Issue Details

Issue	#56
Published	December 1949-January 1950
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

13 page Batman story "Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; President Jose Camaran; Colonel Morenos; VILLAINS: El Papagayo (intro); Bat-hombre [Luis Peraldo] (intro; dies).
Synopsis	The sickly Presidente of a Latin American nation implores the Caped Crusaders to come to his nation & train a Batman to keep law and order in his country.
Genre	superhero
Script	David Vern Reed (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane)(verified by Sprang)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Joe Letterese?
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-05-07.
Reprinted	In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #193 (July-August 1967).

12 page Batman story "The Riddle of the Seven Birds!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; VILLAIN: The Penguin
Genre	Superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

1 page Little Pete filler

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

2 page text article "Whoosh and You're There!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Raymond Perry
Inks	Raymond Perry
Letters	typeset

Half page Casey the Cop filler "Casey the Cop"

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

10 page Batman story "A Greater Detective Than Batman!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; VILLAIN: Specs Rose (intro)
Genre	Superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Jim Mooney (verified by Mooney)
Inks	Jim Mooney
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Notes	Revised inker credit by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Previously credited to Ray Burnley.

1 page Green Arrow public service announcement "The Red Feather Kid"

Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Letters	Ira Schnapp