Detective Comics, #79

Published: September 1943

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Detective Comics #79

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Issue Contents:
Destiny's Auction!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 1 0 pages
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Augustus Helps the Army
Story 2 1 page non-fiction
Credits
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Destiny's Auction!
Story 3 12 pages superhero
Storyline

Three people who visit a gypsy fortune teller have their fates read, and it seems to the positive. However, negative situations befall each of them with each of them leaving their belongings in a trunk. Batman and Robin follow these individuals as they buy what they believe to be their trunks back at auction, thus, in a round-about way, fulfilling the fortunes of the seer they all once visited.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Madame Calagra (seeress)
  • Judy O'Casson (a dramatist)
  • Tremaine Wentworth (actor)
  • Mrs. Midge (Judy's landlady)
  • Diamond Pete Ransome (villain)
  • Ransome's gang [Lefty
  • other unnamed] (villains)
Story 4 1 page

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Two Tickets to Trouble!
Story 5 8 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Slam Bradley
  • Shorty Morgan
Credits
Like Action? Here's Plenty of It!
Story 6 0 pages adventure; war
The Case of the Advertising Crook!
Story 7 10 pages superhero
Characters
  • The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]
  • Wing
  • Adder (villain, introduction)
Credits
Are You "Pre-Flight" Material?
Story 8 2 pages
Return to Pride
Story 9 2 pages adventure
Credits
The Tenderfoot Gets Tough!
Story 10 7 pages superhero
Characters
  • Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
  • Static
  • Spur Sanders
  • Zeke Mullins

Featuring Life's Little Laffs

Story 11 1 page humor

"Ya got him licked..."

Story Notes

4 gags. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Time Marches Bow-Legged!

Featuring History

Story 12 1 page humor
Credits
Story Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

The Duce Gets a Hotfoot
Story 13 12 pages adventure; war
Characters
  • Boy Commandos [Rip Carter
  • Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]
  • Jan Haasan
  • Alfy Twidgett
  • Andre Chavard]
  • Professor Ferno
Credits
Story 14 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Featuring Metro Publications

Story 15 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.