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DETECTIVE COMICS #87

Cover Date: May 1944
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1944-03-21

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Cover Credits:
Art: Dick Sprang


Story: "The Man of a Thousand Umbrellas" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoseph Greene
ArtDick Sprang
LetteringPat Gordon
EditingBernie Breslauer, Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Penguin

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 #3 (2017)
Batman: The Golden Age #6 (2020)


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Second Story: "Professor Long Sells Air Wave Short!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtGeorge Roussos
LetteringGeorge Roussos
ColorsGeorge Roussos
EditingBernie Breslauer, Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Air Wave

Villain(s):

Smokey Johns and his gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Professor Shortie Long (first appearance; a college colleague of Larry's; studying how to bounce radio waves from metal)


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Third Story: "Smuggler's Song!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJohn Daly
EditingBernie Breslauer, Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Crimson Avenger

Supporting Character(s):

Wing

Villain(s):

Unnamed smugglers (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Wing Ling (first appearance; Wing's uncle, an importer of antiques from China)


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Fourth Story: "Tuition Free!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtMartin Naydel
EditingBernie Breslauer, Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Slam Bradley

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan

Villain(s):

A gang of kidnappers (first appearance for all; use a school as a cover)


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Fifth Story: "King Brooklyn the Foist!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtLouis Cazeneuve
EditingBernie Breslauer, Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

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

Villain(s):

Unnamed crooks (first appearance for both; try to make off with raw Quinine)

Location(s):

Pacific Ocean
Unnamed Pacific Island


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