Detective Comics, #97
Published: March 1945
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Issue Contents:
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Pencils: Dick Sprang
- Inks: Dick Sprang
Story Notes
Art credits verified by Sprang.
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Featuring Buzzy
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Secret of the Switch!
Storyline
The Batman tracks down the unusual safe that holds the loot taken years before by the Slasher's mob. With the Slasher supposedly dead, the villain has left behind a note leading the Caped Crusaders to that safe: a safe having 7 switches, only one of which opens the safe; the rest are connected to a bomb!
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Commissioner James Gordon
- Oscar the Weasel (villain, informer)
- Benny the Gimp (villain)
- Joe the Nutcracker (villain)
- Nick Petri (villain)
- The Slasher (villain, death)
Credits
- Script: Joseph Greene
- Pencils: Dick Sprang
- Inks: Dick Sprang
- Inks: Jerry Robinson
- Letters: Dick Sprang
Story Notes
Letters credit by Craig Delich. Robinson inks some of the faces of Batman and Robin.
"Pst -- Don't bring in any prisoners right now..."
Credits
- Pencils: Marcos Ordóñez
- Inks: Marcos Ordóñez
Call of Death!
Characters
- Slam Bradley
- Shorty Morgan
Credits
- Pencils: Howard Sherman
- Inks: Howard Sherman
Story Notes
Art credits by Jerry Bails. We previously suggested John Daly.
"That sure is a remarkable machine!"
"Hey, look! A runaway truck..."
Too Much for Granted
Credits
- Script: Eddie Bell
Fido the Gabber (1)
Doubling in Danger!
Characters
- Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
Credits
- Pencils: George Roussos
- Inks: George Roussos
- Colors: George Roussos
- Letters: George Roussos
Tom Edison (1)
Featuring Billy Brand
He Swings through the Air!
Characters
- The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter
- Alfy Twidgett
- Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]
- Andre Chavard
- Jan Haasan]
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Kirby (uncertain)
- Inks: George Klein (uncertain)
"Look, kids!"
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
"What'll I do with it, Sarge?"
Credits
- Pencils: Fred Robinson
- Inks: Fred Robinson
Story Notes
Back cover.