(April-May 1949)

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

none (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Winslow Mortimer (confirmed by Mortimer)
Inks:
Winslow Mortimer (confirmed by Mortimer)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin; Joker.

The Man With the Automatic Brain! (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:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: The Thinker (intro; not the Flash villain).

Batman and the Vikings! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger? Edmond Hamilton?
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Prof. Carter Nichols; Olaf Erickson and other Vikings (intro)
Synopsis:
When Bruce & Dick visit the Gotham City museum, they note an image of a Viking that looks like Bruce Wayne.....and who is labeled a coward, so they visit Carter Nichols to go back in time to discover the truth.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Revised pencil credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Credit for Lew Schwartz deleted. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-06-07.


none (Table of Contents)

Jerry the Jitterbug / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
teen humor

none (Table of Contents)

Peg / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor

Fearless Wise Man (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Raymond Perry
Inks:
Raymond Perry
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cartoon Flips Starring Batman / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; humor
Characters:
Batman

The Happy Victims! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger (credit by O'Hearn)
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:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Joker

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Man With the Automatic Brain!
    Batman
  2. 2. Batman and the Vikings!
    Batman
  3. 3. none
    Jerry the Jitterbug
  4. 4. none
    Peg
  5. 5. Fearless Wise Man
  6. 6. [no title indexed]
    Cartoon Flips Starring Batman
  7. 7. The Happy Victims!
    Batman
This issue was most recently modified by:
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  • Per Sandell
  • Matthew Peets
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  • Carlos Tasada
  • Jeremy Heier
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