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TITLE:
The Merchants of Misery
COVER DATE:
June, 1945
WRITER:
Joseph Greene
ARTIST:
Dick Sprang
INKER:
Dick Sprang
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Dick Sprang
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne);
Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Big-Hearted John, a loan shark, has set up his operations in a poor district of town. When his victims can not pay or threaten to call the police he has them killed. Batman and Robin prevent the murder of George Simpson, one of John’s victims. Simpson implicates the loan shark to Batman, sending the Caped Crusaders after the crook.
Batman and Robin go undercover to get the crooks to try murdering them too. They succeed, but are captured and placed in a death-trap. Batman uses a mini-bomb to escape, then they track down John who has gone to kill Simpson. Batman rescues Simpson, is wounded in the process, and falls. He lands on John, knocking him off a high ledge. John falls to his death, and his gang is rounded up by Batman.
TITLE:
Underworld Jam Session
WRITER:
Unknown
ARTIST:
George Roussos
INKER:
George Roussos
CHARACTERS:
Air Wave; Static
PLOT:
Snake Eyes Bentley is released from prison. He plans to go after the two men responsible for putting him in jail, D.A. Larry Jordan and Air Wave. Bentley and his gang grab Jordan and leave a bomb to kill him. Jordan escapes the trap and assumes his Air Wave identity to track down Bentley.
Snake Eyes has set up a radio jammer preventing Air Wave from homing in on him. Air Wave locates the source of the jamming and tracks down the crooks anyway. However, Bentley has prepared by cutting the phone line, so that Air Wave falls when crossing them.
Bentley ties up Air Wave and leaves him to fall to his death from a bridge. Once again, Air Wave escapes the trap and defeats Bentley. The crook is then sent back to prison.
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