi!
    Slam Bradley
  7. ["No kidding, kids..."]
  8. Circus Terror!
    Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
  9. [Millimetre-Gun Murphy]
    Three-Ring Binks
  10. Want to Be a Champion?
    Wheaties
  11. Sound Effects by Air Wave
    Air Wave
  12. A Slide for Life
  13. ["Ah! A pair of riding breeches!"]
    Scuffy the Tramp
  14. Look, Fellows...
    U.S. Army Helmet Liner
  15. ["Careful, men, we are in dangerous South American jungles!"]
    Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars
  16. The Trial of Field Marshal von Augen!
    The Boy Commandos
  17. Speedy Energy
    Baby Ruth
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  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Matthew Peets
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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