Batman #26

(December 1944-January 1945)

Twenty-Ton Robbery! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron

Pencils:

Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Pat Gordon ?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake] (villain)

Synopsis:

The Cavalier returns in disguise to acquire a new mob that he plans to use to rob the city blind, but the theft of a whale undoes his plans.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #258 (September-October 1974)
• in Lynvingen (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #10/1976 ([oktober] 1976)
• in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #10/1976 (oktober 1976)
• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #7 ([December] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.

Capturing the Counterfeiters (Table of Contents)

Adventures of R.C. and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• Quickie
• R.C.

Recipe for Revenge! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson

Inks:

Jerry Robinson

Colors:

?

Letters:

George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Pierre (master chef); Watson (villain, introduction, brother of gangster Knocky Watson)

Synopsis:

Alfred criticizes Bruce and Dick for not eating healthy meals, because of the crime-fighting activities, so he heads to the market to stock up on "good" food and runs headlong into a case he thinks that only he can solve.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #9 (January-February 1977)
• in Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #37 (October 1979)
• in Lynvingen (Semic AS, 1977 series) #11/1979 (uke 44 1979)
• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #7 ([December] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson and letters credit verified by George Roussos.

"Ow-wah! Three O'clock in the morning!" (Table of Contents)

Double Decker / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Farr

Pencils:

Jack Farr

Inks:

Jack Farr

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Farr

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Decker

"If you fellows would all eat Wheaties, I'd feel better about our chances!" (Table of Contents)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Roland Coe (signed)

Inks:

Roland Coe (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

The Year 3000! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joseph Greene

Pencils:

Dick Sprang

Inks:

Dick Sprang

Colors:

?

Letters:

Pat Gordon ?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman of 3000 [Brane] (introduction and origin); Robin of 3000 [Ricky]; Loral; Fura (villain, introduction, a Saturnian, death).

Synopsis:

In the year 3000, a man, who is the direct descendant of Bruce Wayne, and his son, run across a time capsule containing the exploits of Batman and Robin, and don those guises in order to fight and rally support against a warlord named Fura.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #3 (January-February 1976)
• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #7 ([December] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Dick Sprang and writer credit from Martin O'Hearn. The real Batman and Robin only appear on film from the time capsule in one panel.

Night Rider (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tod Lowry (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Capt. Tootsie and the Toy Cannon (Table of Contents)

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Rolls / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Dr. Narsty

Indexer Notes

unsigned. Art does not appear to be by C. C. Beck or Pete Costanza.

Crime Comes to Lost Mesa! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron

Pencils:

Dick Sprang

Inks:

Dick Sprang

Colors:

?

Letters:

George Roussos

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tolto (Indian chief); Nachee (Indian boy); Monk Bardo (villain, introduction); Randy Roose (villain, introduction); Mordu (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis:

Two criminals enlist the aid of an Indian medicine man as a cover to allow them to rob the tribal temple of its riches.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #7 ([December] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Art credit verified by Dick Sprang and letters credit verified by George Roussos.

An Important Message to the Boys and Girls of America (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

General H. H. Arnold

Pencils:

[photo]

Inks:

[photo]

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

General H. H. Arnold

Indexer Notes

Encourages pre-military age children who have been working summer war jobs to return to school in the fall.

["It just comes natural to me sir"] (Table of Contents)

Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Wolfe (signed)

Inks:

George Wolfe (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset