Issue Details

Issue	#145
Published	March 1949
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

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

12 page Batman story "Robin, the Boy Failure!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (cameo; villain); Crime Surgeon (cameo; villain); The Yellow Masks (first appearance; villains).
Synopsis	Dick Grayson accidently suffers from a case of amnesia after rescuing a woman from near death. Bruce devises a plan for the youngster to "assume" the role of Robin in order to try and shock him into remembering his true identity.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	Inker credit revised & verified by Craig Delich (January, 2008). Inker credit previously given to Gene McDonald? and Dick Sprang. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-6-08.
Reprinted	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

6 page Robotman story "The Smash-Up Crimes"

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

Half page Shorty filler

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

7 page Slam Bradley story "His Highness, King Shorty"

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

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 unknown artist whom Jack Burnley saw in the DC offices often, but he couldn't remember his true name.

Half page Casey the Cop filler

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

2 page Shorty filler

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

2 page text story "From Tree Trunk to Ocean Liner"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset

12 page The Boy Commandos story "Undercover Gangster"

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