Issue Details

Issue	#55
Published	October-November 1949
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The Case of the 48 Jokers"

Characters	Joker
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

12 page Batman story "The Case of the 48 Jokers!"

Characters	Villain: The Joker, the Joker Syndicate (Intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	Joe Letterese?

13 page Batman story "Bruce Wayne, Rookie Policeman!"

Characters	V: The Longshoreman Kid (I)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Charles Paris
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

1 page Fluffy filler

Script	Phil Berube (signed)
Pencils	Phil Berube (signed)
Inks	Phil Berube (signed)

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Stay in School -- Give Yourself a Chance"

Genre	teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bob Oksner (verified by Oksner)
Inks	Bob Oksner (verified by Oksner)
Letters	Ira Schnapp

2 page text article "It's Your Future"

Pencils	Raymond Perry
Inks	Raymond Perry
Letters	typeset

Half page Casey the Cop filler

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

12 page Batman story "The Bandit of the Bells!"

Characters	V: The Gong (I; Ed Peale)
Genre	super-hero
Pencils	Bob Kane; Charles Paris
Inks	Charles Paris
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Reprinted	in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #198 (February 1968)