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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.