Comic Title: Detective Comics #134
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1948
Approx. On Sale Date: February 25, 1948 Copyright Date February 23, 1948
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1948
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: "The Beast of London"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Boy Commandos (of Earth-2)

Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Steve Brodie

Feature Character(s)

• Boy Commandos (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #33; next appearance in Detective Comics #135)
• Brooklyn (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #33; next appearance in Boy Commandos #27)
• Andre Chavard (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #33; next appearance in Boy Commandos #27)
• Tex (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #33; next appearance in Boy Commandos #27)

Supporting Character(s)

• Rip Carter (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #33; next appearance in Boy Commandos #27)

Villain(s)

• Professor Adam Bow (a scientist; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Members of Bow's expedition (Tom named; no further appearances)
• Umbagi and a jungle tribe (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Professor Adam Bow retrieves a rare flower from the African jungle. He believes the flower can separate the good part of man from the evil. He experiments on himself and becomes a disfigured beast which terrorizes London. The Boy Commandos try to stop the beast. An antidote allows the beast to revert back to Professor Bow and elude capture.

After several more encounters with the beast, Brooklyn follows him back to Bow's laboratory. Bow forces Brooklyn to drink the formula and become a beast too. Brooklyn is caught by police, while the beast is finally shot. The other Commandos discover Bow's laboratory and are able to get Brooklyn the antidote.