Comic Title: Detective Comics #79
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1943
Approx. On Sale Date: July 23, 1943 Copyright Date July 20, 1943
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1943
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 56
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Tenderfoot Gets Tough"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Air Wave (of Earth-2)

Writer: Joe Samachson
Artist: George Roussos

Feature Character(s)

• Air Wave (last appearance in Detective Comics #78; next appearance in Detective Comics #80)

Villain(s)

• Spur Sanders and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Rip Ranson (a rancher; no further appearances)
• Zeke Mullins (a prospector; no further appearances)
• An unnamed sheriff (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Larry Jordan visits a dude ranch on vacation. A local prospector is kidnapped by Spur Sanders and his men, forcing Jordan to go into action as Air Wave. Sanders tries to force the prospector to reveal the location of a gold vein, but the man doesn't know where it is. Air Wave successfully rescues the man, then locates the gold in a Spanish Conquistadores grave.