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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published July-August 1972
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover Details

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Signalman [Phil Cobb]; The Puppet Master; The Clock King
Genre Superhero
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson

8 page Batman story "The Signalman of Crime"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Signalman [Phil Cobb] (first appearance and origin)
Synopsis Phil Cobb comes to Gotham City with the aim of becoming a big shot crook, and adopts the identity of The Signalman to get a reputation for outwitting Batman. However, with some luck, Batman and Robin escape one of The Signalman's traps and capture him.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Reprints first appearance and origin of The Signalman
Reprinted from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #112 (December 1957)

6 page Green Arrow story "The Crimes of the Clock King"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Clock King (intro, villain); unamed police officers
Synopsis The Clock King is successful in a series of crimes, besting Green Arrow and Speedy, until he traps them in his headquarters, where the archers escape his trap and capture The Clock King.
Genre superhero
Script Ed (France) Herron
Pencils Lee Elias
Inks Lee Elias
Notes Reprints first vs Clock King
Reprinted from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #111 (August 1960)

10 page Green Lantern story "Menace of the Giant Puppet!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Puppet Master (intro, villain); Carol Ferris; Biffy (small-time crook)
Synopsis The Puppet-Master invents a Hypno-Ray and commits crimes using others as puppets, until he attempts to capture Green Lantern, who instead captures him. Meanwhile, Carol Ferris daydreams of marrying Green Lantern.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Joe Giella
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes The Hypno-Ray is similar to an emotion controlling ray invented by Mind Games in Action Comics Weekly 611-613. Green Lantern uses a high speed stunt like The Flash.
Reprinted From Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #1 (July-August 1960)

Half page text article "All DC Magazines Now Only 20c!!"

Synopsis Article about the change in price and page count in DC comics.
Genre fact
Script Carmine Infantino; various DC editors
Letters typeset
Notes Signed by the following editors: Julius Schwartz; Joe Orlando; Dorothy Woolfolk; Murray Boltinoff; Denny O'Neil; Sol Harrison; Joe Kubert; Jack Kirby; E. Nelson Bridwell. Between pages 4-5 of the third story.