(April-May 1942)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Detective Comics, Inc.
Brand:
A Superman DC Publication
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth
Color:
Color
Dimensions:
Standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then Standard Modern Age U.S.
Binding:
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:
Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

none (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Fred Ray
Inks:
Jerry Robinson
Colors:
?
Letters:
George Roussos (verified by Roussos)

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Indexer Notes

Art credits revised from Fred Ray layouts & Jerry Robinson inks by Craig Delich 2011-25-11 per art credits given by Fred Ray in Alter-Ego #25 (June, 2003), where he lists his Superman and Batman credits that he did and has verified that he did the pencils for this cover and Robinson did the inks (which Robinson verifies).


none (Table of Contents)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Josette Frank (signed)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth

Content Information

Genre:
non-fiction
Synopsis:
Review of "Smoke Eater" by Howard M. Brier.

The Isle That Time Forgot (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joseph Greene (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks:
Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson); George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Colors:
?
Letters:
George Roussos (verified by Roussos)

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dolores; Professor Moloff, Dan; Guy Markham.
Synopsis:
For his birthday, Dick received his own version of the Bat-Plane, and while aloft, he and Batman run into a storm, which forces them to make an emergency landing on an island inhabited by prehistoric creatures.
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Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-18-08.


none (Table of Contents)

Jerry the Jitterbug / 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:
Jerry

Report Card Blues (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joseph Greene (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson); George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Colors:
?
Letters:
George Roussos (verified by Roussos)

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tommy Trent and his family; Villains: L. Milo. Muggsey.
Synopsis:
Fearing that he will get a bad report at school, little Tommy runs away from home and smack dab into trouble, until the Batman rescues him and Tommy sees the light and decides to go home.
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Indexer Notes

Synopsisd added by Craig Delich 12-18-08.


none (Table of Contents)

Laffs / 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:
humor

The Princess of Plunder (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Fred Ray (layouts); Jerry Robinson (finished pencils) [signed as Bob Kane]
Inks:
Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson); George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Colors:
?
Letters:
George Roussos (verified by Roussos)

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Villain: Catwoman [uses Marguerite Tone alias; Selina Kyle].
Synopsis:
Guests to a high society function don't know that their host is actually the Cat-Woman, who sends her guests out on a scavenger hunt at the same time that she sends her gang members out on one. Batman intervenes to stop that hunt before it's too late.
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Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-18-08.


The Way Home (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Norman Goss (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

none (Table of Contents)

Rollin' Stone / 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)

Gee-Man / 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

The Sheriff of Ghost Town (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks:
Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson); George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Colors:
?
Letters:
George Roussos (verified by Roussos)

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Cactus Tom [D]; Joe Jeffers; Villains: "Five-Aces" Frogel, Blackie.
Synopsis:
The prospect of hidden gold brings a gang of criminals to the newly ressurected ghost town now called Sunshine City, but the pleas of a young boy brings Batman & Robin to town to clean house.....as the newly elected Sheriff!
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Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-18-08.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. none
    Batman
  2. 1. none
    Good Books Worth Reading
  3. 2. The Isle That Time Forgot
    Batman
  4. 3. none
    Jerry the Jitterbug
  5. 4. Report Card Blues
    Batman
  6. 5. none
    Laffs
  7. 6. The Princess of Plunder
    Batman
  8. 7. The Way Home
  9. 8. none
    Rollin' Stone
  10. 9. none
    Gee-Man
  11. 10. The Sheriff of Ghost Town
    Batman
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