Batman #5

(Spring 1941)

The Riddle of the Missing Card (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)

Colors:

?

Letters:

George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker; Jack of Diamonds [Diamond Jack Duggan](introduction, death); Black Queen (introduction, death); King of Clubs (introduction)

Synopsis:

With the help of some new partners in crime, the Joker sets up a gambling ship for the rich and wealthy, hoping to get them drunk so that they can be pumped for information about their valuable jewels.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 (July 1995)
• in World's Best Comics: Golden Age Sampler (DC, 2003 series) #[nn] ([October] 2003)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-20-08. Inks credits verified by Robinson and Roussos. Letters credit verified by Roussos.

none (Table of Contents)

True-isms / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

none (Table of Contents)

Quiz Box / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

none (Table of Contents)

Sports Shorts / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Book of Enchantment (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)

Colors:

?

Letters:

George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Anderson; Enid Anderson; Gruel the Black Witch; Burn; Freeze; a dragon; Father Time; inhabitants of Fairyland

Synopsis:

Batman and Robin are sent to Fairyland by an inventor's strange machine that allows people to actually enter into the scenario of a book they are reading in order to try to locate his daughter he had sent there a few days earlier and return her safely.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 (July 1995)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-20-08. Inks credits verified by Robinson and Roussos. Letters credit verified by Roussos.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jungle Fun / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Carney (signed)

Inks:

Bill Carney (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Case of the Honest Crook! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)

Colors:

?

Letters:

George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joseph Sands (introduction); Ann Sands (introduction); Smiley Sikes (introduction); Matty Link

Synopsis:

Batman helps out a young convict released from prison who is having trouble getting an honest job to support his new, but sick wife. The Caped Crusaders then vow to help track down the rats who set him up to be arrested originally, but Robin is nearly beaten to death, and the Batman swears vengeance on those responsible.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #241 (May 1972)
• in Lynvingen (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #7/1973 ([oktober ?] 1973)
• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 (July 1995)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-20-08. Inks credits verified by Robinson and Roussos. Letters credit verified by Roussos.

Too Much Knowledge (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Clem Gordon (signed)

Pencils:

Cliff Young (signed)

Inks:

Cliff Young (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

none (Table of Contents)

Jest Jokin' / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray McGill (signed)

Pencils:

Ray McGill (signed)

Inks:

Ray McGill (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray McGill?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

none (Table of Contents)

Curios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

[Crime Does Not Pay] (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)

Colors:

?

Letters:

George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Mrs. Grogan; Tommy Grogan; Mike Grogan (introduction, death)

Synopsis:

Batman finds it very odd that a bank robber he is fighting with comes to the aid of another until he realizes that they are brothers. And he must rescue Linda Page from the clutches of one of the gangsters in order to save his brother from a life of crime.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 (July 1995)

Indexer Notes

Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-20-08. Inks credits verified by Robinson and Roussos. Letters credit verified by Roussos.