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Comics - Ongoing - Detective Comics - Issue #64

DETECTIVE COMICS #64
TITLE: The Joker Walks the Last Mile

COVER DATE: June, 1942

WRITER: Bill Finger
ARTIST: Bob Kane
INKER: Jerry Robinson
EDITORS: Whitney Ellsworth
COVER: Jerry Robinson

PRICE: $.10 U.S.

CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Joker

PLOT:
The Joker turns himself in and confesses to his crimes. He is sent to the electric chair and executed. The Joker’s gang retrieves his body and revives him. Then Joker returns, but Batman can’t arrest him because he has legally paid for his crimes.

Joker then pretends to be an honest citizen while his mob carries on. The clown then tricks Batman into breaking the law, and nearly gets him arrested. However, Batman shows the police proof of the Joker’s new crimes. Joker is forced to flee and return to hiding.


TITLE: The Commandos Are Coming

WRITER: Jack Kirby
ARTIST: Jack Kirby
INKER: Joe Simon
CHARACTERS: Boy Commandos; Andre Chavard; Alfy Twidgett; Brooklyn; Jan Haasen

PLOT:
The Boy Commandos, the mascots of a fighting unit known as the Commandos, drag a cynical Frenchman, Leon La Farge, back to their commander, Rip Carter. La Farge agrees to act as a guide for the unit during a planned invasion of the French coastline. La Farge become inspired by the unit and selflessly acts to save the life of French civic leader, Victor Renaud. The Commandos stage their own rescue to save La Farge from execution by the Nazis. Then La Farge becomes an agent of the Allies to work behind enemy lines.

INTERIOR ART:

TITLE: The Adventure of the Wild Men

WRITER: John Lehti
ARTIST: John Lehti
INKER: Charles Paris
CHARACTERS: Crimson Avenger

PLOT:
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TITLE: Murder in the Monument

WRITER: Unknown
ARTIST: Pierce Rice
INKER: Arthur Cazeneuve
CHARACTERS: Bart Regan, Spy

PLOT:
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TITLE: The Mystery of His Master's Voice

WRITER: Murray Boltinoff
ARTIST: Harris Levy
INKER: Charles Paris
CHARACTERS: Air Wave

PLOT:
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TITLE: The Mystery of the Unfortunate Teddy Bear

WRITER: Pierce Rice
ARTIST: Howard Sherman
INKER: Arthur Cazeneuve
CHARACTERS: Slam Bradley

PLOT:
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