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Issue Details

Issue #74
Published December 1952-January 1953
Cover Price 0.1
Pages 44
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

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

9 page Batman story "The Crazy Crime Clown!"

Characters V: The Joker
Genre superhero
Script Alvin Schwartz (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters Pat Gordon
Reprinted in The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) #nn ([December] 1988)

1 page Superman public service announcement "UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!"

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

2 page Casey the Cop filler

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

9 page Batman story "The Movie That Killed Batman!"

Characters Villain: Skid Turkel (Intro)
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger?
Pencils Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks Ray Burnley
Letters Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Notes inker id by Craig Delich

Half page Little Pete filler

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

1 page Varsity Vic filler

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

2 page text story "Smoking Out Smugglers"

Script Jim Moss (Jack Miller?)
Letters typeset

10 page Batman story "The Water Crimes of Mr. Hydro!"

Characters V: Mr. Hydro (I; Tim Flagg)
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (figures only); Lew Schwartz
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

1 page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

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