Comic Title: Detective Comics #116
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1946
Approx. On Sale Date: August 21, 1946 Copyright Date August 19, 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: "Ten Days in the Big House"
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 #24; next appearance in Detective Comics #117)
• Alfy Twidgett (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #24; next appearance in Boy Commandos #18)
• Andre Chavard (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #24; next appearance in Boy Commandos #18)
• Brooklyn (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #24; next appearance in Boy Commandos #18)

Supporting Character(s)

• Rip Carter (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #24; next appearance in Boy Commandos #18)

Villain(s)

• Blackie Saunders, Big Boy Phil, Blackjack Louis, and various convicts (no further appearances)
• A janitor (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The governor and a prison warden (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Rip Carter goes undercover as Killer Conway at Trail's End Prison. Rip tries to uncover a scheme by the other prisoners to escape. However, Rip's cover is exposed when the Boy Commandos visit the jail. The governor also suffers a heart attack, and no one else knows that Killer Conway is Carter.

Rip is nearly executed, but the Boy Commandos help stop the death sentence. Working together, Rip and the boys stop the escape plan. The governor eventually recovers, and Rip's undercover operation ends.