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TITLE:
The Secret of the Switch
COVER DATE:
March, 1945
WRITER:
Joseph Greene
ARTIST:
Dick Sprang
INKER:
Dick Sprang
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Dick Sprang
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne);
Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner Gordon
PLOT:
Batman finds a criminal called the Slasher dead of an apparent suicide. The suicide note left behind implicates several of the Slasher's partners, but Batman suspects there is more to it. His investigation reveals that the Slasher faked the suicide, leaving a nameless hobo to die in his place. The crook staged it to draw his former partner Nick Petri from hiding. Petri has placed stolen loot in a trap operated by switches. When Petri tries to recover the loot, the Slasher surprises him. Batman and Robin stop both crooks, having solved the mystery and located the hidden cache of loot.
TITLE:
Call of Death
WRITER:
Unknown
ARTIST:
Howard Sherman
INKER:
John Daly
CHARACTERS:
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
PLOT:
Slam and Shorty witness two men steal a package from an older man. They pursue the men and retrieve the package. When they return it, the older man Gerald Whicky explains that the package contains money with which he was using to pay off the crooks.
Slam and Shorty follow Whicky back to his house where they learn that a voice on the telephone has been making threats to Whicky. When Whicky doesn't pay, shots are fired into his house. Slam discovers that the rifle used to fire the shots is hidden inside a mobile telescope. Slam exposes the crooks and ends the extortion racket.
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TITLE:
Doubling in Danger
WRITER:
Unknown
ARTIST:
George Roussos
INKER:
George Roussos
CHARACTERS:
Air Wave; Static
PLOT:
Fearing that Air Wave is closing in on him, a local crime boss hatches a plan to eliminate the hero. He attempts to frame Air Wave and allows D.A. Larry Jordan to witness a payoff. Since Larry is the real Air Wave, he knows that the payoff is a setup. He turns the tables on the crooks. The gang is caught, and the boss is arrested.
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TITLE:
He Swings Through the Air
WRITER:
George Kashdan
ARTIST:
Louis Cazeneuve
INKER:
Louis Cazeneuve
CHARACTERS:
Boy Commandos; Andre Chavard; Brooklyn; Alfy Twidgett
PLOT:
Secret maps and plans are stolen by a group of spies. Brooklyn believes that acrobats from the traveling circus are responsible. He and Alfy stake out the circus tents to get proof. Brooklyn's suspicions are confirmed, but Alfy is captured. Brooklyn tries disguising himself as an acrobat to escape, but is pulled into the trapeze act. The spies try to kill him, but Brooklyn survives. He alerts Rip and the others for help. The spies are caught, Alfy is rescued, and the stolen plans are recovered.
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