Issue Details

Issue	#138
Published	August 1948
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Invisible Crimes"

Characters	Batman; Robin; The Joker (silhouette).
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Winslow Mortimer
Inks	Winslow Mortimer
Reprinted	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

12 page Batman story "The Invisible Crimes"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Walter Timmins (first appearance); Mr. Laird (first appearance); Mr. Stacy (first appearance); Mr. Morse (first appearance); The Joker (villain).
Synopsis	The Joker follows up an article in the newspaper about a scientist discovering a lost elixir of invisibility and becomes a real terror to Batman until the crime fighter takes some of the elixir himself.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger?
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Notes	Pencil credit verified by Sprang. Inker credit revised & verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker credit previously given to Howard Sherman? Gene McDonald? Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-5-08.
Reprinted	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

6 page Robotman story "The Inside Story of Robotman"

Characters	Robotman [Paul Dennis]
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder (credit by Martin O'Hearn)
Pencils	Jimmy Thompson
Inks	Jimmy Thompson
Notes	Origin retold, series continues from Star- Spangled Comics.
Reprinted	In World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #208 (December 1971).

7 page Slam Bradley story "Shorty Meets the Champ"

Characters	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman
Notes	Inker credit revised and verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker credit previously given to John Daly.

1 page Shorty filler

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

2 page text article "Secret Codes Can Be Fun!"

Genre	fact
Script	Henry Lysing (signed)
Letters	typeset

12 page The Boy Commandos story "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste II"

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

Half page Daffy & Doodle filler

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