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Issue Details

Issue #148
Published June 1949
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes Pencil credit verified by Sprang. Inker credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005).

Cover Details - "The Experiment of Professor Zero"

Characters Batman; Robin; Professor Zero.
Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Dick Sprang
Notes Pencil credit verified by Sprang. Inker credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005).
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

12 page Batman story "The Experiment of Professor Zero"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Carlyle; Mr. Gresham; Mr. Parnell; Professor Zero (first appearance; villain); Beefy (villain).
Synopsis Batman and Robin fall victim, like others, to a mad scientist who has found a way to reduce humans to pigmy size!
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Inker credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker credit previously given to Howard Sherman? Gene McDonald? Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-12-07.
Reprinted In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #182 (August 1966); in The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

6 page Robotman story "The Metal Man's Sportsathon"

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

6 page Slam Bradley story "A Bicycle Built for Sleuths"

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

1 page Sarge filler

Characters Sarge
Genre military humor
Script Phil Berube
Pencils Phil Berube
Inks Phil Berube
Letters Phil Berube
Notes Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 1-6-08.

2 page text story "A Policeman's Lot"

Genre crime
Script Lee Goldsmith (signed)
Letters typeset

Half page Casey the Cop filler

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

Half page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

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

12 page The Boy Commandos story "The King of the Animals"

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