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Issue Details

Issue #136
Published June 1948
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes Pencil credit verified by Sprang. Revised ink credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker credit previously given as Howard Sherman.

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin; Scarface Carson.
Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Dick Sprang
Notes Pencil credit verified by Sprang. Revised ink credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker credit previously given as Howard Sherman.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

12 page Batman story "The Dead Man's Chest"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Nichols; Mr. Hollis; Captain Henry Morgan (villain); pirates (villains).
Synopsis At a meeting of the Gotham City Museum Board of Trustees, Bruce Wayne sees a map from 1667 that bears his hand-writing, so he has Professor Nichols send him and Dick back to that era to see if they can solve that age old mystery.
Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Notes Pencil credit verified by Sprang. Revised inker credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker credit previously given to Howard Sherman? Gene McDonald? Revised synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-4-08.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

6 page Air Wave story "The City of Glass"

Characters Air-Wave [Larry Jordan]
Genre superhero
Pencils Harris Levy (signed as Lee Harris)
Inks Harris Levy (signed as Lee Harris)
Notes Story title provided by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005).

7 page Slam Bradley story "Truth + Penalty = Crime-Catchers!"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre detective
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Notes Inker credit revised by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker credit previously given to John Daly. Title from David Postle (July 2007).

2 page text story "Too Many Cooks!"

Genre adventure
Script Cliff Rhodes (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Title from David Postle (July 2007).

10 page The Boy Commandos story "A Tale of Two Brooklyns!"

Characters The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Andre; Jan; Tex].
Genre war; adventure
Pencils Jack Kirby?
Inks George Klein?
Notes Title from David Postle (July 2007).