Issue Details

Issue	#53
Published	June-July 1949
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jim Mooney (verified by Mooney)
Inks	Ray Burnley (verified by Jack Burnley)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

12 page Batman story "A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, a Hole In the Ground!"

Characters	V: The Joker
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only); Lew Schwartz
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Script used on Batman TV show. Letterer credit verified by Desris/O'Hearn.

12 page Batman story "The Portrait of Doom!"

Characters	V: The Dapper Bandit (I; Frank Fabian)
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Bob Kane (figures only); Lew Schwartz
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

Half page Casey the Cop filler

Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

2 page text article "How Baseball Began"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Raymond Perry
Inks	Raymond Perry
Letters	typeset

Half page Peg filler

Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

12 page Batman story "Batman Under the Sea!"

Characters	V: Phaeton, Stack Hawley (I for both)
Genre	super-hero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Jim Mooney (verified by Mooney)
Inks	Jim Mooney
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Notes	Revised inking credit verified by Jim Mooney to Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Previously given to Ray Burnley.

1 page Daffy & Doodle filler

Pencils	Lit Win
Inks	Lit Win