Detective Comics, #99

Published: May 1945

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Detective Comics #99

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Issue Contents:
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Credits
Story Notes

Art credits verified by Sprang.

Editorial Advisory Board
Story 1 0 pages
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

You Don't Need a Telescope!
Story 2 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Temporary Murders!
Story 3 12 pages superhero
Storyline

The Penguin, operating out of a hideout he considers fool proof, police proof and Batman proof, concocts a scheme in which he freezes a person, then sends a box with the body to relatives for the payment of a certain sum of money to safely have them restored to life.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Alfred Pennyworth (cameo)
  • Rogers (shipping company board director)
  • Betty
  • Mabel
  • The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain)
  • Jim Jam (villain)
Credits
Story Notes

Letter credit by Craig Delich and verified by Sprang.

Story 4 1 page humor

"Stop showing off, Quimby..."

Veteran in Villainy!
Story 5 7 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Slam Bradley
  • Shorty Morgan
Credits
Story 6 0 pages advocacy

"No kidding, kids..."

Story 7 1 page
Swangaelic the Hypnotist (1)

Featuring Three-Ring Binks

Story 8 4 pages humor
Characters
  • Three-Ring Binks
  • Swangaelic (villain)
Credits
George Westinghouse (1)

Featuring Billy Brand

Story 9 1 page non-fiction
The Refugees
Story 10 2 pages adventure
Credits

Featuring The Boners

Story 11 1 page humor

"--Somebody left the back door open!"

Credits
The Locusts of Lohan!
Story 12 11 pages adventure; war
Characters
  • The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter
  • Jan
  • Alfy
  • Brooklyn
  • Andre]
Story 13 1 page
Caution ... Handle without Care!
Story 14 6 pages superhero
Characters
  • Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
Story 15 1 page superhero

"He comes from Mars possessing strange, magnetic powers!"

Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 17 1 page humor; military

"Now does anyone else want to be tucked in..."

Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.