Issue | #144 |
Published | February 1949 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual) |
Characters | Batman; Robin; Kay Kyser. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Dick Sprang |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Notes | Pencil credit verified by Sprang. Inker credit revised & verified by Craig Delich (Jan. 2008). Inker credit previously given to Dick Sprang. |
Reprinted | In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007). |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kay Kyser; Eddie Blinn; Big Jack Bancroft (villain). |
Synopsis | Big Jack Bancroft kidnaps Kay Kyser and his saxophonist [whom he resembles] in order to get on Kyser's radio show, "The College of Musical Knowledge" in order to hide from the Police. Kyser has to find a way to tip off Batman to this and invite him to his program in order to round up the crook. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)(see note) |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Notes | According to Sprang, the splash page was re-arranged by DC's art department, not him, to almost replicate the cover. Info by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-5-08. |
Reprinted | In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007). |
Characters | Jerry |
Genre | teen humor |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Characters | Robotman [Paul Dennis] |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Jimmy Thompson |
Inks | Jimmy Thompson |
Characters | Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan. |
Genre | detective |
Pencils | Howard Sherman |
Inks | Howard Sherman |
Characters | Shorty |
Genre | gag |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Characters | Daffy; Doodle. |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | ? (signed as Lit-Win) |
Inks | ? (signed as Lit-Win) |
Notes | Lit-Win was the pen name of an unknown artist whom Jack Burnley regularly saw at the DC offices, but he couldn't remember the man's true name. |
Genre | adventure |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Tex; Brooklyn; Andre]. |
Genre | war; adventure |
Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
Inks | George Klein? |