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Detective Comics, #65

Published: July 1942

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Detective Comics #65

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Issue Contents:
1 page superhero; war

"Robin and I want to welcome you Boy Commandos to Detective Comics!"

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter
  • Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]
  • Alfy Twidgett
  • Pierre Chavard
  • Jan Haasan]
Credits
Story Notes

Per Jerry Robinson, he penciled and inked the Batman and Robin figures while Kirby and Simon drew the rest of the cover. Information per Harry Mendryk via the Jack Kirby Museum (http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/1465).

Editorial Advisory Board
Story 1 0 pages
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Lost Caravan by Waldo Fleming
Story 2 1 page non-fiction
Credits
Story Notes

Inside front cover. The book "The Lost Caravan" by Waldo Fleming is reviewed.

The Cop Who Hated the Batman!
Story 3 13 pages superhero
Storyline

Batman and Robin join Commissioner Gordon to head for a northern state to watch the state troopers in action. While there, Batman meets a cop who holds a grudge with him because he believes Batman shot his father in the back years ago.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Commissioner James Gordon
  • Tom Bolton [Tom Nolan] (Mike Nolan's son)
  • Mike Nolan (villain, flashback, death)
  • Nick Rocco (villain)
  • "Soapy" Joe (villain, death)
Credits
The Winning Team...
Story 4 1 page superhero
In a Class by Itself!

Featuring World's Finest Comics

Story 5 1 page
Nostradamus Predicts (1)
Story 6 13 pages adventure; war
Storyline

Rip tries to send the boys to school. Nostradamus predicts Hitler and the Boy Commandos.

Characters
  • The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter
  • Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]
  • Pierre Chavard
  • Alfy Twidgett
  • Jan Haasan]
  • Nostradamus
  • Catherine, Queen of France
  • Bathingham
  • Chibbs
  • Hermann Göring (villain)
Credits
Story Notes

Trademark information: (Submission) Serial #: 456,728. Detective Comics, Inc., New York, N. Y. Filed Nov. 10, 1942. "The Boy Commandos" (logo image), For Cartoons Published in a Series. Claims use since Mar. 2, 1942. Submission appeared in the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 546, January 12, 1943, p. 220. The trademark submission was for the logo design that started in this issue. The first appearance in the last issue has a different design. Also, this trademark is not the same trademark that was granted for the logo that would eventually become the cover logo for Boy Commandos (DC, 1942 series) #1 (Winter 1942-1943) (details found on the ashcan, Boy Commandos Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1942 series) #1 (September-October 1942)). (Granted) Trademark #: 400,764. Registration granted in the Official Gazette for the United States Patent Office Volume 548, March 30, 1943, p. 787.

Story 7 0 pages
Story Notes

A few small ads.

Story 8 0 pages humor

"Whew - It's hot..."

Characters
  • Clancy
Credits

Featuring Star Spangled Comics

Story 9 0 pages
The Red Letter Day Crimes
Story 10 10 pages superhero
Characters
  • The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]
  • Wing
  • Superman [Clark Kent] (balloon)
  • The Holiday Hoods (villains)
Credits
Story 11 1 page
The Case of the...Man Who Sold Death!!
Story 12 6 pages adventure; spy
Characters
  • Bart Regan
Credits
No More Ghosts
Story 13 2 pages adventure
Credits
The Machine Man
Story 14 7 pages superhero
Characters
  • Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
  • District Attorney Cole
  • Professor Gurn (villain)
Credits
Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page humor; military

"This K.P. duty is real woman's work!"

Characters
  • Pvt. Pete
Credits
Mystery of the Priceless Pooch
Story 17 8 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Slam Bradley
  • Shorty Morgan
Credits
Now on Sale
Story 18 1 page
Story 19 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

The Tootsie Roll of Honor
Story 20 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.