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Issue Details

Issue #150
Published August 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Notes Artist credits revised & verified by Craig Delich (Jan. 2008).

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes Pencil credit previously given to Winslow Mortimer and inks to Charles Paris.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007)

12 page Batman story "The Ghost of Gotham City!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Judge Whipple; D.A. Robert J. Pierce; Dr. Paul Visio [as Rifle Rafferty] (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis A clever doctor uses a phony "ghost" of executed mobster Rifle Rafferty and a group of stool pigeons within Gotham City's mobs in order to convince the Police and the Dynamic Duo that Rafferty has come back from the dead to exact revenge.
Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Sprang [signed as Bob Kane]
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-6-08.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007)

6 page Robotman story "Robotman Meets Robotcrook"

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

Half page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

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

7 page Slam Bradley story "A Day in the Life of a Private Eye"

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

1 page Casey the Cop filler

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

1 page text story "The Boy Conqueror"

Genre adventure
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

12 page The Boy Commandos story "Around the World or Bust"

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

1 page Superman public service announcement "Safety First"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero; fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Wayne Boring?; Al Plastino?
Inks Wayne Boring?; Al Plastino?
Letters Ira Schnapp