(June-July 1948)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; monthly; ongoing series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #18/1968 (7.September 1968) which is reprinted
- in Batman (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1987 series) #64 (Abril 09 de 1990)
The Origin of Batman
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Kane
- Inks:
- Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Reprints:
- in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G43 (January-February 1968)
Indexer Notes
Pencils:
1. Bob Kane (verified by Schwartz)
2. Lew Sayre Schwartz (stated by Les Daniels in the book "Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes"). Lew Sayre Schwartz himself denies pencilling this so this tips the scale towards Kane pencils.
Fashions In Crime!
Batman / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only); Lew Schwartz
- Inks:
- Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Catwoman (villain)
The Chain Gang Crimes!
Batman / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only); Lew Schwartz
- Inks:
- Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Whiskers Mob (villain, introduction); Warden Beltt (villain, introduction)
Winged Justice
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Ted Rosen
- Pencils:
- Raymond Perry
- Inks:
- Raymond Perry
- Letters:
- typeset
The Origin of the Batman
Batman / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Bob Kane (verified by Schwartz)
- Inks:
- Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman (retold in detail, origin); Thomas Wayne (in flash-back, guest-star, death); Martha Wayne (in flash-back, guest-star, death); Joe Chill (name revealed in this story; Thomas and Martha Wayne's murderer, villain, death)
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #198 (February 1968)
- in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G43 (January-February 1968)
- in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1976 series) #[nn] (1976)
- in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] [1] ([November] 1988)
- in Batman and Other DC Classics (DC, 1989 series) #1 (1989)
- in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) #nn [1] ([June] 1989)
- in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) #[nn] ([June] 1989)
- in Batman in the Forties (DC, 2004 series) #[nn] ([March] 2004)
- in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] [1]
- in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #[nn] [1]
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle / filler / 0.66 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Lit Win
- Inks:
- Lit Win
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Fashions In Crime!
Batman -
2.
The Chain Gang Crimes!
Batman -
3.
Winged Justice
-
4.
The Origin of the Batman
Batman -
5.
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle -
6.
[no title indexed]
Little Pete
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Matthew Peets
- Katie
- Jerry Hillegas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Per Sandell
- Jochen G.
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bill Wormstedt
- Lou Mougin
- Craig Delich
- John Greb
- Carlos Tasada
- Jeremy Heier
- Terry Vraspir
- Donald Dale Milne
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
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