Issue Details

Issue	#63
Published	May 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth; [Murray Boltinoff; Mort Weisinger]

Cover Details - "Meet Mr. Baffle"

Characters	Batman; Robin.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Fred Ray; Jerry Robinson
Inks	Jerry Robinson
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 (1991); in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #258 (September-October 1974).

1 page Good Books Worth Reading text article "Little Eagle, A Navaho Boy by Armstrong Sperry"

Synopsis	Featured is the review of the book, "Little Eagle, a Navaho Boyu" by Armstrong Sperry.
Genre	review
Script	Josette Frank (signed)
Letters	typeset

13 page Batman story "A Gentleman in Gotham"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Mrs. Davies; Mr. Baffle (Michael Baffle, villain; I); Fish-Eyes [villain]; Egg Head [villain].
Synopsis	Charged with stealing jewels in a foreign dictator's land, Michael Baffle is supposedly shot and killed. But he cheats death and makes his way to America: the land of the free, and Baffle wonders just how free this land's wealth really is.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Bob Kane (signed)
Inks	Jerry Robinson; George Roussos
Letters	Ira Schnapp?
Notes	Some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-21-09.
Reprinted	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 (1991).

Half page Jokes filler

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

6 page Spy story "The Stumbling Saboteurs"

Characters	Bart Regan
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Louis Cazeneuve
Inks	Louis Cazeneuve

6 page Cliff Crosby story "Death in the Lion's Cage"

Characters	Cliff Crosby; Kay Nevers.
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Pierce Rice
Inks	Arturo Cazeneuve

1 page Private Pete filler

Characters	Pvt. Pete
Genre	military humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

Half page Dopey Dave filler

Characters	Dopey Dave
Genre	humor
Pencils	Russell Cole [signed as Alger]
Inks	Russell Cole [signed as Alger]
Notes	Artist's true name verified by Craig Delich & Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005).

10 page The Crimson Avenger story "The Daily Crime"

Characters	The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Grabber [villain]; Slimey [villain].
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Paul Norris
Inks	Paul Norris

Half page Shorty filler

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

7 page Air Wave story "The Case of Station X"

Characters	Air Wave {Larry Jordan]; Danny Burns.
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Samachson?
Pencils	Harris Levy (signed as Lee Harris)
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	Writer id by Bob Hughes 5/08.

2 page text story "Doctor of Dishes"

Genre	adventure
Script	John Hilton (signed)
Letters	typeset

6 page Larry Steele, Private Detective story "The Case of the Light that Blinds!"

Characters	Larry Steele; The Seal (villain).
Genre	detective
Pencils	Cliff Young (signed)
Inks	Cliff Young (signed)

8 page Slam Bradley story "Case of the Wobbling Wizard"

Characters	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman
Letters	Howard Sherman