Batman #31

(October-November 1945)

Punch and Judy! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

George Roussos

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Punch [Peter Punch] (villain, introduction); Judy [Judy Punch] (villain, introduction); Grift (villain)

Synopsis:

Punch and Judy are using a carnival to bilk residents of Gotham City and the Caped Crusaders see to it that the grafters working the concessions and games are removed from the grounds. However, Punch and Judy decide to strike back by having Batman and Robin join the carnival to put on a death-defying aerial stunt......and then proceed to kill them "by accident".

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from original script owned by Jerry Robinson. Pencil credits verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris. Batman appears in and uses his glider costume in this story.

Alfred, Armchair Detective! (Table of Contents)

Alfred / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron ?; Joe Samachson ?

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson

Inks:

Jerry Robinson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne (cameo); Dick Grayson (cameo); Stubby Stubbs (villain, introduction); Willie (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Alfred is surprised to learn that what he read in a book about a case being solved by an "armchair detective", which he considers impossible, proves to be true on a chair he accidently gets involved in.....and he's tied to that armchair!

Reprints:

• in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #417 (November 1971)
• in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #8/1976 ([1976-08-dd]) [[Usa, 1945], omtryckt i Läderlappen och Robin 3/90]
• in Lynvingen (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #8/1976 ([august] 1976)
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #2 (November-December 1979)
• in Batman in the Forties (DC, 2004 series) #[nn] ([March] 2004)
• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #7 ([December] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit verified by Joe Desris and Martin O'Hearn.

Vanishing Village! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

George Roussos

Letters:

Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Knuckles Donegan (villain, introduction); Weasel (villain, introduction); the Bat-Plane

Synopsis:

Batman and Robin are surprised to learn that an abandoned village in Florida, patterned after a Turkish village named Alhambra, has vanished, which is also the home of many a master criminal who has also disappeared.

Reprints:

• in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #442 (August-September 1974)
• in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #3/1976 ([1976-03-dd]) [[Usa, 1945]]
• in Lynvingen (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #3/1976 ([mars] 1976)
• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #7 ([December] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit verified by Joe Desris and Martin O'Hearn.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / filler / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

military; humor

Characters:

Private Pete

Close Shave (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eddie Bell (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Trade Marks of Crime! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joseph Greene

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

George Roussos

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Police Officer Ryan; Silver John Staddon (villain, introduction); Big Tim Stevens (villain, introduction); Nipper Swarvo (villain, introduction); Joe Swandi (villain, introduction); Mamie Dalling (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Batman must solve a strange case in which someone is cleverly forging the burglary trademarks of various criminals, all of which pinpoint the jobs to the wrong criminal!

Reprints:

• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-44 (June-July 1976)
• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #7 ([December] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn. Pencil credit verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.