(October-November 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
["The Joker steals the Batman's thunder!"]
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- George Roussos
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) #73-168329 (October 1971) - in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) Volume 8 (November 16 2012)
-
- Keywords:
- Joker-Mobile; Joker-Plane
Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson and letterer credit verified by George Roussos.
Calling Dr. Batman!
Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- George Roussos
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Avery Burton (chief of Gotham Hospital); Dr. Phil King; Jerry Marshall; Noreen O'Day (nurse at Gotham Hospital); Lou Darrell (villain, introduction, Gotham Hospital employee)
- Synopsis:
- Dr. King tries out his new radiotherapy machine on patient Jerry Marshall, and, while it is successful, its ray negatively affects a hospital worker, Lou Darrell, but not for the better.
- Reprints:
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) Volume 8 (November 16 2012)
- Keywords:
- Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Gotham City; Gotham Hospital; utility belt
Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Robinson and letterer credit verified by Roussos.
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Casey
Indexer Notes
Not reprinted in the Archive edition.
Hollywood Hoax!
Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Stephen Morgan (President of Mammoth Pictures); E. J. Loring (villain, introduction, film director); Sluggsy (villain)
- Synopsis:
- A group of criminals plan to steal an unreleased as yet film "Heart's Desire" from the movie set of "Crime Doesn't Pay", where Batman and Robin are in attendance to film a sequence.
- Reprints:
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) Volume 8 (November 16 2012)
- Keywords:
- Batplane; Mammoth Pictures
Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Robinson and lettering credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
Killing Doesn't Pay
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Al Singer (signed)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
Indexer Notes
Not reprinted in the Archives edition.
[no title indexed]
Little 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:
- Little Willie
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2013-2-2. Not reprinted in the Archives edition.
The Joker Follows Suit!
Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain); Pete the Plumber (villain); Smoky (villain); Needles (villain)
- Synopsis:
- The Joker institutes a mad scheme to use the very symbols of Batman: the Bat-Signal, Batmobile and Batplane, against the Dark Knight detective that he calls "Make Crime Pay the Joker Way"!
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Batman in the Forties (DC, 2004 series) #[nn] ([March] 2004)
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) Volume 8 (November 16 2012)
-
- Keywords:
- Batmobile; Batplane; Gorgon Museum; Joker Signal; Joker-Gyro; Joker-Mobile; Wayne Mansion
Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Robinson and letterer credit verified by Roussos. The splash page almost replicates a reverse image of the cover.
Editing
Table of Contents
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["The Joker steals the Batman's thunder!"]
Batman -
1.
Calling Dr. Batman!
Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder -
2.
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop -
3.
Hollywood Hoax!
Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder -
4.
Killing Doesn't Pay
-
5.
[no title indexed]
Little Willie -
6.
The Joker Follows Suit!
Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- Matthew Peets
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