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Issue Details

Issue #46
Published December 1940
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson; George Roussos
Letters George Roussos
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990).

12 page Batman story "Professor Strange's Fear Dust"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Hugo Strange (villain); Carstairs (villain).
Synopsis The Batman has to stop Professor Hugo Stange's evil plan to spray his "fear dust" all over America so that men in public office will be afraid of him, and that he can become Dictator of America!
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson; George Roussos
Letters George Roussos
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-25-09.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990).

6 page Spy story "Goldfish"

Characters Bart Regan
Genre adventure
Script Jerry Siegel?
Pencils Ed Moore (signed)
Inks Ed Moore (signed)

6 page Larry Steele, Private Detective story "The Case of the Circus Killer"

Characters Larry Steele
Genre detective
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Irwin Hasen

6 page The Crimson Avenger story "The Ghost Plane"

Characters The Crimson Avenger (in costume with cape, Lee Travis).
Genre superhero
Script Jack Lehti (signed)
Pencils Jack Lehti (signed)
Inks Jack Lehti (signed)

6 page Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator story "Joe Dekker and Hal Jensen"

Characters Speed Saunders
Genre detective
Pencils Ed Winiarski (signed as Fran Miller)
Inks Ed Winiarski (signed as Fran Miller)
Notes Fran Miller clarification made by Craig Delich 2-25-09.

2 page text story "Not So Dummy"

Genre adventure
Script Dale Conroy (signed)
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Letters typeset

6 page Steve Malone, District Attorney story "Bargain Deaths"

Characters Steve Malone
Genre detective
Pencils Don Lynch (signed)
Inks Don Lynch (signed)

Half page Silly Stuff filler

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

5 page Cliff Crosby story "The Wrecked Boat"

Characters Cliff Crosby
Genre adventure
Script Chad Grothkopf
Pencils Chad Grothkopf
Inks Chad Grothkopf
Letters Chad Grothkopf

8 page Slam Bradley story "Death and the Hockey Game"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre detective
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Howard Sherman (signed)
Inks Howard Sherman (signed)
Letters Howard Sherman