Detective Comics #66
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- August 1942
- Page count
- 68
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/2357
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth
[Murray Boltinoff
Mort Weisinger]
Issue contents
Cover
Meet "Two-Face"
(Batman; Robin)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman; Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
George Roussos (also backgrounds) - Letters
- typeset
Reprint history
1Featuring
- Feature
- Good Books Worth Reading
- Genre
- Non-fiction; sports
Credits
- Author
- Josette Frank
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
"Lou Gehrig - A Quiet Hero" by Frank Graham is reviewed.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent] (image); Gilda (Kent's fiancee, a sculptress, introduction); Dr. Ekhart; Two-Face [Harvey Kent] [aka "Apollo" Kent] (villain, introduction, origin); Boss Moroni (villain); Joe (villain, death)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
Bob Kane (idea) - Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
George Roussos - Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-20 (September 1973) — The Crimes of Two-Face
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #28 ([1974?]) — The Crimes of Two-Face!
Synopsis
At a criminal trial, D.A. Harvey Kent is disfigured by acid thrown into his face, and the shock drives him to become a master criminal who bases all of his crimes on the number two, and who uses a two-headed silver dollar to decide if he will keep the loot from a crime or not.
Notes
Story continues in Detective Comics #68.
3Featuring
- Feature
- The Boy Commandos
- Genre
- Adventure; war
- Characters
- The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfy Twidgett; Pierre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Casey 39; Von Bruhte; Radcliffe; The Sphinx (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson ?
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Boy Commandos (DC, 1973 series) #1 (September-October 1973) — The Sphinx Speaks
-
Mighty Comic (KG Murray, 1973 series) #103 ([October 1974?]) — The Sphinx Speaks
Synopsis
In the year 3045 A.D., scholars unearth an ancient battlefield and try to reconstruct what happened there.
Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Jerry the Jitterbug
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Jerry
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
5Featuring
- Feature
- Laffs
- Genre
- Humor
6Featuring
- Feature
- The Crimson Avenger
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Joe Henderson; Byers; Maretti
Credits
- Script
- Jack Lehti
- Pencils
- Jack Lehti
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Letters
- Charles Paris
Notes
Inker and letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Spy
- Genre
- Adventure; spy
- Characters
- Bart Regan
Credits
- Art
- Louis Cazeneuve
8Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Author
- Eric Carter
- Letters
- typeset
9Featuring
- Feature
- Air Wave
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; District Attorney Cole (death); Static; Inspector Morton; Grump (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff ?
- Pencils
- Lee Harris
- Inks
- Charles Paris
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #245 (December 1971-January 1972) — The Adventure of the Shooting Spooks
-
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #87 (July 1972) — The Adventure of the Shooting Spooks
- From GCD
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #66 (August 1942)
Synopsis
D.A. Cole dies, and Larry Jordan is arrested for his murder.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Sport with the Sports
- Genre
- Sports
Credits
- Script
- ? [as Arcky]
- Art
- ? [as Arcky]
11Credits
- Script
- Jack Liebowitz
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
published by Detective Comics, Inc.
480 Lexington Ave
New York, N.Y.
Editor: W. F. Ellsworth
Owners: Harry Donenfeld; P. H. Sampliner.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Slam Bradley
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
Credits
- Art
- Howard Sherman
- Letters
- Howard Sherman
Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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.