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Detective Comics #123

DC · Series began 1937 · May 1947

Dates

Cover date
May 1947
On sale
March 24, 1947
Pages
52

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Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jack Burnley, Paul Cooper, John Daly, Curt Swan, Lee Harris, Henry Boltinoff, Fred Harmaninks: Charles Paris, Ray Burnley, John Daly, Steve Brodie, Lee Harris, Henry Boltinoff, Fred Harmanscript: Max Olin, Henry Boltinoffletters: Henry Boltinoff

Stories

  • The Dawn Patrol Crimes! · 12 pages

    An underworld radium gang uses the talents of some pioneers of the air age called "The Dawn Patrol" to innocently carry the contraband material.

  • South of the Border! · 7 pages
  • Talent Hunt · 2 pages
  • Heroes for a Day! · 11 pages
  • The Voices of Spooky Sommers! · 7 pages

Publisher’s description

Batman is called in to track a gang of thieves stealing radium from the Ross Radium Company! Plus, Slam and Shorty follow a gang of jewel thieves across the border into Mexico in “SOUTH OF THE BORDER.” The Boy Commandos take a vacation at a spring camp in “HEROES FOR A DAY.”

Reprinted in

Batman Archives (1990), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015)

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