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Issue Details

Issue #66
Published August 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth; [Murray Boltinoff; Mort Weisinger]

Cover Details - "Meet Two Face"

Characters Batman; Robin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jerry Robinson
Inks Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (also backgrounds)
Letters typeset
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 (1991); in Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler (DC, 1995 series) #nn; In 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-20.

1 page Good Books Worth Reading filler "Lou Gehrig- A Quiet Hero by Frank Graham"

Synopsis "Lou Gehrig - A Quiet Hero" by Frank Graham is reviewed.
Genre review
Script Josette Frank (signed)
Letters typeset

13 page Batman story "The Crimes of Two-Face"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Gilda (I); Dr. Ekhart; Two-Face [Harvey Kent](villain; I; origin); Boss Moroni (villain).
Synopsis At a criminal trial, D.A. Harvey Kent is disfigured by acid thrown into his face, and the shock drives him to become a master criminal who bases all of his crimes on the number two, and who uses a two-headed silver dollar to decide if he will keep the loot from a crime or not.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (from an idea by Bob Kane)
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson; George Roussos
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Story continues in Detective Comics #68. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-22-09.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #2 (1991); in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-20 (September 1973); in Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler (DC, 1995 series) #nn.

12 page Boy Commandos story "The Sphinx Speaks"

Characters Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Pierre; Jan]; The Sphinx [villain]; Casey 39; Von Bruhte; Radcliffe.
Synopsis In the year 3045 A.D., scholars unearth an ancient battlefield and try to reconstruct what happened there.
Genre war; adventure
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon
Letters Howard Ferguson?
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 3-22-09.
Reprinted In Boy Commandos (DC, 1973 series) #1.

1 page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

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

Half page Laffs filler

Genre gag

10 page The Crimson Avenger story "Murder Will Out"

Characters The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Joe Henderson; Byers; Maretti.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Lehti (signed)
Pencils Jack Lehti (signed)
Inks Charles Paris
Letters Charles Paris

6 page Spy story "Little Discs of Death"

Characters Bart Regan
Genre adventure
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve

2 page text story "Flaming Bullets"

Genre adventure
Script Eric Carter (signed)
Letters typeset

7 page Air Wave story "The Adventure of the Shooting Spooks"

Characters Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; D. A. Cole [D]; Static; Inspector Morton; Grump [villain].
Synopsis D.A. Cole dies, and Larry Jordan is arrested for his murder.
Genre superhero
Script Murray Boltinoff?
Pencils Harris Levy (signed as Lee Harris)
Inks Charles Paris
Reprinted In DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 Series) #DC-7; in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #245 (December 1971-January 1972).

Half page Sport with the Sports filler

Genre sports
Script ? (signed as Arcky)
Pencils ? ()signed as Arcky)
Inks ? (signed as Arcky)

Half page Statement of Ownership text article

Genre fact
Script Jack Liebowitz
Letters typeset
Notes published by Detective Comics, Inc. 480 Lexington Ave New York, N.Y. Editor: W. F. Ellsworth Owners: Harry Donenfeld; P. H. Sampliner.

8 page Slam Bradley story "Case of the Dripping Drum"

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