Comic Title: Detective Comics #113
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1946
Approx. On Sale Date: May 24, 1946 Copyright Date May 22, 1946
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
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: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Crime on the Half-Shell"
Pages: 11

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Gene McDonald

Reprinted In:
Batman Archives Vol. 5 HC (2001)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #112; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #23)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #112; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #23)

Villain(s)

• Blackhand and his gang (racketeers; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Captain Jibbs and Josephine "Jo" Jibbs (a sailor and his daughter; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin battle the racketeer Blackhand on the docks. They are beaten and taken prisoner aboard the crook's boat. Batman breaks free, but the boat crashes into an oyster boat captained by Jo Jibbs. The crooks escapes in the confusion.

Batman learns from Jo, who has taken over the oyster dredging vessel from her blind father, that the crooks have been targeting the oyster boats and stealing their haul. Batman stays aboard, and when Blackhand strikes again, he is ready.

However, Batman is knocked out allowing the crook to escape again, this time with Jo as his prisoner. Jo signs a ransom note, but she makes braille imprints for her father, so that Batman can track down Blackhand and the other pirates.