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Detective Comics 97

DETECTIVE COMICS #97

Cover Date: March 1945
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1945-01-22

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Cover Credits:
Art: Dick Sprang


Story: "The Secret of the Switch!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoseph Greene
ArtDick Sprang
InksJerry Robinson
LetteringDick Sprang
Assistant editingBernie Breslaurer
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon (has brown hair)

Villain(s):

Slasher (first appearances; bobby-traps hidden loot to kill his fellow criminals)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Archives #4 (1998)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4 (2018)


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Second Story: "Call of Death!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHoward Sherman
Assistant editingBernie Breslaurer
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Slam Bradley

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan

Villain(s):

Phony astronomers and their gang (first appearance for all; use a large fake telescope to kill from a long distance)

Comment(s):

Slam took astronomy in college!


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Third Story: "Doubling in Danger!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Roussos
ColorsGeorge Roussos
LetteringGeorge Roussos
Assistant editingBernie Breslaurer
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Air Wave

Villain(s):

Gyppo and his boss (first appearance for all; use a fake Air Wave to blackmail other criminals)


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Fourth Story: "He Swings through the Airl!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsJack Kirby
InksGeorge Klein
Assistant editingBernie Breslaurer
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Boy Commandos:
Brooklyn
Andre Chavard
Jan Haasan
Alfy Twidgett
Captain Rip Carter

Villain(s):

Nazi spies (first appearance for all; pose as a troop of acrobats)

Location(s):

England

Comment(s):

This story takes place before the end of hostilities in Europe.


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