([July] 2007)

DC, 2005 Series
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Volume
3
Price
14.99 USD; 17.99 CAD
Pages
196
On-sale Date
2007-05-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
ISBN
978-1-4012-1347-3 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401213473 51499
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor - original series); Bob Joy (credited) (editor - collected edition)

Issue Notes

Reprints the Batman stories from Detective Comics #46-50, Batman #4-5, and World's Best Comics #1.

Unofficial story titles from table of contents.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Bob Kane (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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[Professor Strange's Fear Dust] (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Bob Kane (credited); Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Hugo Strange (villain); Carstairs (villain, racketeer); Carstair's gang (villains)
Synopsis
The Batman has to stop Professor Hugo Strange's evil plan to spray his "fear dust" all over America so that men in public office will be afraid of him, and that he can become Dictator of America!
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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[Money Can't Buy Happiness] (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited); Bob Kane (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Harvey Midas (Bruce's banker); Mrs. Midas; Roger Midas (Harvey's son, musician); Diane Midas (Harvey's daughter); Jupkins (the Midas butler); Johnny Brown (a clerk, Diane's sweetheart); Danny Moore (newsboy); Count Alexis (villain, Diane's wife)
Synopsis
Bruce Wayne's lawyer and wife are making a real mess out of the lives of their children, so the Batman decides to do something about it. He discovers that Midas' daughter's new husband is linked to crooks wanting to steal the family jewels.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus! (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; C. R. Darcey; Mr. Morganbilt; The Joker (villain); the Crime Circus (villains)
Synopsis
The Joker organizes a crime circus that performs at the homes of wealthy patrons to size up the joint, then later robs them.
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Blackbeard's Crew and the Yacht Society (Table of Contents: 7)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Horn; Stanley (Horn's Secretary); Elaine; Mr. Cowden; Henry; un-named Yacht Captain (death); Blackbeard [Thatch] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
When an exclusive yacht is taken over by a band of pirates led by the immortal Blackbeard himself, the Batman and Robin come aboard to swab the decks with them.
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[Public Enemy #1] (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy "Red" McCoy (villain, introduction, death), "Big" Costello (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis
Batman must contend with Jimmy McCoy, a young bully who claws his way up through the ranks until he becomes the overlord of crime, but ends up being deserted by his mob, hunted by the Police and killed in a gutter.
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[Victory for the Dynamic Duo] (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Stockton]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tim Bannon (Coach of the Panthers); Stockton; Stacy (villain, introduction); Stacy's mob (villains, introduction for all, all die)
Synopsis
The Caped Crusader doubles as a star football player, who has been kidnapped in order that his team will lose and criminals will gain big time from the bets they have made.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Secret Cavern (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Bob Kane (credited); Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Lewis (singer, Henry's daughter); Henry Lewis surveyor); Renaldo (villain, club owner); Nick (villain); Blackie (villain)
Synopsis
A man accidentally discovers a huge cave under the gold vaults of Fort Knox, and a group of crooks put that knowledge to use when they convince the man's daughter that she has killed a man, hoping to get him to reveal the cave's location.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited)
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?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Clayface Walks Again! (Table of Contents: 13)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Bob Kane (credited); Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Julie Madison [as Portia Storme] [also briefly as Robin]; owner of a movie make-up supply store (death, cameo); un-named Fire Chief; Gabby; Mr. Bentley (head of Argus Pictures); Clayface [Basil Karlo] (villain)
Synopsis
Julie breaks off her engagement to Bruce, and leaves for a career in movies. However, the escape of Basil Karlo, and his revenge against Argus Pictures and Portia Storme brings the Batman into the picture.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Case of the Three Devils! (Table of Contents: 15)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Officer Riley; Frankie the Fence (villain); Mike (villain); Trigger (villain); Joe (villain); Three Devils (villains, former circus acrobats, all die)
Synopsis
When the Caped Crusaders run into some very athletic jewels thieves, they realize that a fence for the stolen goods is the best way to track them down.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Bob Kane (credited)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Riddle of the Missing Card! (Table of Contents: 17)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); Jack of Diamonds [Diamond Jack Duggan] (villain, introduction, death); Black Queen (villain, introduction, death); King of Clubs (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
With the help of some new partners in crime, the Joker sets up a gambling ship for the rich and wealthy, hoping to get them drunk so that they can be pumped for information about their valuable jewels.
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Book of Enchantment (Table of Contents: 18)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Anderson (inventor); Enid Anderson (the Professor's daughter); Father Time; Simple Simon; Humpty Dumpty; Gruel the Black Witch (villain); Burn (villain, the Man of Fire, death); Freeze (villain, the Man of Ice, death); a dragon (villain, death); a cyclops (villain); a giant (villain)
Synopsis
Batman and Robin are sent to Fairyland by an inventor's strange machine that allows people to actually enter into the scenario of a book they are reading in order to try to locate his daughter he had sent there a few days earlier and return her safely.
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The Case of the Honest Crook! (Table of Contents: 19)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joseph Sands (introduction); Ann Sands [nee Ann Davis] (Joe's wife, introduction); un-named shopkeeper; un-named doctor; Smiley Sikes (villain, introduction); Matty Link (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis
Batman helps out a young convict released from prison who is having trouble getting an honest job to support his new, but sick wife. The Caped Crusaders then vow to help track down the rats who set him up to be arrested originally, but Robin is nearly beaten to death, and the Batman swears vengeance on those responsible.
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[Crime Does Not Pay] (Table of Contents: 20)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Trigger Burns]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page (introduction); Mrs. Grogan (Tommy's mother); Tommy Grogan; Mike Grogan (villain, Tommy's brother, introduction, death); Joe (villain)
Synopsis
Batman finds it very odd that a bank robber he is fighting with comes to the aid of another until he realizes that they are brothers. And he must rescue Linda Page from the clutches of one of the gangsters in order to save his brother from a life of crime.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Batman and Robin; Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Fred Ray (credited)
Inks
Fred Ray (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Witch and the Manuscript of Doom! (Table of Contents: 22)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Bob Kane (credited); George Roussos (credited) (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Erik Dorne (introduction, death); Dorne's butler; Joshua Grimm (introduction, publisher); Melissa Brunt (introduction, Dorne's Aunt); Jane Ware (introduction, actress); The Witch [Mr. Wright] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
The Batman and Robin must track down The Witch, a mysterious figure responsible for the murder of Erik Dorne and the theft of a manuscript he wrote.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  3. 2. [Professor Strange's Fear Dust]
    Batman and Robin
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  5. 4. [Money Can't Buy Happiness]
    Batman and Robin
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  7. 6. The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus!
    Batman and Robin
  8. 7. Blackbeard's Crew and the Yacht Society
    Batman and Robin
  9. 8. [Public Enemy #1]
    Batman and Robin
  10. 9. [Victory for the Dynamic Duo]
    Batman and Robin
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  12. 11. The Secret Cavern
    Batman and Robin
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  14. 13. Clayface Walks Again!
    Batman and Robin
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  16. 15. The Case of the Three Devils!
    Batman and Robin
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  18. 17. The Riddle of the Missing Card!
    Batman and Robin
  19. 18. Book of Enchantment
    Batman and Robin
  20. 19. The Case of the Honest Crook!
    Batman and Robin
  21. 20. [Crime Does Not Pay]
    Batman and Robin
  22. 21. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin; Superman
  23. 22. The Witch and the Manuscript of Doom!
    Batman and Robin
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