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TITLE:
The Mountain of the Moon
COVER DATE:
January, 1946
WRITER:
Don Cameron
ARTIST:
J. Winslow Mortimer
INKER:
J. Winslow Mortimer
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Dick Sprang
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne);
Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Batman and Robin investigate George Byham, a former banker currently out on bail for embezzling money. Byham tries to kill himself for his own failures, but Batman stops him. The Caped Crusader learns that Byham has been tricked by a con man called Scorpio.
Batman and Robin go to Scorpio's castle that rests on top of a mountain. Scorpio welcomes them, but then tries to hypnotize them into submission. Batman avoids falling under the spell and rescues Robin, whom Scorpio has ordered to kill himself. Then together the Dynamic Duo take down Scorpio and his men.
TITLE:
Calling Dr. Air Wave
WRITER:
Unknown
ARTIST:
George Roussos
INKER:
George Roussos
CHARACTERS:
Air Wave; Static
PLOT:
Air Wave interrupts the gang of Tiger Slade as they steal a batch of medical supplies. While Air Wave battles the crooks, a rookie beat cop charges in and shoots Tiger. The crooks get away, but Air Wave tracks them down. The crooks hold him at gunpoint, but Tiger's injuries require surgery. Air Wave radios a local doctor who guides him through the procedure to remove the bullet. Tiger recovers from the wound and turns himself in, having learned the value of helping others.
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TITLE:
Playhouse of Plunder
WRITER:
Unknown
ARTIST:
Howard Sherman
INKER:
John Daly
CHARACTERS:
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
PLOT:
Slam’s friend and restaurant owner George receives a threat to pull his money out of an investment. Slam offers to investigate the threat by speaking with another investor, Orry Mayhew, who is in the hospital from a bullet wound. When Slam reaches the hospital he becomes suspicious of Orry, who claims that he fixed the hospital records to show his treatment was for appendix observation.
On the way back from the hospital, gangsters try to run Slam down. He and Shorty escape with their lives and continue to investigate Orry. Their search leads them to a theatre which will be reopened if the investors don’t pull out. Slam discovers the theatre is being used to store stolen goods. The gangsters return, but Slam escapes again. Finally he turns Orry over to police with evidence that he was behind the storage of the stolen goods. His wounds were faked in order to get the other investors to back out.
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TITLE:
The Weird Statues
WRITER:
George Kashdan
ARTIST:
Louis Cazeneuve
INKER:
Louis Cazeneuve
CHARACTERS:
Boy Commandos; Andre Chavard; Brooklyn; Alfy Twidgett
PLOT:
The Boy Commandos deliver two weird Japanese statues to a Dutch guerilla, Peter Kloot. Brooklyn, Alfy, and Kloot are caught by Japanese troops. Kloot tricks the soldiers into summoning American planes to bomb the area. The air raid gives the boys a chance to escape. After the battle Kloot and Rip explain that the statues contain electric eye beams. By getting the soldiers to bow in front of the statues, Kloot was able to break the beam, which alerted the American planes.
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