(2010 [February 2011])

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Volume
10
Price
14.99 USD; 17.99 CAD
Pages
172
On-sale Date
2010-12-08
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
ISBN
978-1-4012-2895-8 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401228958 51499
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor - original series); Bob Harras (credited) (group editor - collected editions); Bob Joy (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

Reprints the Batman stories from Detective Comics #78-81, Batman #18-19, and World's Finest Comics #11.

Addditional credits from the indexes of the original issues.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Sprang (credited)
Inks
Dick Sprang (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

The Bond Wagon (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Burnley (credited); Jerry Robinson
Inks
Jack Burnley (credited); George Roussos
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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The Bond Wagon (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Joseph Greene (credited)
Pencils
Jack Burnley (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks
George Roussos (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Matt Wilkins [as Captain John Paul Jones] (ex-sea Captain); Passin' Pete Arnold [as Nathan Hale] (former football player); ? [as General George Washington]; ? [as Ethan Allen]; Baron von Luger (villain); Karpf (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain, image); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis
Batman hires some men down on their luck to dress as famous Americans from Revolutionary War days to man a Bond Wagon in order to sell more bonds to the people. However, the Nazis plan to sabotage this effort!
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Kressy (layouts); Dick Sprang (credited); Stan Kaye
Inks
Dick Sprang (credited); Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Adolf Hitler (villain), Emporor Hirohito (villain); Benito Mussolini (villain)
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Indexer Notes

Batman and Robin figures lifted from page 13 of Detective Comics #84; layouts of Batman and Robin by Ed Kressy with finished art by Dick Sprang; Hitler, Hirohito, and Mussolini figures by Stan Kaye.

The Secret of Hunter's Inn! (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Samachson (credited)
Pencils
Jerry Robinson (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Tweedledee [Cousin Deever] (villain); Tweedledum [Cousin Dumfree] (villain); Soup McConell (villain); Legs (villain); Sapper (villain)
Synopsis
Batman and Robin, in their everyday identities as Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson (accompanied by Alfred), are investigating Hunter's Inn, the scene of many robberies of wealthy patrons...and run smack into the infamous Tweed Brothers!
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Robin Studies His Lessons! (Table of Contents: 5)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Samachson (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dick's school Professor; Spike (villain); Harry (villain)
Synopsis
When Dick brings home a miserable report card, Bruce relegates the youngster to studying at home instead of gallivanting about as Robin, the Boy Wonder!
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The Good Samaritan Cops (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Jack Burnley (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks
Jack Burnley (credited) (signed as Bob Kane); Ray Burnley (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors
?
Letters
Betty Bentley

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Sergeant Mead (head of the Emergency Squad, introduction); the Emergency Squad [Bressler; Brannigan; Flannigan; Richards] (introduction); unnamed homicidal maniac (villain); Black Market Looters (villain); Two-Gun Fowley (villain)
Synopsis
In the first story of a series, Batman and Robin meet and work with different agencies within the realm of the Police Department: in this story, it's the Police Emergency Squad.
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The Crime Surgeon! (Table of Contents: 7)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed prison Warden; The Crime Surgeon [Dr. Thorne] (villain, death); Flop-Ears Bailey (villain); Slick Minder (villain); Tipper (villain); Mocco (villain)
Synopsis
The Crime Surgeon, after successfully operating on and saving the life of the Warden at the prison he is incarcerated in, makes good his escape and re-opens his Crime Clinic: an agency that helps crooks to better carry out their crimes!
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Destiny's Auction! (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jerry Robinson (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Destiny's Auction! (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Don C. Cameron (credited as Don Cameron)
Pencils
Jerry Robinson (credited)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Madame Calagra (seeress); Judy O'Casson (a dramatist); Tremaine Wentworth (actor); Mrs. Midge (Judy's landlady); Diamond Pete Ransome (villain); Ransome's gang [Lefty; other unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis
Three people who visit a gypsy fortune teller have their fates read, and it seems to the positive. However, negative situations befall each of them with each of them leaving their belongings in a trunk. Batman and Robin follow these individuals as they buy what they believe to be their trunks back at auction, thus, in a round-about way, fulfilling the fortunes of the seer they all once visited.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Batman and Robin; Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Burnley (credited)
Inks
Jack Burnley (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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A Thief in Time! (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Jerry Robinson (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks
Fred Ray (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Father Time (cameo, splash only); Rob Callender (villain, introduction); Callender's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
An obscure laboratory worker from the future creates a space time warp and arrives in Gotham City, bent on making himself a millionaire before he is drawn back into his own era.
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The End of Two-Face (Table of Contents: 12)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited) (signed as Bob Kane); George Roussos (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Two-Face [Harvey Kent]
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The End of Two-Face! (Table of Contents: 13)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited) (signed as Bob Kane); George Roussos (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Gilda (Harvey's fiancee); Two-Face [Harvey Kent] (villain); Two-Face's gang [Joe; rest unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis
While awaiting trial, Two-Face breaks out of jail, resuming his evil career, but, in the process, nearly killing Gilda by accident. He turns himself in and recovers his looks through plastic surgery.
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Batman Makes a Deadline; Atlantis Goes to War; The Case of the Timid Lion; Collector of Millionaires (Table of Contents: 14)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Sprang (credited)
Inks
Dick Sprang (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints

Batman Makes a Deadline! (Table of Contents: 15)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Don C. Cameron (credited as Don Cameron)
Pencils
Dick Sprang (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks
Dick Sprang (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed newspaper City Editor; Larry Spade (newspaper reporter, death); unnamed toy shop proprietor; Big Ben Bolling (villain, introduction, death); Skylark Skelly (villain, death); Legs Lascomb (villain, death); Rattler (villain, death)
Synopsis
After witnessing the fatal injuries to a top notch newspaper reporter who was kidnapped by a gang wanting to keep him silent about their activities, Batman and Robin decide to take over the story and bring the gang to justice.
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Atlantis Goes to War! (Table of Contents: 16)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Don C. Cameron (credited as Don Cameron)
Pencils
Dick Sprang (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks
Dick Sprang (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ben Stunsel (introduction, death); Taro (Ruler of Atlantis, introduction); Lanya (Empress of Atlantis, Taro's sister, introduction); Kano (Atlantean High Priest, introduction); other unnamed Atlanteans; Admiral Von Buntz (villain, introduction); Captain Kurt Fritzl (villain, U-Boat Captain, introduction); unnamed Nazis (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Batman and Robin decide to get involved in a case where a Nazi submarine attacks Allied shipping and then disappears without a trace. But they are in for a shock when they discover the secret Nazi sub base is located in lost Atlantis!
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The Case of the Timid Lion! (Table of Contents: 17)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Sprang (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks
Dick Sprang (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed zoo attendant; The Joker (villain); Mr. Lyon (villain)
Synopsis
One Mr. Lyon decides to perpetrate "jokes" and robberies, using the Joker's calling card to implicate the Jester of Crime...something the Joker doesn't find amusing---nor do Batman and Robin!
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Collector of Millionaires (Table of Contents: 18)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Samachson (credited)
Pencils
Dick Sprang (credited)
Inks
Norman Fallon (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Judge Tower; Ronnie Tower (the Judge's son); Carol Tower (Ronnie's sister, the Judge's daughter); Howard Prescott (millionaire); Miles Rockley (millionaire); Reginald Van Astor (millionaire); Ali (villain, introduction); Ali's gang of impersonators (villains)
Synopsis
After handling a particular heart-rending situation between a friend of his and his wife, Bruce Wayne decides it's time for a vacation. But when "Bruce" returns from that vacation, he literally treats Dick Grayson like dirt. But before he, in the guise of Robin, confronts the man, he gets a radio call from the real Wayne, who has been kidnapped by a lunatic, imprisoning millionaires and sending out lookalikes to further his interests.
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The Cavalier! (Table of Contents: 19)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
Jerry Robinson (credited) (signed as Bob Kane); George Roussos (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake]
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The Cavalier of Crime! (Table of Contents: 20)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Don C. Cameron (credited as Don Cameron)
Pencils
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks
George Roussos (credited) (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors
?
Letters
George Roussos

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; young boy; Berry Berrigan (former big league baseball pitcher); The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake] (villain, introduction); Jennings (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
The Cavalier hopes to become the equal of the Joker and the Penguin by stealing a child's baseball. But that baseball, signed by a famed baseball pitcher, soon leads the Caped Crusaders on a mission to prevent the theft of a sports figures collection by the Cavalier and his gang.
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