(February-March 1944)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 60
- 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
none
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang
- Inks:
- Dick Sprang
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; Robin
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 ([December] 2009)
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Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Sprang.
The Streamlined Rustlers!
Batman / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang
- Inks:
- Dick Sprang
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- George Roussos
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sheriff Colt; Mr. Kraft; Mr. Cotter; Mr. Brule (villain, introduction, death); Bat-Plane
- Synopsis:
- Batman and Robin head west to see if they can stem the tide of cattle rustling, which has been caused by war-time rationing, and is the source of black market beef.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 ([December] 2009)
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Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Sprang and lettering credit verified by Roussos.
Blitzkrieg Bandits!
Batman / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Cameron
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
- Inks:
- Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- George Roussos
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hannibal Boneparte Brown (introduction); Mr. Dodge; Chopper Gant (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis:
- The Caped Crusaders must stop a criminal mastermind who uses a genius in military science to actually plan crimes for gems and other loot, thinking the crook is writing a series of newspaper articles on him.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 ([December] 2009)
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Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Sprang and lettering credit verified by Roussos.
none
Brother / filler / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul Fung
- Pencils:
- Paul Fung
- Inks:
- Paul Fung
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
Indexer Notes
This filler is NOT found in the Archive.
His Lordship's Double!
Batman / comic story / 11 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Alvin Schwartz
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
- Inks:
- Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- George Roussos
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. and Mrs. C.L.J. Carruthers; Lord David Hurley Burleigh (introduction); un-named criminal gang (villains)
- Synopsis:
- The Caped Crusaders have to outwit a criminal element which targets a Lord Burleigh, a man who has come to America to interest an American oil company in his discovery of a cheaper process for obtaining rubber from petroleum.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 ([December] 2009)
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Indexer Notes
Alfred has slimmed down by this story. Art credits verified by Sprang and lettering credit verified by Roussos.
Hero's Mission
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- George Brandon (signed)
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
Indexer Notes
This text story does NOT appear in the Archive.
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page
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
Indexer Notes
This filler does NOT appear in the Archive.
The Three Eccentrics!
Batman / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joseph Greene (credit by O'Hearn)
- Pencils:
- Ed Kressy [layouts?]; Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
- Inks:
- Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- George Roussos
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ebenezer Flint; Gladys Puffe; John White; The Penguin [Oscar Copplepot] (villain); Sam Chizzell (villain); Bat-Plane; Batmobile
- Synopsis:
- Batman must outwit the Penguin, who has invented a small motion picture camera with telescopic lenses, which is precise enough to see combinations to wall safes as they are being opened.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 ([December] 2009)
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Indexer Notes
Layout credit and revised inker credit verified by Sprang & added by Craig Delich (November, 2005). Inker credit formerly assigned to Ray Burnley. Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn and lettering credit verified by Roussos.
Editing
Table of Contents
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Batman -
1.
The Streamlined Rustlers!
Batman -
2.
Blitzkrieg Bandits!
Batman -
3.
none
Brother -
4.
His Lordship's Double!
Batman -
5.
Hero's Mission
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6.
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
7.
The Three Eccentrics!
Batman
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