Detective Comics #61
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- March 1942
- Page count
- 68
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/2073
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited)
Murray Boltinoff (assistant editor, uncredited)
Mort Weisinger (assistant editor, uncredited)
Issue contents
Cover
The Three Racketeers
(Batman with Robin)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
George Roussos (backgrounds)
1Featuring
- Feature
- Lancaster County Seed Co.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Charters; "Crafty" Cal Clate (villain); Professor Post (villain); unnamed racketeer (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
George Roussos (backgrounds) - Letters
- Ira Schnapp ?
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #258 (September-October 1974) — The Three Racketeers!
-
Bumper Batcomic (KG Murray, 1976 series) #5 ([July 1977?]) — The Three Racketeers
- From GCD
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #61 (March, 1942)
Synopsis
Three former racketeers sit about a table playing cards in prison discussing how the Batman and Robin brought their dreams of easy wealth to a disastrous end.
Notes
The splash panel has a sign on a building that reads "Jack Miller", one of the writers for DC on Batman and other features. The splash page nearly replicates the cover.
Background credit by Craig Delich.
3"Listen, all you Batman and Robin fans!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
4Featuring
- Feature
- The Adventures of Superman
5Featuring
- Feature
- Spy
- Genre
- Adventure; spy
- Characters
- Bart Regan
Credits
- Art
- Louis Cazeneuve
6"Gosh that 'Hono-Lulu' tasted good!"
Featuring
- Feature
- "Super" Duper; Canada Dry Ginger Ale
- Genre
- Humor
7"Crime stalks the barnyard!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Cliff Crosby
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Cliff Crosby; Kay Nevers
Credits
- Pencils
- Pierce Rice
- Inks
- Arturo Cazeneuve
8Credits
- Letters
- typeset
9Featuring
- Feature
- Good Books Worth Reading
Credits
- Author
- Josette Frank (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
The book "Sons of Liberty" by Gertrude Robinson is reviewed.
10Featuring
- Feature
- The Crimson Avenger
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing
Credits
- Script
- Jack Lehti
- Pencils
- Jack Lehti
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Letters
- Charles Paris
Notes
Inker and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
11Featuring
- Feature
- World's Finest Comics
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
12Featuring
- Feature
- Leading Comics
13Featuring
- Feature
- Prize Comics
14Featuring
- Feature
- Larry Steele, Private Detective
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Larry Steele; The Seal (introduction, villain)
Credits
- Art
- Cliff Young
15Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Author
- Norman Goss (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
16Notes
Several small ads.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Air Wave
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; D. A. Cole; Sandra Stowe; Professor Gurn (villain, renegade scientist, introduction); The Scarlatti Gang (villains, introduction for all)
Credits
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff ?
- Pencils
- Lee Harris
- Inks
- Charles Paris
Synopsis
Professor Gurn uses his science to build an exo-skeleton to combat Air Wave's technology.
18Featuring
- Feature
- Slam Bradley
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Tom Hogan; Chandra Chun (villain)
Credits
- Art
- Howard Sherman
- Letters
- Howard Sherman
Synopsis
Slam smashes a fortune teller's racket.
19
20Featuring
- Feature
- National Radio Institute
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
21Featuring
- Feature
- Muscle Power Co.
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.