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DETECTIVE COMICS #68
Cover Date: October 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-08-22
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Cover Credits:
Art: Jerry Robinson
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Credits:
| Plot | Bob Kane |
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Bob Kane |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson, George Roussos |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
Other Character(s):
- Gilda (next in issue #80)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.
- This story takes place in the summer.
Story Reprinted in:
- 100-Page Super-Spectacular #DC-20 (September 1973)
- Batman Archives #2 (1991)
- The Batman Chronicles #7 (2009)
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)
- Batman: The Golden Age #4 (2018)
Credits:
| Story | Jack Kirby, Joe Simon |
| Art | Joe Simon |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Lettering | Howard Ferguson |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Captain Osuki (first appearance; a Japanese pilot; dies)
- Japanese soldiers (first appearance for all; all die)
Location(s):
- South Pacific (on an unnamed island)
Story Reprinted in:
- The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (October 2010)
Credits:
| Story | Jack Lehti |
| Pencils | Jack Lehti |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Lettering | Charles Paris |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Trigger and his gang (first appearance for all; try to run a treasure map selling scheme and it backfires; Shorty named)
Other Character(s):
- Tommy and his elderly uncle (first appearance for both; really get a treasure and retire to the southwest for Tommy's cough)
Credits:
| Story | Murray Boltinoff |
| Pencils | Lee Harris |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Lettering | Charles Paris |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Air Wave (last in Young All-Stars Annual #1; next in flashback to this adventure in Young All-Stars #27)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Porky Prall and Stinger Raffle (first appearance for both; frame Jimmy for a murder)
Other Character(s):
- Jimmy Pardee (first appearance; Jordan's best friend and a crime reporter framed for the murder of his boss)
Credits:
| Art | Howard Sherman |
| Lettering | Howard Sherman |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Muscles Malloy and his gang (first appearance for all; use used books to pass messages about crimes)