Comic Title: Detective Comics #144
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1949
Approx. On Sale Date: December 24, 1948 Copyright Date December 22, 1948
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1949
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
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Kay Kyser's Mystery Broadcast"
Pages: 12

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

Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
Batman Archives Vol. 7 HC (2008)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6 HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #51; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #90)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #51; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #90)

Villain(s)

• Big Jack Bancroft (no further appearances)
• Buggsy Dolan (last name also given as Malone; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Kay Kyser and Eddie Blinn (a bandleader and a saxaphone player; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Gangster Big Jack Bancroft disguises himself as saxophone player Eddie Blinn and hides after pulling a big robbery. Blinn is a band member on Kay Kyser's musical quiz show. Kyser is being watched closely and cannot contact the police, so he sends a morse code S-O-S in his music which Batman detects.

Batman then appears as a guest on Kyser's show. He compete against one of Bancroft's men to whom the gangster was trying to pass a message. With Robin's help, Batman wins the musical trivia competition and learns where Bancroft has stashed the loot from his robbery. Bancroft captures Batman and Kyser, but the quiz show host helps them both escape. Bancroft is then captured, and the loot is recovered.