Comic Title: Detective Comics #83
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1944
Approx. On Sale Date: November 24, 1943 Copyright Date November 20, 1943
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1944
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 Case of the Runaway Plane"
Pages: 6

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

Writer: Joe Samachson
Artist: George Roussos

Feature Character(s)

• Air Wave (last appearance in Detective Comics #82; next appearance in Detective Comics #84)

Villain(s)

• Flash McClain (no further appearances)
• Spike, Slim, Chesty, and Slug (Flash's gang; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Buddy (Larry Jordan's nephew; no further appearances)
• Jimmy Blake (Buddy's friend; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While attending a model airplane race with his nephew, Larry Jordan spots gangster Flash McClain stealing one of the planes. As Air Wave, Jordan follows the plane, which McClain plans to use to set a diversionary fire. Air Wave prevents the fire, then stops McClain's gang in the act of a robbery. Once the crooks are apprehended, Jordan returns the stolen plane to its rightful owner.