Batman #22
(April-May 1944)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10
Pages:
52
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth
Format: 
Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; monthly; ongoing series

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Duped Domestics!
    Batman
  2. 2. Dick Grayson, Telegraph Boy
    Batman
  3. 3. none
    Private Pete
  4. 4. Conversational Clue
    The Adventures of Alfred
  5. 5. none
    Judge Jollopy
  6. 6. Waste Paper Has Become a Weapon of War!
  7. 7. none
    Kwiz Kwik
  8. 8. Deduct a Murder
  9. 9. The Cavalier Rides Again
    Batman
This issue was most recently indexed by:
  • Craig Delich
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  • Bill Wormstedt
  • Lou Mougin
  • Craig Delich
  • John Greb
  • Carlos Tasada
  • Jeremy Heier
  • Terry Vraspir
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
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The Adventures of Alfred (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Dick Sprang
Inks:
Dick Sprang
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin; Alfred Pennyworth
Reprinted:
  • in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Sprang.


The Duped Domestics! (Table of Contents)

Batman / story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Alvin Schwartz
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Inks:
Jerry Robinson
Colors:
?
Letters:
George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Bottom (a butler); The Catwoman [Selina Kyle, as Belinda, a maid](villain)
Synopsis:
Alfred is in love, and to impress the fair maid he has designs on, he poses as the Batman, unaware that his "girl" is actually the Catwoman in disguise!
Reprinted:
  • in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #255 (March-April, 1974)
  • in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit confirmed by Martin O'Hearn and Schwartz, art credits confirmed by Robinson, and lettering credit verified by Roussos.


Dick Grayson, Telegraph Boy (Table of Contents)

Batman / story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks:
Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Hendricks; Mike Optik (villain, introduction); the Ghost Gang [Deafy; Egghead](villains, introduction); Batmobile
Synopsis:
A cleaver gangster and his gang use a powerful telescope to look in on various places of interest, like banks and museums, and discover which places they can carry out profitable heists.
Reprinted:
  • in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn, art credits verified by Burnley and lettering credit conformed by Roussos.


none (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / 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:
humor
Characters:
Pvt. Pete

Indexer Notes

This filler is NOT found in the Archive.


Conversational Clue (Table of Contents)

The Adventures of Alfred / story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mort Weisinger
Pencils:
Jerry Robinson
Inks:
Jerry Robinson
Colors:
?
Letters:
George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:
detective
Characters:
Alfred Pennyworth; Guest Stars: Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Professor Dyke (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Overhearing an accidential conversation in the library, Alfred decides to follow it up and it leads him into a life and death situation for him unless he can put the practices into play that he has learned from Batman.
Reprinted:
  • in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #257 (July-August, 1974)
  • in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)

Indexer Notes

1st Alfred solo story. Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn, art credits verified by Robinson and letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.


none (Table of Contents)

Judge Jollopy / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Farr
Pencils:
Jack Farr
Inks:
Jack Farr
Colors:
?
Letters:
Jack Farr

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Judge Jollopy

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-1-15. This filler is NOT found in the Archive.


Waste Paper Has Become a Weapon of War! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Jerry Robinson
Inks:
Jerry Robinson
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
PSA
Characters:
Guest Stars: Superman; Batman; Robin

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Robinson, letterer credit confirmed by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris. This PSA is NOT found in the Archive.


none (Table of Contents)

Kwiz Kwik / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Farr
Pencils:
Jack Farr
Inks:
Jack Farr
Colors:
?
Letters:
Jack Farr

Content Information

Genre:
activity

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-1-15. This filler is NOT found in the Archive.


Deduct a Murder (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Walt Cochrane (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

The Cavalier Rides Again (Table of Contents)

Batman / story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Jack Burnley
Inks:
Charles Paris
Colors:
?
Letters:
George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jan Meerbrandt; The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake](villain)
Synopsis:
The Cavalier, still smarting from his previous encounter with the Caped Crusaders, taunts his foes once more as he seeks to add the Meerbrandt model of the Magi Diamond to his "Chamber of Prizes."
Reprinted:
  • in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn, art credits verified by Burnley and lettering credit confirmed by Roussos.


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