|
TITLE:
Batman and Robin in Scotland Yard
COVER DATE:
April, 1946
WRITER:
Don Cameron
ARTIST:
J. Winslow Mortimer
INKER:
J. Winslow Mortimer
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
J. Winslow Mortimer
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne);
Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Batman and Robin are called to London to help catch a man who has styled his criminal career after the fictional Sherlock Holmes nemesis Professor Moriarty. Alfred joins the crimefighters on the trip and is the first to locate the crooks. They capture him, but Batman and Robin follow clues to Moriarty's hide-out. Moriarty escapes, but Alfred provides information about his next crime. Batman and Robin are then able to stop the crime and capture Moriarty and his gang.
TITLE:
Crime Gets the Gong
WRITER:
Unknown
ARTIST:
George Roussos
INKER:
George Roussos
CHARACTERS:
Air Wave; Static
PLOT:
A reformed safecracker named Swifty takes up a singing career. When he appears on the Kaptain Korn radio program, the announcer uses the gong to end his performance. Swifty vows not to give up, but his former gang wants him to return to crime.
The crooks force Swifty to work for them at gunpoint. Air Wave tries to stop the crooks and succeeds with Swifty's help. Air Wave then arranges another singing performance for Swifty. In the process, he proves that Kaptain Korn is a poor judge of singing, and Swifty succeeds as a singer.
|
|
TITLE:
The Crook Who Couldn't Be Jailed
WRITER:
Unknown
ARTIST:
Howard Sherman
INKER:
John Daly
CHARACTERS:
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
PLOT:
A pair of siamese twins rob a wealthy aristocrat. One claims that he is innocent, so the police are forced to let the twins go. Slam and Shorty are hired by the victim to get his wallet back. Slam tracks the twins back to the circus, where he learns their manager has gone missing. Slam then tracks down the twins themselves. He also deduces that the crooks are really imposters who have kidnapped the manager. Slam rescues the twins and earns his reward for retrieving the stolen wallet.
|
TITLE:
A Flatbush Frolic
WRITER:
George Kashdan
ARTIST:
Curt Swan
INKER:
Steve Brodie
CHARACTERS:
Boy Commandos; Andre Chavard; Brooklyn; Alfy Twidgett
PLOT:
With the conclusion of World War II, the Boy Commandos are broken up and can return home. Jan goes to live with his uncle in Holland; Alfy is supposed to join his aunt in England; Andre has no remaining family, so Rip Carter is given custody; Brooklyn joins Rip on the flight back to the United States. Alfy stows away on the plane, not wanting to leave his friends behind.
When the three remaining boys reach America, Brooklyn offers to show them his old neighborhood, while Rip is in a meeting. Brooklyn soon has a run-in with his old rival Big Nose Murgatroyd. Big Nose is the leader of a teenage gang. Brooklyn and the boys try to stop a younger boy, Mickey Tanner, from getting mixed up with the gang. The boys stop a robbery and convince Mickey to stay straight.
Rip then announces that he was recruited as an international peace keeper. The boys join him on his new mission.
|
Home
