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Issue Details

Issue #120
Published February 1947
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Jack Schiff; Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Fowl Play"

Characters Batman; Robin; The Penguin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer
Reprinted In Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329; in The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #6 (June 2005).

12 page Batman story "Fowl Play"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Boyd; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot](villain).
Synopsis The Penguin, freshly escaped from prison, teams up with an unwitting bird enthusiast, and uses the man's rare birds in the commission of crimes, as well as to capture Batman and Robin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Kane [Batman & Robin figure layouts]; Winslow Mortimer [finished pencils]
Inks Winslow Mortimer
Notes Pencil credits revised by Craig Delich from Win Mortimer? to Bob Kane [rare example where Kane did the Batman & Robin figure layouts, finished by Mortimer]. Notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-26-09.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #6 (June 2005).

7 page Slam Bradley story "Shorty Grows Up"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre detective
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly

6 page Air Wave story "Safe-Cracker by Proxy"

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

2 page Prof. Pipp filler

Characters Professor Pipp
Genre gag
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 5-26-09.

Half page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

Characters Jerry; GS: Varsity Vic.
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

2 page text story "Tune of Death"

Genre adventure
Script Stan Carter (signed)
Letters typeset

Half page The Rascals filler

Characters The Rascals
Genre humor
Script Phil Berube
Pencils Phil Berube
Inks Phil Berube
Letters Phil Berube
Notes Writer & letterer credits added by Craig Delich 5-26-09.

13 page The Boy Commandos story "The Fight Before Christmas"

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