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Issue Details

Issue #88
Published June 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), [Jack Schiff]; [Bernie Breslauer]

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks Dick Sprang
Letters typeset
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #4 (June 1998).

13 page Batman story "The Merchants of Misery"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; George Simpson; Big-Hearted John (villain, D).
Synopsis Bruce and Dick go undercover to get the goods on a loan shark who gladly makes loans to people down and out on their luck. But the loans have huge interest rates attached to them, and if the borrower refuses to pay those rates, they are eliminated.
Genre superhero
Script Joseph Greene
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Dick Sprang
Letters Dick Sprang
Notes Letterer verified by Dick Sprang. Prepared earlier and held in inventory in case Bob Kane got drafted. Some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-16-09.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #4 (June 1998).

1 page Shorty filler

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

6 page Air Wave story "Underworld Jam Session"

Characters Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Snake Eyes Bentley [villain].
Genre superhero
Pencils George Roussos (signed)
Inks George Roussos (signed)
Colors George Roussos
Letters George Roussos
Reprinted In World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #212 (June 1972).

5 page Three-Ring Binks story "Mar-Vee-Ello the Magician"

Characters Three-Ring Binks; Mar-Vee-Ello.
Genre humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-16-09.

6 page The Crimson Avenger story "The Imposter of Newspaper Row"

Characters The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Binks; Forrester.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly

8 page Slam Bradley story "Futures for Sale"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Inda Hinda [villain].
Genre detective
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel

2 page text story "Somebody Plenty Smart"

Genre adventure
Script Alan Cabot (signed)
Letters typeset

12 page The Boy Commandos story "The Battle of Wales"

Characters Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Jan; Alfy; Andre]; Mag Llewellyn; Agent Axis [villain].
Genre war; adventure
Script Joseph Greene
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve