Issue Details

Issue	#58
Published	April-May 1950
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The State-Bird Crimes; The Brand of a Hero; The Black Diamond"

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 State-Bird Crimes!"

Characters	V: The Penguin
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Woolfolk (probably)
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Notes	later adapted as part of BATMAN VS. THREE VILLAINS OF DOOM

12 page Batman story "The Brand of a Hero!"

Characters	GS: Prof. Carter Nichols; V: Joaquin Murieta (I)
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)
Notes	time-travel story

4 page story "Death Dance"

Pencils	Jack Sparling
Inks	Jack Sparling
Letters	Joe Letterese?

1 page Daffy & Doodle filler

Pencils	Lit Win
Inks	Lit Win

2 page text article "Ultraviolet Bullets"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Raymond Perry
Inks	Raymond Perry
Letters	typeset

12 page Batman story "The Black Diamond!"

Characters	V: The Black Diamond, Bull's-Eye Kendall, the Barracuda Brothers, and "Nitro" Nelson (I for all)
Genre	super-hero
Pencils	Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only); Lew Schwartz
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

Half page Little Pete filler

Script	Henry Boltinoff (not signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (not signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (not signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page Superman public service announcement "Superman's Code for Buddies"

Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino
Letters	Ira Schnapp