Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	November-December 1946
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes	Batman and Robin image from Cover of Batman #9 (Feb-Mar 1942), reversed

Cover Details - "The True Story of Batman and Robin"

Characters	Batman and Robin; Tom Mix
Pencils	Jack Burnley; Win Mortimer (insert)
Inks	Jack Burnley; Win Mortimer (insert)
Notes	Batman and Robin image from Cover of Batman #9 (Feb-Mar 1942), reversed

5 page Batman and Robin story "The True Story of Batman and Robin"

Characters	Bob Kane; Batman; Robin
Synopsis	Totally fictional "true" story of how Bob Kane created Batman and Robin.
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer

1 page Highlights in Sports filler "Bob Feller"

Genre	sports; bio
Pencils	Phil Berube (signed)
Inks	Phil Berube

4 page story "Paul Robeson- All-American Citizen"

Characters	Paul Robeson
Genre	bio
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Jack Lehti ?
Inks	Jack Lehti ?

2 page Just Imagine story "If the Oceans Dry Up"

Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	Virgil Finlay
Inks	Virgil Finlay
Reprinted	in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #7

1 page Junior Journal filler

Characters	Tim Bain; Una Sherman; Mary Alice Dunn; Eddie Kania
Genre	bio
Script	Stookie Allen
Pencils	Stookie Allen (signed)
Inks	Stookie Allen

4 page Quiz Corner activity

Characters	Superman; Batman; Flash; Wonder Woman; Dover; Clover; Mr. Mxyztplk; Robin; Brooklyn; Boy Commandos; Rip Carter; T. E. Lawrence; Madame Curie
Pencils	Jon Small
Inks	Jon Small

4 page Know Your Animals story "The Cat"

Genre	fact
Pencils	Otto Feuer ?
Inks	Otto Feuer ?

2 page Scoops to Remember filler

Pencils	George Roussos (signed)
Inks	George Roussos (signed)

5 page story "Mental Marvel"

Characters	Dr. Bruno Furst
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Nat Edson (signed)
Inks	Nat Edson (signed)

1 page Women of Daring filler "Mary Hamilton: New York's First Policewoman!"

Characters	Mary Hamilton
Genre	bio
Script	Stookie Allen (signed)
Pencils	Stookie Allen (signed)
Inks	Stookie Allen

1 page You Tell Us letters page

Pencils	Whitney Ellsworth
Inks	Whitney Ellsworth
Letters	typeset

6 page story "The Andrews Raiders"

Characters	James Andrews; Abraham Lincoln
Synopsis	Story of daring plot to destroy the South's railroads during the Civil War.
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Fred Ray [as Fray]
Inks	Fred Ray [as Fray]

1 page Fantastic Facts filler "First Glidermen!"

Genre	fact
Script	George Papp (signed)
Pencils	George Papp (signed)
Inks	George Papp (signed)

3 page Hobbyland... text article "Magic"

Letters

typeset

5 page Tom Mix story "Tom Mix, Greatest Cowboy of Them All!"

Characters	Tom Mix; Theodore Roosevelt
Genre	fact; bio
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Ed Smalle ?
Inks	Ed Smalle ?

1 page Thom McAn advertisement "How Thom McAn Stopped the Bus Smash Up"

Characters	Thom McAn and his magic Bazooka-Shoes; H
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos