Comic Title: Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #9
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May/Jun 1953
Approx. On Sale Date: March 18, 1953 Copyright Date March 16, 1953
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1953
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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Crime Runs the Bases"
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Detective Chimp (of Earth-1)

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Irwin Hasen
Inker: Bernard Sachs

Feature Character(s)

• Detective Chimp (last appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #8; next appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sheriff Edward Chase (last appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #8; next appearance in Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #10)

Villain(s)

• A group of gangsters (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Lefty Crane (a baseball player; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bobo attends a baseball game with Sheriff Chase and becomes friends with star pitcher Lefty Crane. When Crane goes fishing, he takes Bobo along for the day. At the lake, gangsters kidnap Crane. Bobo tries to alert Sheriff Chase, but can't get the lawman to understand. Bobo tracks down the crooks on his own and prevents them from killing Crane. After they are subdued, police arrive to arrest them. Bobo is given a team uniform for capturing the crooks.