Published: July 1947
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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.
Letters credit verified by Jack Burnley.
Story Featuring Air Wave
Story Featuring Slam Bradley
Pencils credit by Jerry Bails. Previously credited to Howard Sherman.
Story Featuring The Boy Commandos
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!"
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.
Back cover.
Ad Featuring Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns , Story Featuring Red Ryder
"You'll receive a comic book plus a popular..."
Inside back cover mail order ad from Daisy Air Rifles, Daisy Manufacturing Company, 807 Union St., Plymouth, Michigan
Ad Featuring Thom McAn Shoes
"Out of the story-packed sports past..."
Dapper Jack loses the fight while day-dreaming about winning the fight.
A fictional story based remotely on "Dapper" Jack Johnson (b. 1878), an African-American boxer. The "Dapper Jack" in this story is white.
Ad Featuring Post Grape-Nuts
"Wow, what a show you can give with a home circus like this!"
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.
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..."
Upon hearing a police radio flash about a kidnapping, "U. S." Royal sets up a traffic jam trap to catch the kidnappers.
Ad Featuring Spalding Sports Equipment
"You'll star on the bases - be the envy of your team -"
Mail order ad for the book 'Circling the Bases' from A. G. Spalding & Bros., Dept. B, 19 Beckman Street, New York 8, New York.
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-"
Sam cracks the Davis murder case.
Ad Featuring Columbia Bicycles
"Yes sir! Knowing the traffic rules of the air..."
Mail order ad for 'Guide to Cycling Rules of the Road' from Columbia Bicycles, Box 26, Church Street Station, New York 8, New York.
Ad Featuring Another Jim Wise Story , Ad Featuring "P-F" Canvas Shoes
"It was mighty lucky the troop decided to hike that day..."
Jack, running faster in P-F canvas shoes, saves the town of Haddonfield from a dam about to collapse.
Ad Featuring Kellogg's Pep
"Look! The steeplejack's caught in his rope!"
A worker is caught in his rope and hangs upside down on a church steeple.
Ad Featuring Wheaties
"But how about our slugging average?"
Ad Featuring Kodak Cameras and Film
"We simply couldn't get along without you or your snaps!"
Inside front cover ad for Kodak's Brownie Reflex Synchro model camera.
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