Batman #8

(December 1941-January 1942)

Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds only)

Colors:

?

Letters:

George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Warden Higgins; Big Mike Russo (villain, introduction).

Synopsis:

From prison, Big Mike Russo is able to have his gang kidnap the warden, replace him and the guards with a look alike, then use the prison as a base of operations to commit crimes while providing alibis to those committing them! Batman figures that the only way to uncover this senario is to get put in prison himself, a move that almost costs him his life in the gas chamber!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

Inks verified by Jerry Robinson, background inks & lettering verified by George Roussos. Some information and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-22-08.

Rescue Mission (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Hilton (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

The Strange Case of Professor Radium (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)

Colors:

?

Letters:

George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Johnston (death; Professor Radium [Professor Henry Ross] (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis:

A scientist finds a way to use radium to bring the dead back to life, and he uses himself as a guinea pig. Although the experiments are successful, the Professor pays dearly for his discovery, for, in the end, as Batman says, it has created a Frankenstein monster when it was only meant for good.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, ink credits verified by Jerry Robinson, and background inks & lettering verified by George Roussos. Batman faced Professor Radium in the Batman daily newspaper strip from September 23, 1946-November 2, 1946. It was written by Bill Finger, pencilled by Bob Kane, inked by Charles Paris and lettered by Ira Schnapp. Some information and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-22-08.

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

The Superstition Murders (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger (credit by O'Hearn)

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson); George Roussos (backgrounds only, verified by Roussos)

Colors:

?

Letters:

George Roussos (verified by Roussos)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Banks; Fred Brooks (death); Miss Francine; Paul Mett; Johnny Glim (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

The cast of a stage production decides to have a "superstition" party, intentionally carrying out every well-known superstition they can think of. But when one of them is killed, Batman and Robin enter the fray to single out the perpetrator of the deed.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, inks credit verified by Jerry Robinson, and backgrounds & lettering credits verified by George Roussos. Some information and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-22-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Pokey Beezer / filler / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Gallagher?

Inks:

Joe Gallagher?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Pokey Beezer

Action Stuff (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Carter (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

The Cross-Country Crimes (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]; G. Henry Mover (F.B.I. head); The Joker (villain)

Synopsis:

The Caped Crusaders are invited to Washington D.C. to meet with the head of the FBI, but the Joker shows up and shoots the G-Man. Then he heads out cross country to commit crimes, challenging the Batman to catch up with him.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-37 (August-September 1975)
• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 (July 1995)

Indexer Notes

Ink credits confirmed by Jerry Robinson, background inks & letterer credits verified by George Roussos. Some information and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-22-08.