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Detective Comics, #119

Published: January 1947

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Detective Comics #119

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

Inside front cover.

The Case of the Famous Foes!
Story 2 12 pages superhero
Storyline

A crook on the lam assumes the role of a guard at an asylum and gets the idea of using the men inside (who think of themselves as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin and others) as dupes to carry out his nefarious crimes.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Commissioner James Gordon
  • sanitarium inmate [as Abraham Lincoln]
  • sanitarium inmate [as George Washington]
  • sanitarium inmate [as Benjamin Franklin]
  • sanitarium inmate [as Napoleon Bonaparte]
  • Wiley Derek [also as Lafayette] (villain)
Credits
Story Notes

Pencils credit verified by Sprang. Most likely Gene McDonald's last Batman work, per Craig Delich, since he inked thru 1946.

Clark Shaughnessy
Story 3 1 page
Danger -- Crooks at Work!
Story 4 7 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Slam Bradley
  • Shorty Morgan
Credits
Story 5 1 page
Story 6 1 page
The Talking Dog!
Story 7 8 pages superhero
Characters
  • Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
Credits
Story 8 1 page
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 9 0 pages
O Is for Opposum
Story 10 1 page
Gentlemen's Agreement
Story 11 2 pages adventure
Credits
The Runaway Robot
Story 12 12 pages adventure
Characters
  • The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter
  • Jan Haasan
  • Andre Chavard
  • Alfy Twidgett
  • Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]]
Credits
Story 13 1 page
How Thom McAn Stopped the Forest Fire
Story 14 1 page adventure
Red Ryder's Safety Message to Daisy Air Rifle Owners
Story 15 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

How to Outbluff a Vicious Dog at Night!
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.