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Detective Comics #71

DC · Series began 1937 · January 1943

Dates

Cover date
January 1943
On sale
November 17, 1942
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jerry Robinson, Bob Kane, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Kirby, George Papp, Jack Lehti, Chuck Winter, Lee Harris, Howard Shermaninks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Simon, George Papp, Charles Paris, Chuck Winter, Howard Shermanscript: Marvin Goldstein, Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Sidney Elias, Jack Lehti, Jack Watsonletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Charles Paris, Howard Sherman

Stories

  • Crime a Day! · 13 pages

    During a series of lectures, the Batman calls the Joker a fool for leaving clues behind that lead to his capture. The Clown Prince of Crime turns the tables on the Caped Crusader by leaving more clues and making the Batman and Robin look like fools.

  • A Break for Santa · 12 pages

    Rip and the Boys steal an allied plane in order to rescue a sick boy's father from a Nazi prison camp.

  • Simon Bolivar · Stamps · 1 pages
  • The Unlucky Reporter · 10 pages
  • Death on the Diamond! · 6 pages
  • Murder on the Campus · 2 pages
  • The Voice from Nowhere · 7 pages
  • Case of the Missing Grin! · 8 pages

Reprinted in

Batman Archives (1990), The Batman Chronicles (2005), The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2010), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Batman: The Golden Age (2016)

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