([December] 2007)

DC, 2005 Series
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Volume
4
Price
14.99 USD; 17.99 CAD
Pages
228
On-sale Date
2007-10-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
ISBN
978-1-4012-1462-3 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401214623 51499
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor - original series); Bob Joy (credited) (editor - collected edition)

Issue Notes

Reprints the Batman stories from Detective Comics #51-56, Batman #6-7, and World's Finest Comics #2-3.

This volume somewhat ambiguously states that "All stories pencilled by Bob Kane and inked by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos unless otherwise noted." This index follows the results of Craig Delich's research as recorded in the indexes of the original issues, primarily giving Robinson some additional pencils credits and omitting some Roussos inks credits to the credits in the volume.

All unofficial story titles from the table of contents.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks
Bob Kane (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Figures taken from the cover from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #6.

Cover Thumbnail for The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #4
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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, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Case of the Mystery Carnival (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Colonel Dawes (amusement park owner); un-named wax museum caretaker; Charlie [as Colonel Dawes] (villain); "Mouse" Docker (villain); Joey (villain); Mindy (villain)
Synopsis
Bruce and Dick visit an amusement park owned and operated by a friend of theirs, but when the Colonel brushes off his old friends, Batman and Robin smell a rat and discover that some crooks have taken over the amusement park.
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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, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Loo Chung
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The Secret of the Jade Box (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited) (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Achmed; Mr. Potter (death); Thomas (Potter's butler); Achmed (curio shop owner); Thomas; Loo Chung (villain, unofficial Mayor of the Oriental Quarter); Chung's gang (villains); Ghengis Khan (villain, flashback)
Synopsis
Batman and Robin must solve the mystery of the "Khan" ring, a ring that once belonged to Ghengis Khan, and whose relative now wears it, and has started a protection racket.
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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, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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[Viola Vane] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed); Jerry Robinson
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Viola Vane (actress); Jim Daly (friend of Wayne); Mack (newspaper editor); Mr. Robinson (newspaper owner); Viola's mother; Viola's father; Toothy (villain)
Synopsis
Batman saves a budding actress from committing suicide but then learns that her folks believe she is a great star...and they are coming to visit her. He has to tackle the problem as both Bruce Wayne and the Batman.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Pencils
Fred Ray (credited as Fred Wray)
Inks
Fred Ray (credited as Fred Wray)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Man Who Couldn't Remember! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Bob Kane (credited); George Roussos (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; William Kendrick; Big Tim Bannon (introduction); Mr. Graves (villain); Ambrose Taylor (villain, introduction, death); Frankie (villain, death); Mitch Mason (villain, introduction); Trig Cooler (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
When the New District Attorney vows vengeance against the crime lords of Gotham City and further states that he has a little black book in his possession that lists each of them and their connections, it's all Batman and Robin can do to save his life!
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Hook Morgan and His Harbor Pirates (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Mr. Sale (store owner); Hook Morgan (villain); Mr. Conroy (villain, merchadise store owner)
Synopsis
When Linda is told that harbor pirates have absconded with special cloth she had ordered, and Bruce notices that cloth is in the window of a store, the Batman takes over to to get to the bottom of the mystery, nearly losing his life in the process.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jerry Robinson; typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Murder on Parole (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited) (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne][also as Marty Loden]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Chick Miller (ex-con); The Parole Boss (villain, member of the prison parole board (introduction, death), Shoulders (villain); Slink Daniels (villain); Marty Loden (villain)
Synopsis
Convict Chick Miller has been paroled from prison, but doesn't realize that it was part of an operation to get men out in order to serve a mysterious "boss". When Miller balks at the option, he is shot, but Batman rescues him and gets him to the hospital, but still has to be on the lookout because the "boss" wishes to have Miller killed before he can sing about this racket.
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The Clock Maker! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited) (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Henry Decker (clock company stockholder, introduction, death); Peter Selby (banker); Mitch Keating (clock company stockholder, introduction, death); Atkins (villain, clock company stockholder, introduction, death); Elias Brock (villain, clock maker, introduction, death); Mitch (villain, death)
Synopsis
The Batman faces up to a challenge made by a eccentric clock maker, who charges Bruce Wayne and other wealthy businessmen of "killing" time, and who brands them as murderers!
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The Secret of the Iron Jungle (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited) (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; un-named New York representative for Page Oil; Tom Page (Linda Page's father, introduction); Graham Masters (villain, Tom Page's partner, introduction, death); Chuck (villain, Master's strong arm man, death)
Synopsis
Batman and Robin must head for the Page Oil Company fields to deal with the attempt by Linda Page's father's partner to push him out of the oil business before an expected oil gusher occurs and drives the price of the company stock up.
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Suicide Beat! (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited) (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Police Commissioner James Gordon; Grogan (Policeman, death); Kelly (Policeman, death); Jimmy Kelly (Policeman, Kelly's son); Anna (little girl); Anna's un-named father; Fancy Dan (villain); Alderman Skigg (villain, crooked political boss); Henry (villain, crooked lawyer); Biff Mafey (villain, crooker boxer)
Synopsis
A young policeman takes over Suicide Beat after his father is shot down and killed by local racketeers, and he vows to bring the guilty in for judgment, no matter what.
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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, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Brain Burglar! (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) (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Dr. Mason]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Professor Jon Henry (scientist); Professor Dodge; Dr. Mason (scientsist); Dr. Deker (villain); Deker's gang (villains); un-named Zeppelin Commander (villain, death); Zeppelin crew (villains, all die)
Synopsis
The invention of a machine by a noted professor, that forces one to tell the truth, is snatched by an evil doctor who kidnaps noted scientists and inventors, as well as key individuals in the Defense Department, and uses the machine on them in order to obtain their secrets.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Stone Idol! (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited) (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ghost Gulch Mayor; Mad Mack (villain, death); The Iron Idol (villain, circus strongman)
Synopsis
On vacation, Bruce and Dick come across a near-deserted silver mining town, Ghost Gulch. Above the town is a mysterious stone idol that one day comes to life, and Batman and Robin must get to the bottom of this mystery.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Pencils
Fred Ray (credited as Fred Wray)
Inks
Fred Ray (credited as Fred Wray)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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[Riddle of the Human Scarecrow] (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed); Jerry Robinson (on secondary figures only)
Inks
George Roussos (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Martin; Frank Kendrick (businessman, introduction); Paul Herold (introduction, death); Richard Dodge (introduction); The Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain, introduction, Psychology college teacher, origin)
Synopsis
A new master criminal begins his career by using psychology upon his victims: the psychology of fear!
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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[Wanted: Practical Jokers!] (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited) (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Duke Micheal; The Joker [aka Henry Verne; aka I. Rekoj; aka Duke Micheal] (villain); Joker's gang (villains)
Synopsis
The Joker organizes a new gang by advertising for practical jokers in the newspaper, and when they show up, they touch objects used in major crimes, thereby implicating themselves...and forcing them to work for the Crime Prince of Crime!
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The Trouble Trap! (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited) (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Kelly (Policeman); Linda Page; Henry Abbot (death); Carl Dwyer (Wayne's friend); Granda the Mystic (villain, a Swami, introduction); Hindu giants (villains); Joe (villain)
Synopsis
Batman must battle a swami who has hypnotized individuals, made records of conversations that he had with them, then later demands blackmail money or the records will be made public. However, one of the mystic's clients wants the secret of Batman's identity, thus Linda Page is kidnapped.
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The North Woods Mystery (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited) (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Nora Powell (society lady); Matthew Powell (Nora's father, lumber company owner, death); Jack Clayton (Matthew's adopted son, ex-con); Woody Joe (villain, lumberjack, death); Asher (villain, lumber company competitor, introduction)
Synopsis
Nora Powell heads with Bruce Wayne to the big woods to help run a logging operation after her Uncle is murdered, but is puzzled when her partner wants her to sell out to their competition.
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The People vs. the Batman (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited) (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Horatio Delmar (villain, racket leader, introduction, death); Weasel Venner (villain, introduction, death); Freddie Hill (villain); Joe (villain); Al (villain)
Synopsis
Weasel Venner wants to make sure that a fellow criminal doesn't make public the fact that he is the head racketeer in Gotham City, so he arranges for someone to be set up for the murder of Horatio Delmar: that someone being Bruce Wayne!
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  3. 2. The Case of the Mystery Carnival
    Batman and Robin
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  5. 4. The Secret of the Jade Box
    Batman and Robin
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  7. 6. [Viola Vane]
    Batman and Robin
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin; Superman
  9. 8. The Man Who Couldn't Remember!
    Batman and Robin
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  11. 10. Hook Morgan and His Harbor Pirates
    Batman and Robin
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  13. 12. Murder on Parole
    Batman and Robin
  14. 13. The Clock Maker!
    Batman and Robin
  15. 14. The Secret of the Iron Jungle
    Batman and Robin
  16. 15. Suicide Beat!
    Batman and Robin
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  18. 17. The Brain Burglar!
    Batman and Robin
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  20. 19. The Stone Idol!
    Batman and Robin
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin; Superman
  22. 21. [Riddle of the Human Scarecrow]
    Batman and Robin
  23. 22. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  24. 23. [Wanted: Practical Jokers!]
    Batman and Robin
  25. 24. The Trouble Trap!
    Batman and Robin
  26. 25. The North Woods Mystery
    Batman and Robin
  27. 26. The People vs. the Batman
    Batman and Robin
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  • John Monagle
  • Jim Stangas
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