Detective Comics #68
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- October 1942
- Page count
- 68
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/2473
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited)
Murray Boltinoff (assistant editor, uncredited)
Mort Weisinger (assistant editor, uncredited)
Issue contents
Cover
The Man Who Led a Double Life!
(Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Two-Face [Harvey Kent]
Credits
- Art
- Jerry Robinson
- Colours
- Jerry Robinson
- Letters
- Jerry Robinson
1Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Good Books Worth Reading
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Author
- Josette Frank
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside front cover. The book "The Mail Wagon Mystery" by May Justus is reviewed.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Gilda (Harvey's fiancee); Henry Logan (matchstick object collector); Henry Logan's double; Gotham City's Mayor; a mask maker; mask maker's son; Two-Face [Harvey Kent] (villain); Al (villain); "Getaway" George (villain); Two-Face's criminal combine (villains)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
George Roussos (backgrounds) - Letters
- Ira Schnapp ?
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-20 (September 1973) — The Man Who Led a Double Life
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #28 ([1974?]) — The Man Who Led a Double Life!
- From GCD
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #68 (October 1942)
Synopsis
Two-Face gets away from Batman and resumes his criminal career, but, in the end, is double-crossed by one of his own men!
Notes
Story continued from Detective Comics #66.
4"Costumes for Hire"
Featuring
- Feature
- Silly Willy
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Silly Willy
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
5Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
6Featuring
- Feature
- The Boy Commandos
- Genre
- Adventure; war
- Characters
- Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Andre Chavard; Alfy Twidgett; Jan Haasan]; Osuki (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Jack Kirby ?
Joe Simon ? - Pencils
- Jack Kirby
Joe Simon ? - Inks
- Joe Simon
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson ?
Synopsis
The boys end up shipwrecked in the Pacific with a Japanese pilot, but without Rip Carter.
Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Baby Ruth
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
8"Mrs. Goldrocks was just robbed..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Scoopy
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Scoopy
Credits
- Art
- Hal Sherman [as Sherman]
9Featuring
- Feature
- Leading Comics
10Featuring
- Feature
- The Crimson Avenger
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Tommy; Uncle; Trigger (villain); Shorty (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Jack Lehti
- Pencils
- Jack Lehti
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Letters
- Charles Paris
Synopsis
Two crooks sell an old man and a young boy a treasure map and then decide they want it back.
Notes
Inker and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
11"I think I'll mosey around the circus..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Silly Willy
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Silly Willy
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
12Notes
Several small ads.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Prize Comics
14Featuring
- Feature
- Spy
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Bart Regan
Credits
- Pencils
- Pierce Rice
- Inks
- Arturo Cazeneuve
15Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Author
- Nils Hall (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
16Featuring
- Feature
- Air Wave
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static (his parrot); Ebenezer Rood (Morning Star editor, death); Burt Benson (newspaper editor); Jimmy Pardee (newspaper crime reporter); Mrs. Pardee (Jimmy's mother); Porky; Wilbur
Credits
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Lee Harris [as Harris]
- Inks
- Charles Paris
17"Say, Chief - Mow your lawn for a quarter?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Chief Hot Foot
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Chief Hot Foot
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
18Featuring
- Feature
- World's Finest Comics
19Featuring
- Feature
- Slam Bradley
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
Credits
- Art
- Howard Sherman
- Letters
- Howard Sherman
20
21Featuring
- Feature
- Muscle Power Co.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
22Featuring
- Feature
- Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.