(April-May 1946)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Detective Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Marathon of Menace
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang
- Inks:
- Dick Sprang
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints:
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) Volume 8 (November 16 2012)
Indexer Notes
Title provided by Craig Delich (September 20 2006). Art credits verified by Dick Sprang, and the
letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
The Marathon of Menace!
Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Joe Letterese ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Marty Steele [aka John Doe] (race car driver); Roy Damon (blind scientist); Glenda West (Kale's niece); George Kale [aka Kayle] (villain, introduction, President of Lightning Motors)
- Synopsis:
- Racer Marty Steele is banned from racing when doctors discover he has a bad heart. But he has plans to compete anyway under another name, whilst his erstwhile opponent is a blind scientist. The prize for the winner is $250,000, a sum that Roy Damon hopes to take home in order to allow others who are blind to build new and better lives for themselves.
- Reprints:
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) Volume 8 (November 16 2012)
- Keywords:
- Batman's laboratory; Batplane; Lightning Motors Inc.; Mount Rushmore; the Batboat; The Pathfinder
Indexer Notes
On his personal production log sheet for 1945, Dick Sprang recorded that he delivered this story’s pages in pencil. Pencil credit was also verified by Dick Sprang.
[no title indexed]
Willie / filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- Phil Berube (signed)
- Pencils:
- Phil Berube (signed)
- Inks:
- Phil Berube (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Phil Berube
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Willie
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2013-2-3. Not found in the Archive edition.
Ally Babble and the Four Tea Leaves!
Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Joe Letterese ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ally Babble; Madame Patio (fortune teller, introduction); Chissum (President of a bond company); Doctor Peters; Newsie Newts (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Ally visits Madame Patio for a free tea leaf reading and explains to him the meaning of the four tea leaves of fate: money, a girl, a ship's deck, and happy faces. By a quirk of fate, these all come true, but not the way Ally imagined.
- Reprints:
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) Volume 8 (November 16 2012)
Indexer Notes
On his personal production log sheet for 1945, Dick Sprang recorded that he delivered this story’s pages in pencil. Pencil credit verified by Dick Sprang.
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle / filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ? [as Lit-Win] (signed)
- Pencils:
- ? [as Lit-Win ] (signed)
- Inks:
- ? [as Lit-Win] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Daffy; Doodle
Indexer Notes
Lit-Win was a pen name for an unknown writer/artist. Not found in the Archive edition.
Nobody Knows
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Tom Patrick (signed)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
Indexer Notes
Not found in the Archive edition.
Tired Tracks
The Adventures of Alfred / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- George Roussos
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Bruce Wayne (cameo); Dick Grayson (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth; un-named Police Chief; Shifty (villain, introduction); Slinky (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis:
- Alfred makes a study of tires and the tracks they make. Too bad for him the car he is examining belongs to crooks!
- Reprints:
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) Volume 8 (November 16 2012)
Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson and letterer credit verified by george Roussos.
The Master Vs. the Pupil!
Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Joe Letterese ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne; aka Mr. DuBois]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissoner James Gordon (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain, cameo); The Joker (villain, cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Robin's bragging about his prowess in crook hunting leads Batman to disguise himself as a jewel thief and have Robin attempt to track him down.
- Reprints:
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) Volume 8 (November 16 2012)
- Keywords:
- Andros Brothers Antique Dealers; Batman's Trophy Hall
Indexer Notes
On his personal production log sheet for 1945, Dick Sprang recorded that he delivered this story’s pages in pencil. Pencil credit verified by Dick Sprang.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
Marathon of Menace
Batman -
1.
The Marathon of Menace!
Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder -
2.
[no title indexed]
Willie -
3.
Ally Babble and the Four Tea Leaves!
Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder -
4.
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle -
5.
Nobody Knows
-
6.
Tired Tracks
The Adventures of Alfred -
7.
The Master Vs. the Pupil!
Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Matthew Peets
- Mike Nielsen
- Craig Delich
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jochen G.
- David B
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- Lou Mougin
- Craig Delich
- John Greb
- Carlos Tasada
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- Terry Vraspir
- Donald Dale Milne
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