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Issue Details

Issue #114
Published August 1946
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Jack Schiff; Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Acrostic of Crime"

Characters Batman; Robin; The Joker.
Genre superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #5 (March 2001).

12 page Batman story "Acrostic of Crime"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain).
Synopsis Not being in the headlines for weeks rankles the Joker, so the Crime Clown decides to challenge the Dynamic Duo to a "Crime Acrostic" Contest!
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Winslow Mortimer (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks Winslow Mortimer (signed as Bob Kane)
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #5 (March 2001).

6 page Air Wave story "The Night Owl's Musicale"

Characters Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
Genre superhero
Pencils Harris Levy (signed as Lee Harris)
Inks Harris Levy (signed as Lee Harris)

7 page Slam Bradley story "Something in the Air"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre detective
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly
Notes Pencil credit revised from Howard Sherman to John Daly on May 25, 2009 by Craig Delich.

2 page Shorty filler

Characters Shorty
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Jasper filler

Characters Jasper
Genre humor

2 page text story "The Lethal Light"

Genre adventure
Script V. V. Dredaine (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page Daffy & Doodle filler

Characters Daffy; Doodle.
Genre humor
Pencils ? (signed as Lit-Win)
Inks ? (signed as Lit-Win)
Notes Lit-Win was a pen name for an unknown artist that Jack Burnley saw in the DC offices often, but he couldn't remember his true name.

12 page The Boy Commandos story "Journey into Nowhere"

Characters The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Andre; Jan; Alfy; Brooklyn].
Genre war; adventure
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Steve Brodie

2 page ? filler

Genre humor