Issue Details

Issue	#65
Published	July 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth; [Murray Boltinoff; Mort Weisinger]

Cover Details

Characters	Batman; Robin; Boy Commandos.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon (on Boy Commandos), Jerry Robinson (on Batman & Robin)
Letters	Howard Ferguson
Reprinted	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 (1991); in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #258 (September-October 1974); in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-15.

1 page Good Books Worth Reading filler "The Lost Caravan by Waldo Fleming"

Synopsis	The book reviewed is "The Lost Caravan" by Waldo Fleming.
Genre	review
Script	Josette Frank (signed)
Letters	typeset

13 page Batman story "The Cop Who Hated the Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Tom Bolton [Tom Nolan, Mike's son]; Mike Nolan (flashback, villain, D); Nick Rocco (villain).
Synopsis	Batman and Robin join Commissioner Gordon to head for a northern state to watch the State Troopers in action. While there Batman meets a cop who holds a grudge with him because he believes Batman shot his father in the back years ago.
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Greene
Pencils	Jack Burnley
Inks	George Roussos; Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
Letters	Ira Schnapp?
Notes	Some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-22-09.
Reprinted	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 (1991).

13 page The Boy Commandos story "Nostradamus Predicts"

Characters	Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Pierre; Alfy; Jan]; Nostradamus; Catherine, Queen of France; Bathingham; Chibbs; Hermann Göring [villain].
Synopsis	Rip tries to send the boys to school. Nostradamus predicts Hitler, and the Boy Commandos.
Genre	war; adventure
Script	Jack Kirby
Pencils	Joe Simon
Inks	Joe Simon
Letters	Howard Ferguson
Notes	Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-22-09.
Reprinted	In 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-15 (March 1973).

Half page Clancy the Cop filler

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

10 page The Crimson Avenger story "The Red Letter Day Crimes"

Characters	The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; The Holiday Hoods villains]; Superman (balloon).
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Lehti (signed)
Pencils	Jack Lehti (signed)
Inks	Charles Paris
Letters	Charles Paris

6 page Spy story "The Case of the Man Who Sold Death"

Characters	Bart Regan
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Louis Cazeneuve
Inks	Louis Cazeneuve

2 page text story "No More Ghosts"

Genre	adventure
Script	John Hilton (signed)
Letters	typeset

7 page Air Wave story "The Machine Man"

Characters	Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Prof. Gurn (villain); D. A. Cole.
Genre	superhero
Script	Murray Boltinoff ?
Pencils	Harris Levy (signed as Lee Harris)
Inks	Charles Paris

Half page Private Pete filler

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

8 page Slam Bradley story "Mystery of the Priceless Pooch"

Characters	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Pierce Rice
Inks	Arturo Cazeneuve