Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1943-06-19
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (uncredited); Bernard Breslauer (uncredited)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #78 Edit Cover
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The Bond Wagon
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Jerry Robinson (Batman and Robin heads)
Inks:
George Roussos (background inks)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints (4)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Indian Paint -- The Story of an Indian Pony by Glen Balch
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / in-house column / 0.67 page

The Bond Wagon
(Table of Contents: 3)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Matt Wilkins [as Captain John Paul Jones] (ex-sea Captain); Passin' Pete Arnold [as Nathan Hale] (former football player); ? [as General George Washington]; ? [as Ethan Allen]; Baron von Luger (villain); Karpf (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain, image); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:
Batman hires some men down on their luck to dress as famous Americans from Revolutionary War days to man a Bond Wagon in order to sell more bonds to the people. However, the Nazis plan to sabotage this effort!
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

Splash page pretty much replicates the cover.

[no title indexed]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Meanest Muggs in the World!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 7.67 pages

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

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Bob Hughes.

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

The Prevue Murders
(Table of Contents: 7)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Jack Lehti (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Lehti (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Jo-Jo Jordan; Mad Dog Larsen (villain)

Indexer Notes

Inker and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

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

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This is a nice job - Delivering meat for the butcher!
Characters:
Jerry

Outlaw Serenade
(Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Tex Duane (credited) (house name)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

Menace of the Mouse-Traps!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Air Wave / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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Inks:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's awfully peppy today!

Indexer Notes

3 gags.

[no title indexed]
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Boy Commandos; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Freedom Station
(Table of Contents: 13)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; war
Characters:
Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett; Andre Chavard]; Adolf Hitler (villain)
Synopsis:
The Commandos try to set up an underground radio station in Germany.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed]
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Lightning Ju-Jitsu / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Publishers Art Service / advertisement / 1 page

Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

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

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Bond Wagon
    Batman and Robin
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. Indian Paint -- The Story of an Indian Pony by Glen Balch
    Good Books Worth Reading
  4. The Bond Wagon
    Batman
  5. ["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"]
  6. The Meanest Muggs in the World!
    Slam Bradley
  7. [no title indexed]
    World's Finest Comics
  8. The Prevue Murders
    The Crimson Avenger
  9. ["This is a nice job - Delivering meat for the butcher!"]
    Jerry the Jitterbug
  10. Outlaw Serenade
  11. Menace of the Mouse-Traps!
    Air Wave
  12. ["It's awfully peppy today!"]
    Laffs
  13. [no title indexed]
    Boy Commandos; Batman
  14. Freedom Station
    The Boy Commandos
  15. [no title indexed]
    Lightning Ju-Jitsu
  16. [no title indexed]
    Publishers Art Service
  17. Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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  • Craig Delich
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • John Pannozzi
  • Matthew Peets
  • Tony R. Rose
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