Issue Details

Issue	#71
Published	June-July 1952
Cover Price	0.1
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The Jail for Heroes"

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

1 page Superman public service announcement "Hop On the Welfare Wagon!"

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

12 page Batman story "The Jail For Heroes!"

Characters	V: Scar Brink (I)
Genre	superhero
Script	David Vern (credit by O'Hearn))
Pencils	Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only); Lew Schwartz
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Notes	Writer confirm by Martin O'Hearn (Nov. 2005). Pencil credit for Kane verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005).

Half page Shorty filler "A suit? Right this way, sir!"

Characters	Shorty
Genre	Gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

12 page Batman story "Commissioner Gordon's Greatest Case!"

Characters	V: The Masked Mystic (I; Gil Golen)
Genre	superhero
Script	David Vern (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Pat Gordon

Half page Private Pete filler "This is the first time I'm cleaning up around my bunk for inspection!"

Characters	Private Pete
Genre	Gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

2 page Jerry the Jitterbug filler "The school paper is having a contest to pick the prettiest girl on the campus."

Characters	Jerry; Joan; Susan; Billie Brooks
Genre	Gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

2 page text article "The Fantastic Story of the Paris Gun"

Genre	Fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	The story behind a World War I German cannon that was able to fire on Paris.

Half page Varsity Vic filler "Come in, Vic! Hello Jane!"

Characters	Vic; Jane
Genre	Gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

12 page Batman story "The Mask of Mister Cipher!"

Characters	Batman; Robin; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Cipher (villain, introduction, death); Big Ed Yakers (death); Picadilly Pete
Genre	Superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only); Lew Schwartz
Inks	Charles Paris
Letters	Pat Gordon
Notes	The inks credit was verified by Paris.

Half page Quick Quiz activity "Is it possible to destroy matter?"

Script	H. T. Elmo (signed)
Pencils	H. T. Elmo (signed)
Inks	H. T. Elmo (signed)