Detective Comics, #125
Published: July 1947
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The Citadel of Crime
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Charles Paris
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Never Miss - Do You, Champ?
"We simply couldn't get along without you or your snaps!"
Characters
- two fellows
Story Notes
Inside front cover ad for Kodak's Brownie Reflex Synchro model camera.
The Citadel of Crime!
Storyline
Commissioner Gordon asks Batman to investigate when a series of cons are released from prison and suddenly disappear. The Caped Crusader discovers, after going undercover, that a criminal named the Thinker is gathering and using them to manufacture parts for equipment to be used by the underworld.
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Tom Horne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Commissioner James Gordon
- Dan Briggs (ex-con, death)
- Tom Horne (ex-con)
- Smith (villain)
- The Thinker (villain, death)
Credits
- Script: Bill Finger
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Charles Paris
- Inks: Ray Burnley
- Letters: Betty Bentley
Story Notes
Letters credit verified by Jack Burnley.
Dave Ferriss
"But how about our slugging average?"
Characters
- Dave Ferriss (baseball pitcher, b. 1921 d. 2016)
Prosecutor by Proxy!
Characters
- Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
Credits
- Pencils: Lee Harris
- Inks: Lee Harris
Kid Pep Rescues a Steeplejack!
"Look! The steeplejack's caught in his rope!"
Storyline
A worker is caught in his rope and hangs upside down on a church steeple.
Characters
- Kid Pep
- steeplejack
- waiter
- policeman
Jack Treddle Gets Hero's Medal
"It was mighty lucky the troop decided to hike that day..."
Storyline
Jack, running faster in P-F canvas shoes, saves the town of Haddonfield from a dam about to collapse.
Characters
- Jim Wise
- Jack Treddle
- Fred
Fireman, Save My Child!
Ace Pilots
"Yes sir! Knowing the traffic rules of the air..."
Characters
- Captain Ormond M. Gove (famous TWA pilot)
Story Notes
Mail order ad for 'Guide to Cycling Rules of the Road' from Columbia Bicycles, Box 26, Church Street Station, New York 8, New York.
"Lay off the Wildroot Cream-Oil, Sam-"
Storyline
Sam cracks the Davis murder case.
Characters
- Sam Spade
- Effie Perine
- police officer
- unnamed murderer
Safety in Numbers
Credits
- Script: Catherine Hannah
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
A list of advocates which includes Dr. Lauretta Bender, Josette Frank, Dr. C. Bowie Millican, Dr. W. W. D. Sones and Dr. S. Harcourt Peppard. Followed by a list of 26 current DC comic book publications. W. W. D. Sones is also credited with scripting numerous 'Picture Stories from American History' for DC and EC comics publications.
Learn Inside Baseball from Big League Stars
"You'll star on the bases - be the envy of your team -"
Characters
- George Henry "Snuffy" Stirnweiss (baseball player, b. 1918, d. 1958)
Story Notes
Mail order ad for the book 'Circling the Bases' from A. G. Spalding & Bros., Dept. B, 19 Beckman Street, New York 8, New York.
Outwitting the Kidnappers
"When they find that ransom note, I'll be sittin' pretty..."
Storyline
Upon hearing a police radio flash about a kidnapping, "U. S." Royal sets up a traffic jam trap to catch the kidnappers.
Characters
- "U. S." Royal
- two boys of the Elm City Bike Club
- two kidnappers
- kidnapped girl
- two policemen
Credits
- Pencils: Al Plastino
- Inks: Al Plastino
When Hitler Came Back!
Characters
- The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter
- Alfy Twidgett
- Andre Chavard
- Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]
- Jan Haasan]
Credits
- Script: George Kashdan
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Steve Brodie
Ready Now... Your Own Circus!
"Wow, what a show you can give with a home circus like this!"
Story Notes
Mail order ad for a die-cut lithographed durable cardboard circus for ten cents and one Grape Nuts box top from Post's Cereals Circus, Box 259-A, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Dapper Jack's Dream
"Out of the story-packed sports past..."
Storyline
Dapper Jack loses the fight while day-dreaming about winning the fight.
Characters
- Thom McAn
- Dapper Jack
- unnamed current champ
- coach
Story Notes
A fictional story based remotely on "Dapper" Jack Johnson (b. 1878), an African-American boxer. The "Dapper Jack" in this story is white.
Get This Handy 128 Page Daisy Handbook Pronto, Partner!
"You'll receive a comic book plus a popular..."
Characters
Credits
- Pencils: Fred Harman
- Inks: Fred Harman
Story Notes
Inside back cover mail order ad from Daisy Air Rifles, Daisy Manufacturing Company, 807 Union St., Plymouth, Michigan
Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party
"C'mon, gang! Let's drop into the gym an' see how the cooking class is doing with their set-up for the school party!"
Storyline
Kids from a rival school try to ruin an award sock hop party by stealing the ice cream and Tootsie Rolls. Captain Tootsie tracks them down and saves the ice cream and also replaces the Tootsie Rolls the thieves had eaten.
Characters
Credits
- Pencils: C. C. Beck
- Inks: Pete Costanza
- Letters: Pete Costanza (uncertain)
Story Notes
Back cover.