Detective Comics, #79
Published: September 1943
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Issue Contents:
Destiny's Auction!
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Pencils: Jerry Robinson
- Inks: Jerry Robinson
- Letters: George Roussos
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Augustus Helps the Army
Destiny's Auction!
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)
Credits
- Script: Don C. Cameron
- Pencils: Jerry Robinson
- Inks: Jerry Robinson
- Letters: George Roussos
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Two Tickets to Trouble!
Characters
- Slam Bradley
- Shorty Morgan
Credits
- Pencils: Howard Sherman
- Inks: Howard Sherman
Like Action? Here's Plenty of It!
The Case of the Advertising Crook!
Characters
- The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]
- Wing
- Adder (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Pencils: Pierce Rice
- Inks: Louis Cazeneuve
Are You "Pre-Flight" Material?
Return to Pride
Credits
- Script: Eric Carter
The Tenderfoot Gets Tough!
Characters
- Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
- Static
- Spur Sanders
- Zeke Mullins
Credits
- Script: Joe Samachson
- Pencils: George Roussos
- Inks: George Roussos
- Colors: George Roussos
- Letters: George Roussos
Featuring Life's Little Laffs
"Ya got him licked..."
Credits
- Script: Ray Houlihan
- Pencils: Ray Houlihan
- Inks: Ray Houlihan
- Letters: Ray Houlihan
Story Notes
4 gags. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
Time Marches Bow-Legged!
The Duce Gets a Hotfoot
Characters
- Boy Commandos [Rip Carter
- Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]
- Jan Haasan
- Alfy Twidgett
- Andre Chavard]
- Professor Ferno
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Pencils: Joe Simon (uncertain)
- Inks: Joe Simon
- Script: Jonathon Dalton
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Featuring Metro Publications
Story Notes
Back cover.