Batman 1940 #295 - reader copy - $9.00
The Penguin controls some cuckoo clocks and has them stealing money, but the police entice the clocks to stop using Hostess Fruit Pies, and they capture The Penguin.
When Danton, Art Saddows, and Kaye Daye each witness the same woman's body turn up at 3 different locations only to have it disappear after it is loaded into the ambulance but before it arrives at the morgue, the Mystery Analysts investigate the Magic Palace, a night club for magic-related acts. They learn that the murdered woman was a magician's assistant, but who killed her?
On-sale date from Comic Reader #149.
- - Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
- The Cuckoo Cuckoos - Inside front cover advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies in comicstrip format. One bystander looks like Julius Schwartz.
- - Letters of comment from Scott Gibson, Jim Kingman, Jim Asbille, Matt Polusny, Steve Will, Kevin L. Callahan and Bob Barnes.
- The Great Superman Movie Contest Winners - Text article with photograph of Jenette Kahn, Chris Reeve and Sol Harrison.
- 26 Marshall Rogers - Scripter suggested by Michael Catron.
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