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Issue Details

Issue #149
Published July 1949
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes Pencil credit verified by Sprang and ink credit verified by Craig Delich. Contains Capt. Tootsie ad by C. C. Beck.

Cover Details - "The Sound Effect Crimes"

Characters Batman; Robin; The Joker.
Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Dick Sprang
Notes Pencil credit verified by Sprang and ink credit verified by Craig Delich. Contains Capt. Tootsie ad by C. C. Beck.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

12 page Batman story "The Sound-Effect Crimes!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain).
Synopsis The sound effects from a radio drama spur the Joker to institute a new crime idea: that of using sound to create panic among the city's populace in order to make easy scores.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks Dick Sprang
Notes Pencil credit verified by Sprang. Inker credit revised & verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker credit previously given to Howard Sherman? Gene McDonald? Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-6-08.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).

6 page Robotman story "The Lost Evidence"

Characters Robotman [Paul Dennis]
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson?
Pencils Jimmy Thompson
Inks Jimmy Thompson
Notes Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.

7 page Slam Bradley story "Shorty Grows Up"

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

Half page Shorty filler

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

2 page text article "Science Question Box"

Genre fact
Letters typeset

2 page Varsity Vic filler

Characters Varsity Vic
Genre teen humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

10 page The Boy Commandos story "The Case of the Ex-Boy Commando"

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

Half page Casey the Cop filler

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