Detective Comics, #125

Published: July 1947

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The Citadel of Crime
Credits
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.

Story Notes

Letters credit verified by Jack Burnley.

Prosecutor by Proxy!

Story Featuring Air Wave

Credits
Fireman, Save My Child!

Story Featuring Slam Bradley

Credits
Story Notes

Pencils credit by Jerry Bails. Previously credited to Howard Sherman.

Safety in Numbers
Credits
When Hitler Came Back!

Story Featuring The Boy Commandos

Credits
Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party

Ad Featuring Captain Tootsie , Ad Featuring Tootsie Roll

"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
Other
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.

Get This Handy 128 Page Daisy Handbook Pronto, Partner!

Ad Featuring Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns , Story Featuring Red Ryder

"You'll receive a comic book plus a popular..."

Credits
Story Notes

Inside back cover mail order ad from Daisy Air Rifles, Daisy Manufacturing Company, 807 Union St., Plymouth, Michigan

Dapper Jack's Dream

Ad Featuring Thom McAn Shoes

"Out of the story-packed sports past..."

Storyline

Dapper Jack loses the fight while day-dreaming about winning the fight.

Characters
Other
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.

Ready Now... Your Own Circus!

Ad Featuring Post Grape-Nuts

"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.

Outwitting the Kidnappers

Ad Featuring "U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad] , Ad Featuring U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal]

"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.

Credits
Learn Inside Baseball from Big League Stars

Ad Featuring Spalding Sports Equipment

"You'll star on the bases - be the envy of your team -"

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.

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.

Ad Featuring Wildroot Cream-Oil , Ad Featuring The Adventures of Sam Spade

"Lay off the Wildroot Cream-Oil, Sam-"

Storyline

Sam cracks the Davis murder case.

Characters
Other
Ace Pilots

Ad Featuring Columbia Bicycles

"Yes sir! Knowing the traffic rules of the air..."

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.

Jack Treddle Gets Hero's Medal

Ad Featuring Another Jim Wise Story , Ad Featuring "P-F" Canvas Shoes

"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.

Kid Pep Rescues a Steeplejack!

Ad Featuring Kellogg's Pep

"Look! The steeplejack's caught in his rope!"

Storyline

A worker is caught in his rope and hangs upside down on a church steeple.

Dave Ferriss

Ad Featuring Wheaties

"But how about our slugging average?"

Never Miss - Do You, Champ?

Ad Featuring Kodak Cameras and Film

"We simply couldn't get along without you or your snaps!"

Story Notes

Inside front cover ad for Kodak's Brownie Reflex Synchro model camera.