Batman #7

(October-November 1941)

[Wanted: Practical Jokers!] (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]; Commissioner James Gordon; Duke Micheal; The Joker [aka Henry Verne].

Synopsis:

The Joker organizes a new gang by advertising for practical jokers in the newspaper, and when they show up, they touch objects used in major crimes, thereby implicating themselves.....and forcing them to work for the Crime Prince 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 11-21-08. Inks credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letter credit verified by Roussos.

none (Table of Contents)

Funnies / 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:

humor

Lucky Bump (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Carter (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

The Trouble Trap (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]; Commissioner James Gordon; Linda Page; Henry Abbot; Carl Dwyer; Granda the Mystic (introduction); Hindu giants; Joe

Synopsis:

Batman must battle a swami who has hynotized individuals, made records of conversations that he had with them, then later demands blackmail money or the records will be made public. However, one of the mystic's clients wants the secret of Batman's identity, thus Linda Page is kidnapped.

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 11-21-08. Inks credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letter credit verified by Roussos.

none (Table of Contents)

Chief Hot Foot / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Chief Hot Foot

none (Table of Contents)

Little Lewie / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Norris

Inks:

Paul Norris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Lewie

The North Woods Mystery (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]; Nora Powell; Jack Clayton; Woody Joe; Asher (introduction)

Synopsis:

Nora Powell heads with Bruce Wayne to the big woods to help run a logging operation, but is puzzled when her partner wants her to sell out to their competition.

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 11-21-08. Inks credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letter credit verified by Roussos.

none (Table of Contents)

Rollin' Stone / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray McGill (signed)

Pencils:

Ray McGill (signed)

Inks:

Ray McGill (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray McGill?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Star Act (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Wilton Weston (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

The People vs. the Batman (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]; Commissioner James Gordon; Horatio Delmar (introduction, death); Weasel Venner (introduction, death); Freddie Hill

Synopsis:

Weasel Venner wants to make sure that a fellow criminal doesn't make public the fact that he is the head racketeer in Gotham City, so he arranges for someone to be set up for the murder of Horatio Delmar: that someone being Bruce Wayne!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #242 (June 1972)
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #2 (November-December 1979)
• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 (July 1995)
• in Batman in the Forties (DC, 2004 series) #[nn] ([March] 2004)

Indexer Notes

Batman finally receives official police sanction in this story. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-21-08. Inks credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letter credit verified by Roussos.