Issue Details

Issue	#144
Published	February 1949
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Mystery Broadcast"

Characters	Batman; Robin; Kay Kyser.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	Pencil credit verified by Sprang. Inker credit revised & verified by Craig Delich (Jan. 2008). Inker credit previously given to Dick Sprang.
Reprinted	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

12 page Batman story "Kay Kyser's Mystery Broadcast"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kay Kyser; Eddie Blinn; Big Jack Bancroft (villain).
Synopsis	Big Jack Bancroft kidnaps Kay Kyser and his saxophonist [whom he resembles] in order to get on Kyser's radio show, "The College of Musical Knowledge" in order to hide from the Police. Kyser has to find a way to tip off Batman to this and invite him to his program in order to round up the crook.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)(see note)
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	According to Sprang, the splash page was re-arranged by DC's art department, not him, to almost replicate the cover. Info by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-5-08.
Reprinted	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

1 page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

Characters	Jerry
Genre	teen humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

6 page Robotman story "The Human Armored Car"

Characters	Robotman [Paul Dennis]
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jimmy Thompson
Inks	Jimmy Thompson

7 page Slam Bradley story "The Seven Sinister Midgets"

Characters	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman

2 page Shorty filler

Characters	Shorty
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 the pen name of an unknown artist whom Jack Burnley regularly saw at the DC offices, but he couldn't remember the man's true name.

2 page text story "The Printed Word"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset

12 page The Boy Commandos story "The Case of the Black Cat Crimes"

Characters	The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Tex; Brooklyn; Andre].
Genre	war; adventure
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	George Klein?