Issue Details

Issue	#143
Published	January 1949
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes	Inker credit verified by Jerry Bails & Craig Delich.

Cover Details - "The Pied Piper of Peril!"

Characters	Batman; Robin; The Pied Piper.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	Inker credit verified by Jerry Bails & Craig Delich.
Reprinted	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

12 page Batman story "The Pied Piper of Peril!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Pied Piper (villain).
Synopsis	The Pied Piper returns to continue his crminal activities of committing a series of "pipe" crimes, each with a pipe related to the victim's name!
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Jim Mooney (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-5-08.
Reprinted	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

6 page Robotman story "Robotman Versus the Baffler!"

Characters	Robotman [Paul Dennis]; The Baffler (villain).
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jimmy Thompson
Inks	Jimmy Thompson

6 page Slam Bradley story "Low Man on a Barber Pole!"

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

2 page text story "Secret Codes Are All Around You"

Genre	fact
Script	Henry Lysing (signed)
Letters	typeset

9 page The Boy Commandos story "The Five Weapons That Shook the World!"

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

1 page Casey the Cop filler

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

Half 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 unknowm artist whom Jack Burnley often saw at the DC offices, but couldn't remember his true name.

Half page ? filler

Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	This feature is out of order.