Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1945-10-08
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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The Three Musketeers!
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; D'Artagnan
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Dick Sprang. Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of October 10 in ad in Sensation Comics #48.

Credits for Jack Schiff (actual editor) from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Schiff

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

C Is for Cat
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Rackety-Rax Racket!
(Table of Contents: 3)

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]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); Aces (villain)
Synopsis:
A series of college fraternity initiation rites are used by the Crime Clown to further enhance his own wealth, using Robin himself to carry them out.
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.

[no title indexed]
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Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (origin re-told); Dick's mother; Dick's father; Haly (circus owner); Commissioner James Gordon; Harry (cabdriver); Myrtle (Harry's wife, unseen); Boss Zucco (villain); Stick-Up Sidney (villain, introduction)
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Story takes place just after Detective Comics #38.

Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.

Return to the Crime
(Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Mal Parton (credited)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:"Oh, with a song in my heart," sang Willie...
  • Keywords:Bison City
Characters:
Willie Whisper; Soup; Knucks; Mrs. Van Vleet

Indexer Notes

This text story is NOT found in the Archives edition.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Jasper / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Lit-Win (signed)
Pencils:
Lit-Win (signed)
Inks:
Lit-Win (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Can't seem to budge this damper...
Characters:
Jasper

Indexer Notes

This sequence is NOT found in the Archives edition.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hello Pete! How are the apples today?
Characters:
Casey the Cop; Pete

Indexer Notes

This sequence is NOT found in the Archives edition.

[no title indexed]
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History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

In the Soup!
(Table of Contents: 11)

Alfred / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Alfred Pennyworth; Chumley (a dog); un-named criminal gang (villains)
Synopsis:
At the request of one of Bruce Wayne's friends, Alfred is loaned out...to walk the lady's dog of all things. However, while doing this menial chore, the brave butler stumbles upon a case that will test his detective abilities...a case involving giant turtles.
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

Bronko Nagurski
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

All for One, One for All!
(Table of Contents: 13)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne[ [also as D'Artagnan]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; D'Artagnan; the Three Musketeers [Athos; Portos; Aramis]; Lady Constance; Duke of Buckingham; Milady (villain Richelieu's agent, introduction); Cardinal Richelieu (villain, no real appearance)
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Time-travel story, based on Dumas's characters in "The Three Musketeers".

Script credit by Martin O'Hearn. Art and letterer credits verified by Dick Sprang.

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

[no title indexed]
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

Surging Energy
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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Three Musketeers!
    Batman and Robin
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. C Is for Cat
  4. Rackety-Rax Racket!
    Batman and Robin
  5. ["I'll have to hang up, dear..."]
    Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
  6. ["I'm the little shrimp you kept on the bench last season..."]
    Wheaties
  7. Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder!
    Batman and Robin
  8. Return to the Crime
  9. ["Can't seem to budge this damper..."]
    Jasper
  10. ["Hello Pete! How are the apples today?"]
    Casey the Cop
  11. [no title indexed]
    History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  12. In the Soup!
    Alfred
  13. Bronko Nagurski
    Wheaties
  14. All for One, One for All!
    Batman and Robin
  15. ["His marvelous magnetic powers save the town..."]
    Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars
  16. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  17. Surging Energy
    Baby Ruth
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