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