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Issue Details

Issue #98
Published April 1945
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Jack Schiff; Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief)

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).

12 page Batman story "The King of the Hobos"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne; Boxcar Bill in the story]; Robin [Dick Grayson; Slugger Junior in the story]; Alfred Beagle; Fred Frisco; Casper Thurbridge; Silvers Silke[villain]; Soapy Waters [villain].
Synopsis Batman and Robin go undercover to locate crooks responsible for robbing the home of Casper Thurbridge, and trail them to Paradise Jungle [a home for hobos].....and discover Thurbridge there!
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Letters Pat Gordon (verified by Sprang)
Notes Letterer credit by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-19-09.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #4 (June 1998).

6 page Slam Bradley story "Audacious Alibi"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre detective
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Notes Revised artist credits by Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005). Previously credited also to John Daly?

4 page Three-Ring Binks story "Millimetre-Gun Murphy"

Characters Three-Ring Binks
Genre humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-19-09.

6 page Air Wave story "Sound Effects by Air Wave"

Characters Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
Genre superhero
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos
Colors George Roussos
Letters George Roussos

2 page text story "A Slide for Life"

Genre adventure
Script Alton Black (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Found on the 2nd page on the inside back cover.

Half page Scuffy the Tramp filler

Characters Scuffy
Genre gag
Pencils ? (signed as Lit Win)
Inks ? (signed as Lit Win)
Notes Lit-Win is a pen name. Jack Burnley met him several times but couldn't remember his true name.

12 page The Boy Commandos story "The Trial of Field Marshal von Augen"

Characters The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Andre; Alfy; Jan; Brooklyn]; Field Marshall von Augen [villain].
Genre war; adventure
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve