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"Batman: "The Merchants of Misery"": Batman and Robin uncover a criminal loan racket run by a thug called Big-Hearted John. The dynamic duo struggle to stop the criminals, but in the end they succeed and the crooks are arrested.

Detective Comics #88 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1944.

Synopsis for Batman: "The Merchants of Misery"

Batman and Robin uncover a criminal loan racket run by a thug called Big-Hearted John. The dynamic duo struggle to stop the criminals, but in the end they succeed and the crooks are arrested.

Appearing in Batman: "The Merchants of Misery"

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  • Big-Hearted John (Single appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

  • George Simpson (Single appearance)
  • Mary Simpson (Single appearance)
  • Mr. Kelly (Single appearance; dies)

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Synopsis for Air Wave: "Underworld Jam Session"

Snake Eyes Bentley is released from prison after years of working in the prison radio shop and gaining knowledge of radio to try to take down Air Wave. He goes to take revenge on the two people he blames for his imprisonment- the DA Larry Jordan and Air Wave, unaware that they are the same person. Bentley attacks Larry Jordan and ties him up next to a bomb set to explode if someone calls Larry's phone, but he manages to set fire to his ropes and free himself.

Air Wave uses his radio powers to track Bentley down, but they lay a trap for him and knock him out, leaving him to dangle below a bridge, which he also manages to free himself from. He fights Bentley again and sends him back to jail, where Larry projects his voice through the metal prison bars and taunts him.

Appearing in Air Wave: "Underworld Jam Session"

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  • Snake Eyes Bentley (Single appearance)

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Synopsis for Three-Ring Binks: "Mar-Vee-Ello, the Magician"

A magician comes to Three Ring Binks wanting to work in his circus, and in response Three Ring tells him the story of a magician who used a special paint that turned anything it covered invisible for his act (putting it on himself, and then removing it later with special paint remover). The magician wins great fame and fortune, until the circus goes to Alaska and they find out only after the magician has painted himself invisible that the paint remover does not work in such cold temperatures. Three Ring tells the man that they never heard anything from that magician again, and the man nervously says that he'll change his job to raising rabbits.

Appearing in Three-Ring Binks: "Mar-Vee-Ello, the Magician"

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  • Three-Ring Binks

Synopsis for Crimson Avenger: "The Imposter of Newspaper Row"


Appearing in Crimson Avenger: "The Imposter of Newspaper Row"

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  • Woody Forrester (Single appearance)

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  • Albert Binks (Single appearance)

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Synopsis for Slam Bradley: "Futures For Sale"


Appearing in Slam Bradley: "Futures For Sale"

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  • Inda Hinda (Single appearance)
    • Toughie (Single appearance)
    • Trigger (Single appearance)
    • Sharpie (Single appearance)

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  • Madame Van Vant (Single appearance)
  • Madame Gildedall (Single appearance)

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Synopsis for Boy Commandos: "The Battle of Wales"


Appearing in Boy Commandos: "The Battle of Wales"

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  • Mag Llewellyn (Single appearance)
  • David Pwlldilo (Single appearance)

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