Batman #13

(October-November 1942)

none (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Josette Frank [signed]

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Review of "The Wonder Book of the Air" by C. B. Allen & Lauren D. Lyman.

The Batman Plays a Lone Hand (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron

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]; Cinnissioner James Gordon; Villains: The Penguin [cameo], The Thumb (I).

Synopsis:

Dick is rudely shocked when Bruce literally kicks him out of the house, not knowing that the Thumb has threatened to kill the Boy Wonder if Batman doesn't lay off.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (July 2003)

Indexer Notes

Revised writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Previously given to Bill Finger. Revised pencil credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Previously given to Jerry Robinson. Ink credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Round House Willie / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Naylor (signed)

Pencils:

Bob Naylor (signed)

Inks:

Bob Naylor (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Naylor?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Round House Willie

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.

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

Comedy of Tears (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

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; Johnny Blake; Joe Brady; Mr. van Gild; Joe DiMaggio [cameo]; Jerry Siegel [cameo]; Villains: The Joker, Bruiser.

Synopsis:

The Caped Crusaders are bewildered to discover the reason behind the Joker's new campaign: to make people cry.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (July 2003)

Indexer Notes

Revised writer credit verified by Jack Schiff. Previously credited to Bill Finger. Revised pencil credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Credit previously given to Jerry Robinson. Ink credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Tubby / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Storm

Inks:

George Storm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Tubby

The Story of the Seventeen Stones (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Jack Burnley [signed as Bob Kane]

Inks:

Jack Burnley [signed as Bob Kane]; Ray Burnley (backgrounds)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Betty Bentley

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Villains: Rocky Grimes, Lefty Slade,"Fin" Gonzy, Mason (I, D for all).

Synopsis:

Once suffering from amnesia, and having served 20 years in jail on the rock pile, criminal Rocky Grimes decides to get back at former members of his mob by using stones.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (July 2003)

Indexer Notes

Art and letterer credits confirmed by Jack Burnley. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Clancy the Cop / filler / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Clancy the Cop

Sacrifice (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Carter [signed]

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

none (Table of Contents)

Flying Jeeps / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Storm

Inks:

George Storm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

none (Table of Contents)

Silly Willy / 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

Characters:

Silly Willy

none (Table of Contents)

Jerry the Jitterbug / 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:

teen humor

Characters:

Jerry the Jitterbug

Destination Unknown (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron

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]; Detective Guffey; Clyde Clayborn; Miss Hibbs; John Keyes; Ken Thorne; Trigger Turk (Introduction, Villains); Biff Bolton (Introduction, Villain)

Synopsis:

A couple of criminals board a train, disguised as a doctor and his nurse, in order to get to a man accused of crime being transferred to the gas chamber, and kill him in an iron lung.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (July 2003)

Indexer Notes

Revised writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn. Credit previously given to Bill Finger. Revised pencil credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Credit previously given to Jerry Robinson. Ink credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.