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TITLE:
Fowl Play
COVER DATE:
February, 1947
WRITER:
Edmond Hamilton
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); Commissioner Gordon; Penguin
PLOT:
After a jailbreak, Penguin becomes the assistant to recluse ornithologist, Professor Boyd. Using the birds from Boyd's avery, Penguin begins a new series of crimes. Batman quickly follows the Penguin's trail which leads him back to the avery. Penguin traps Batman and Robin, but they manage to escape. Batman then leads the Penguin into a trap, resulting in his return to prison.
TITLE:
Safe-Cracker by Proxy
WRITER:
Unknown
ARTIST:
Harris Levy
INKER:
Harris Levy
CHARACTERS:
Air Wave; Static
PLOT:
Air Wave breaks up a hotel robbery, but the crooks escape. He deduces that they are hiding out in a suspected haunted house. He listens in on their plans, then tries to stop them when they try to crack a bank vault. During the fight, one of the crooks gets trapped inside the vault. Air Wave is forced to reopen the vault in order to save the crook from suffocating. He then continues the fight with the crooks and apprehends them.
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TITLE:
Shorty Grows Up
WRITER:
Unknown
ARTIST:
Howard Sherman
INKER:
John Daly
CHARACTERS:
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
PLOT:
Slam and Shorty find a shopkeeper tied in his shop after the store was robbed. They try to track down the crooks who were led by a tall veiled woman. They meet a woman claiming to be Mary Lou Dusen, the banker's daughter who meets the description, so Shorty pays her a visit. He discovers that she is a man in disguise and is impersonating the banker's daughter while committing crimes. Shorty is captured, but Slam tracks him down and rescues him. The shopkeeper then rewards the boys with new suits.
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TITLE:
The Fight Before Christmas
WRITER:
George Kashdan
ARTIST:
Curt Swan
INKER:
Steve Brodie
CHARACTERS:
Boy Commandos; Andre Chavard; Brooklyn; Alfy Twidgett
PLOT:
On Christmas Eve, Slugger O'Keefe creates a jail break. He and the other escaped prisoners hide out in a hunting lodge. The Boy Commandos go in search of the prisoners, locating a signal sent from inside the lodge by Bert Robbins. The Commandos surprise and apprehend the convicts. Robbins, who was against the break out, is allowed to return to his family for Christmas and cleared of all charges.
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