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Cover: Dick Sprang

Detective Comics #113

Jul 1946 · DC · 0.10 USD
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In "Crime on the Half-Shell!", Air Wave faces a bizarre criminal mastermind with the power to manipulate machinery—sending cars into reverse and halting speeding trains mid-charge. Penciled and inked by Lee Harris, this 1946 mystery blends pulp-style suspense with early superhero oddity, all framed by Dick Sprang’s dynamic cover art.

Contains 7 stories
Crime on the Half-Shell!
11 pp · Superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]Robin [Dick Grayson]Captain Joe Jibbs (oyster dreger owner)Josephine "Jo" Jibbs (the Captain's daughter)Blackhand (villain, oyster pirate)Mike (villain)Blunt (villain, death)
The Radio Robbers!
6 pp · Superhero
Air Wave [Larry Jordan]Static (his parrot)The Beam (villain, introduction)

In "The Radio Robbers!", Air Wave faces off against a mysterious electrical menace who uses his powers to send cars spinning in reverse and halt speeding trains in mid-motion—leaving the city's transportation grid in chaos. With the rails and roads at the mercy of a rogue force, the hero must outthink a villain who turns the very mechanics of motion against the world.

Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Gabby
The Educated Pig!
7 pp · Detective-Mystery
Slam BradleyShorty Morgan
Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor
Dinny
Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor
Little Corporal
When Comrades Meet!
12 pp · Adventure
The Boy Commandos [Rip CarterJan HaasanAlfy TwidgettAndre ChavardBrooklyn [Dan Turpin]]

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $161
CGC 9.8 · 4 in census $9,746
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $4,187
CGC 9.4 · 2 in census $4,187*
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 · 3 in census $1,796
CGC 8.5 · 5 in census $1,423
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CGC 8.0 · 8 in census $1,062
CGC 7.5 · 8 in census $876
CGC 7.0 · 8 in census $691
CGC 6.5 · 6 in census $585
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $499
CGC 5.5 · 4 in census $423
CGC 5.0 · 5 in census $406
CGC 4.5 · 4 in census $368
CGC 4.0 · 5 in census $300*
CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $279
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 · 4 in census $192*
CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $163*
CGC 1.5 none in existence
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $82*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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CBCS 5.5 $658.99 CGC 5.5 $699.99 CGC 7 $1000 CGC 7 $1100
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Full credits

artist, inker Lee Harris
cover pencils, inks Dick Sprang

Reprints

Reprinted in Batman Archives #5 (2001), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 (2018)

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