Detective Comics, #130
Published: December 1947
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Issue Contents:
The Box
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Pencils: Bob Kane
- Inks: Charles Paris
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Z Is for Zebra
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Box!
Storyline
A mysterious box in Batman's Hall of Trophies tells the strange story of revenge by a man known as the Diamond King, whose son died at the hands of certain gangsters. When the evidence to prove their guilt was stolen and the men set free, the father uses the box to gain his revenge upon each of them.
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Briggs Carson (villain)
- "Highwire" Joe Foster (villain, death)
- Duds Deblin (villain, death)
- Roger Gormet (villain, death)
- Jenkins (villain, Gormet's butler)
- Snag Corlin (villain, death)
- The Avenger [Briggs Carson] [aka The Diamond King] (villain)
Credits
- Script: Bill Finger
- Pencils: Bob Kane
- Inks: Charles Paris
Story Notes
Splash page replicates the cover in reverse. The figures of Batman and Robin on a motorcycle, from the cover of Batman #26 (Oct.-Nov. 1944), was re-drawn by Kane for use in panel 2 of page 9 of this story. Background inker credit for Ray Burnley removed, as he did not work on this story.
Bert La Brucherie
Static Sees Double!
Characters
- Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
- Static (a parrot)
Credits
- Pencils: Lee Harris
- Inks: Lee Harris
Captain Tootsie and the Radar Rescue
Characters
Credits
- Pencils: C. C. Beck
- Inks: Pete Costanza
- Script: C. C. Beck (uncertain)
The Man Who Drowned Nine Times!
Characters
- Slam Bradley
- Shorty Morgan
Credits
- Pencils: Howard Sherman
- Inks: Howard Sherman
Story Notes
Inker credit by Craig Delich. Credit previously given to John Daly.
"Ah! An old deserted house..."
Characters
- The Spooks
Credits
- Script: Phil Berube
- Pencils: Phil Berube
- Inks: Phil Berube
- Letters: Phil Berube
Story Notes
Writer & letterer credits added by Craig Delich.
"Tweet" "There go the bank robbers in that car -- Follow them!"
Characters
- Casey
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
The Coward
Credits
- Script: Ted Field
"Me, Chief, best guide in Indian country!"
Characters
- Chief Hot Foot
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Junior Jim
Fifty Below Zero!
Characters
- The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter
- Jan Haasan
- Tex
- Andre Chavard
- Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]]
Credits
- Script: George Kashdan
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Steve Brodie
Featuring Parker Johns
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.