(June-July 1948)

DC, 1940 Series
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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:

The Origin of Batman (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

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:

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! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ted Rosen
Pencils:
Raymond Perry
Inks:
Raymond Perry
Letters:
typeset

The Origin of the Batman (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Daffy & Doodle / filler / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Lit Win
Inks:
Lit Win
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Little Pete / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Fashions In Crime!
    Batman
  2. 2. The Chain Gang Crimes!
    Batman
  3. 3. Winged Justice
  4. 4. The Origin of the Batman
    Batman
  5. 5. [no title indexed]
    Daffy & Doodle
  6. 6. [no title indexed]
    Little Pete
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