"Tweedledum and Tweedledee!" is the other wise untitled first story featured in issue #74 of the first Detective Comics ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics. It was written by Don C. Cameron with artwork by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson, who also colored the story. Lettering is by George Roussos. The second story is a Boy Commandos tale called "The Trial of Captain Carter". Presumably, it was crafted by group creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. The third story is called "The Case of the Kid Reporters" and features the Crimson Avenger. It was written and illustrated by Jack Lehti with inks by Charles Paris. The fourth feature is a spy thriller called "The Treachery at the Waterfront" drawn by Chuck Winter. Next is "The Man Who Avoided Metal!" by Joe Samachson and Lee Harris featuring Air Wave. The sixth and final vignette is a Slam Bradley tale called "The Adventure of the Wooden Indians!". It is written by Joe Samachson and illustrated by Howard Sherman. All stories were edited by Jack Schiff and Bernard Breslauer. This issue shipped in April, 1943 and carries a cover price of .10 cents per copy.
Publisher identified as "DC - A Superman Publication".
The tagline to this issue is "Batman and Robin encounter double trouble when they wrestle with those fantastic rotund rogues 'Tweeldedum and Tweedledee"!
This issue establishes that Deever and Dumfree Tweed are actually cousins, not twin brothers.
Always one to make with a groaner, Robin punches an illegal fur trader and quips, "This ought to dis-sable you".
Robin also engages in some fat-shaming in this issue. Upon seeing a robust looking man at Fat Man's Emporium he says, "I'll bet he has to buy three tickets every time he goes to a ball game!" Gotta love the 1940s.
Batman's hatred of guns is echoed in this issue as takes down a gunman and says "Pistols always make me nervous!"
The Golden Age Bruce Wayne frequently smoked a pipe as seen in this issue. Although such habits are unheard of amidst modern heroes, it was actually quite common in the 1940s.
The Mad Hatter that appears in the first story is a masked henchman of Tweedledee and Tweedeldum. He is not to be confused with Jervis Tetch, who is another Batman foe who goes by the name the Mad Hatter.
In the Golden Age, Wayne Manor was located in Gotham City proper. In modern stories, as Gotham has become stylistically altered to become a cesspool of crime and corruption, Wayne Manor has been retroactively placed in the neighborhood of Crest Hill, which is still in Gotham County.
As per usual, Wing How is presented with orange-colored skin, large buck-teeth and has terrible broken English. Cultural sensitivity was not a priority during the war years.
