Well, in a way, I'm telling the truth ... bullets can't hurt me if you don't fire them! 
- — Air Wave
Detective Comics #78 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1943.
Contents
- 1 Synopsis for Batman: "The Bond Wagon"
- 2 Appearing in Batman: "The Bond Wagon"
- 3 Synopsis for Slam Bradley: "The Meanest Mugs in the World"
- 4 Appearing in Slam Bradley: "The Meanest Mugs in the World"
- 5 Synopsis for Crimson Avenger: "The Prevue Murders"
- 6 Appearing in Crimson Avenger: "The Prevue Murders"
- 7 Synopsis for Air Wave: "Menace of the Mouse-Traps"
- 8 Appearing in Air Wave: "Menace of the Mouse-Traps"
- 9 Synopsis for Boy Commandos: "Freedom Station"
- 10 Appearing in Boy Commandos: "Freedom Station"
- 11 Notes
- 12 Trivia
- 13 See Also
- 14 Links and References
Synopsis for Batman: "The Bond Wagon"
Appearing in Batman: "The Bond Wagon"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Baron Von Luger (Single appearance)
- Karpf (Single appearance)
- Nazi Party
Other Characters:
- Matt Wilkins (Single appearance)
- Passin' Pete Arnold (Single appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for Slam Bradley: "The Meanest Mugs in the World"
Appearing in Slam Bradley: "The Meanest Mugs in the World"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Memphis Mike (Single appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for Crimson Avenger: "The Prevue Murders"
Appearing in Crimson Avenger: "The Prevue Murders"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Left-Foot Larry Larsen (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Jo-Jo Jordan (Single appearance)
- Robert Markey (Single appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for Air Wave: "Menace of the Mouse-Traps"
After years of patient toil, inventor Sam Maker develops a better mousetrap, but can't sell it to the public. Big Paul Anousi, an underworld boss pretending to be an exterminator, visits Maker and orders a thousand traps; Maker labors night and day to produce them. Meanwhile there's a lull in the city's crime level; this makes Air Wave suspicious, and he starts turning in to metal pieces near known gangster hangouts. One evening soon, there is a rash of crimes, simultaneously, at banks and jewelry stores across the town. Crooks are using Maker's mousetraps in innovative ways, including setting some on the transmission wires that Air Wave typically uses to zoom across town. After a few setbacks, Air Wave manages to tune in on the light, strong metal used in the traps, which leads him to Sam Maker, who doesn't know the crime boss's real name. They work up a plan. Meanwhile Anousi also cooks up a new scheme for dealing with Air Wave. The next night at a swanky society party thrown by wealthy Mr Putnam, Anousi's gang strikes, and the cops who charge to the rescue get snagged in some traps, but then Air Wave comes zooming into the house, bypassing all the boobytraps, and beats up the whole gang, all of whom flee into the woods, but there's only one path so they all take it, and it leads them right into a boxcar-sized trap that Mr Maker had set up earlier.
Appearing in Air Wave: "Menace of the Mouse-Traps"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Big Paul Anousi, underworld boss
- Kovitze, henchman
- at least three more henchmen
Other Characters:
- Sam Maker, inventor
Locations:
Synopsis for Boy Commandos: "Freedom Station"
Appearing in Boy Commandos: "Freedom Station"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Werner (Single appearance)
- Hans (Single appearance)
Locations:
Notes
- Published by Detective Comics, Inc.
- Batman: "The Bond Wagon" is reprinted in Batman Archives Vol 3.
Trivia
- Last issue for Jack Lehti and Charles Paris on Crimson Avenger.
See Also
Links and References
Look at how sad this is making Batman. You did this.
Look at how sad this is making Batman. You did this.
