Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #124

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Pages: 52

On-sale Date: 1947-04-23

Editing: Jack Schiff (editor); Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief)

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The Crime Parade

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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:	George Roussos
Colors:	?
Letters:	Ira Schnapp (sourced)

Genre:superhero

Keywords:automatic pistols; giant props; music; sheet music

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker

Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits by Craig Delich. We previously credited the pencils to Lew Sayre Schwartz, but he said he was not involved in this cover. We previously credited the inks to Charles Paris.

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: A Superman DC Publication
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Indicia Frequency: monthly
Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Editorial Advisory Board

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

T Is for Tapir

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

The Crime Parade

(Table of Contents: 3)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:	Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:	George Roussos
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Keywords:Bat-Signal; Batplane; Gotham City

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; William River (diamond merchant); Horace Holly (millionaire hobbyist); The Joker (villain); Joker's gang (villains)

Synopsis:: The Joker tests the wits of the Dynamic Duo with a crime spree, each day's caper based on the "Tune of the Day" on radio.; in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #6 ([August] 2005)
in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #5 ([August] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Lew Sayre Schwartz pencils credit removed, as he said he did not work on this story. Inks credit per Craig Delich; we previously credited Charles Paris.

Splash page replicates the cover. Story later adapted as part of Batman vs. 3 Villains of Doom (Signet, 1966 series), a prose novel.

Del Ennis

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Swifty Seaver Wins for Beaver

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"P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story / advertisement / 1 page

The Crime Express!

(Table of Contents: 6)

Air Wave / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	Lee Harris (signed)
Inks:	Lee Harris (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Characters:

Air Wave [Larry Jordan]

Captain Tootsie and the Radar Rescue

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Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]

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Honest Willy / comic story / 1 page

Script:	Phil Berube
Pencils:	Phil Berube (signed)
Inks:	Phil Berube (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	Phil Berube

Genre:humor

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Can Willie eat dinner at our house today, Mom?

Characters:

Honest Willie

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich.

Knockout

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text story / 2 pages

Script:	Stan Carter (credited)
Letters:	typeset

Genre:adventure

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 10)

Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:	Henry Boltinoff
Inks:	Henry Boltinoff
Colors:	?
Letters:	Henry Boltinoff

Genre:humor

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ugh! Hurry! Looks like heap big fire in woods!

Characters:

Chief Hot Foot

The Flash That Stopped a Crash!

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Bright Star Flashlight Batteries / advertisement / 0.5 page

Shorty of the Royal Mounted!

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Slam Bradley / comic story / 7 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	John Daly
Inks:	John Daly
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:detective-mystery

Characters:

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit revised by Jerry Bails. Previously credited to Howard Sherman.

[no title indexed]

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Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page

How Jet-Propulsion Works

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"U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad]; U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal] / advertisement / 1 page

Assignment in London!

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The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	Curt Swan
Inks:	Steve Brodie
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:adventure; war

Characters:

The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]]

The Crime Parade (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Editorial Advisory Board (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

T Is for Tapir (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

The Crime Parade (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Indexer Notes

Del Ennis (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Swifty Seaver Wins for Beaver (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

"P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story / advertisement / 1 page

The Crime Express! (Table of Contents: 6)

Air Wave / comic story / 6 pages

Captain Tootsie and the Radar Rescue (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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

Honest Willy / comic story / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Knockout (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 0.5 page

The Flash That Stopped a Crash! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 11)

Bright Star Flashlight Batteries / advertisement / 0.5 page

Shorty of the Royal Mounted! (Table of Contents: 12)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 7 pages

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page

How Jet-Propulsion Works (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

"U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad]; U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal] / advertisement / 1 page

Assignment in London! (Table of Contents: 15)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Popsicle Products / advertisement / 1 page

The "Too-Daring Pitcher" (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Famous Sport Flops; Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 1 page

Batman and Robin Fans! Attention! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 19)

Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page

The Crime Parade

(Table of Contents)

Editorial Advisory Board

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

T Is for Tapir

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

The Crime Parade

(Table of Contents: 3)

Del Ennis

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Swifty Seaver Wins for Beaver

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

The Crime Express!

(Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Tootsie and the Radar Rescue

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 8)

Knockout

(Table of Contents: 9)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 10)

The Flash That Stopped a Crash!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 11)

Shorty of the Royal Mounted!

(Table of Contents: 12)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

How Jet-Propulsion Works

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Assignment in London!

(Table of Contents: 15)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

The "Too-Daring Pitcher"

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Batman and Robin Fans! Attention!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

[no title indexed]

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