Issue Details

Issue	#61
Published	October-November 1950
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The Birth of Batplane II"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer (confirmed by Mortimer)
Inks	Win Mortimer (confirmed by Mortimer)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

12 page Batman story "The Birth of Batplane II!"

Characters	V: The Boley Brothers (Bull, Slats, and Dave); I: "Flying Tiger" Haggerty, Col. Webb
Genre	superhero
Script	David Vern Reed (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Notes	Batplane II created in this story
Reprinted	in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #203 (August 1968); in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1988 series) #nn [1]; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn [1]; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (Warner Books, 1989 series) #nn

12 page Batman story "The Mystery of the Winged People!"

Characters	V: 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)

Half page Shorty filler

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

2 page Bebe filler

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

2 page text article "Railroad Quiz"

Genre	superhero
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

Half page Science Snaps activity

Script	Martin Naydel
Pencils	Martin Naydel
Inks	Martin Naydel

12 page Batman story "The Wheelchair Crimefighter!"

Characters	V: Dr. Chubb (I)
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 Peg filler

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

1 page Superman public service announcement "School Children 'Round the World"

Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp