([March] 2013)
DC,
2005 Series
- Volume
- 11
- Price
- 14.99 USD; 17.99 CAD
- Pages
- 172
- On-sale Date
- 2013-01-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [peel]
- ISBN
-
978-1-4012-3739-4
- Barcode
- 9781401237394 51499
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (credited) (editor - original series); Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor - original series); Scott Nybakken (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
Reprints the Batman stories from Detective Comics #82-85, Batman #20-21, and World's Finest Comics #12.
"Black and white reconstruction on cover and interior art by Rick Keene, Dale Crain and Digital Chameleon. Color reconstruction on cover and interior art by Dale Crain, Bob Le Rose and Digital Chameleon."
"Black and white reconstruction on cover and interior art by Rick Keene, Dale Crain and Digital Chameleon. Color reconstruction on cover and interior art by Dale Crain, Bob Le Rose and Digital Chameleon."
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Main image taken from the cover of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #20.
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #20 (December 1943-January 1944)
-
The Centuries of Crime!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Don C. Cameron (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Burnley (credited); Ray Burnley (credited) (background inker)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Betty Bentley
- Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Percival Pruitt; The Joker (villain); Professor Ecla Tate (villain, fraudulent scientist); Swami Meera Kell (villain, crooked crystal gazer); Kid Glove Mixter (villain, bank robber)
- Synopsis
- The Joker enlists the aid of a fraudulent scientist and swami, convincing them that they can successfully carry out their "fleecings" of victims: in the past and the future!
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #20 (December 1943-January 1944)
-
The Trial of Titus Keyes!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed District Attorney; James Stoney (night watchman); Jack Paley (laundry owner); Nick (shoe-shine boy); Titus Keyes (ex-con, introduction); Chief Detective Flam; Patrolman Patrick Francis Aloysius Michael O'Brien; Slick Fingers [as George Collins] (villain); Noodle Nolan (villain)
- Synopsis
- Batman and Robin, figuring that the case in court against Titus Keyes is much too pat, investigate and discover the real culprit: the cell-mate of Keyes when he was in prison.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #20 (December 1943-January 1944)
-
The Lawmen of the Sea!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Burnley (credited); Ray Burnley (credited) (background inker)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Betty Bentley
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; "Whittling" Willie Binger (wheelman); Spinner Powell (former All-American quarterback); Sergeant Daniels; Shark Hawkey [aka The Shark] (villain, introduction); Hawkey's river-pirate gang (villains, introdction for all)
- Synopsis
- In the 2nd story of a series involving various police divisions, Batman and Robin team-up with the Harbor Patrol to track down harbor pirates!
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #20 (December 1943-January 1944)
-
Bruce Wayne Loses the Guardianship of Dick Grayson!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; unnamed Judge; George Grayson (villain, Dick Grayson's uncle, introduction); Clara Grayson (villain, Dick Grayson's aunt, introduction); Fatso Foley (villain, racketeer, introduction); The Joker (villain, image)
- Synopsis
- One day a couple show up at the Wayne mansion claiming to be the Aunt and Uncle of Dick Grayson, and they successfully get custody of the boy. But Batman smells a rat when the couple call up Bruce Wayne and offer him the opportunity to "buy" Dick back!
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #20 (December 1943-January 1944)
-
Quarterback of Crime
Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #82 (December 1943)
-
Quarterback of Crime!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Don C. Cameron (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (credited)
- Inks
- George Roussos (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Blackie Blondeen (villain); Glassjaw Greegan (villain); Curly (villain); Skeets (villain)
- Synopsis
- Several mobsters study the art of football, then begin working out "plays" that will help them commit crimes, and it's only with the aid of Alfred and his past football prowess that Batman and Robin round up the crooks.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #82 (December 1943)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin; Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Burnley (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #12 (Winter 1943)
-
Alfred Gets His Man!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Slick Swade (villain, introduction); Squirrel (villain, introduction); Spud (villain, introduction); Topper (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- While shopping one day, Alfred accidentally overhears a mobster the Batman once put in jail attempt extortion on another criminal named Squirrel, so he gets involved in the apprehension of said villain and helps to recover a fortune in diamonds.
- Reprints
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #12 (Winter 1943)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Burnley (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #83 (January 1944)
-
Accidentally on Purpose!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Don C. Cameron (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (credited)
- Inks
- George Roussos (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Henry Corliss (jewelry store owner); John Kling (stockbroker); Dr. Goodwin (villain); Biff Bannon [also called Biff Bannister] (villain, gang boss)
- Synopsis
- Endeavoring to lose some weight, Alfred goes on an exercise program at an out of the way place in the country. While he is gone, the Caped Crusaders face an evil doctor, who uses a certain potion that allows him to control the actions of people and, in the end, are saved by a mysterious "thin man" who knows their secret identities.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #83 (January 1944)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #21 (February-March 1944)
-
The Streamlined Rustlers!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Jack Schiff (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sheriff Colt; Mr. Kraft (cattleman); Mr. Cotter (owner of the CO Ranch); Mr. Brule (villain, owner of the Double Bar S and Three Arrow Circle Ranches, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Batman and Robin head west to see if they can stem the tide of cattle rustling, which has been caused by war-time rationing, and is the source of black market beef.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #21 (February-March 1944)
-
Blitzkrieg Bandits!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Don C. Cameron (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hannibal Boneparte Brown (military science expert, introduction); Mr. Dodge (millionaire recluse); Chopper Gant (villain, introduction); Gant's mob (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- The Caped Crusaders must stop a criminal mastermind who uses a genius in military science to actually plan crimes for gems and other loot, thinking the crook is writing a series of newspaper articles on him.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #21 (February-March 1944)
-
His Lordship's Double!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Al Schwartz (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Feature Logo
Batman with Robin- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. and Mrs. C.L.J. Carruthers; Lord David Hurley Burleigh (British socialite, botanist, introduction); Stevens [also as Lord Burleigh] (villain, Burleigh's butler, introduction); Steven's gang (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- The Caped Crusaders have to outwit a criminal element which targets a Lord Burleigh, a man who has come to America to interest an American oil company in his discovery of a cheaper process for obtaining rubber from petroleum.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #21 (February-March 1944)
-
The Three Eccentrics!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Joseph Greene (credited)
- Pencils
- Ed Kressy (layouts); Dick Sprang (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ebenezer Flint (millionaire); Gladys Puffe (wealthy socialite); John White (operator of Hilltop Castle); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Sam Chizzell (villain)
- Synopsis
- Batman must outwit the Penguin, who has invented a small motion picture camera with telescopic lenses, which is precise enough to see combinations to wall safes as they are being opened.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #21 (February-March 1944)
-
Artists in Villainy
Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Sprang
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #84 (February 1944)
-
Artists in Villainy
Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Mort Weisinger (credited)
- Pencils
- Ed Kressy (layouts); Dick Sprang (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Sprang
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed Police Captain; Ivan Krafft (villain); Krafft's gang [Burchall; Scarface; Dicer; Mike (death)] (villains); Trigger Stepke (villain, mention only)
- Synopsis
- The Dynamic Duo must stop Ivan Krafft, who has developed a "school," under the cover of a gentleman's sporting club, to train criminals on successful crime techniques then send them out on lucrative criminal endeavors.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #84 (February 1944)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker; The Joker's Double [Mr. Hart]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #85 (March 1944)
-
The Joker's Double
Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger (credited)
- Pencils
- Ed Kressy (layouts); Dick Sprang (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Sprang (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Sprang
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Card Club [J. J. Thompson (factory President, death); Carl Dickens (Associated Banking Company President, death); Mr. Harris; Mr. Hart]; The Joker (villain); The Joker's Double [Mr. Hart] (villain); Muggs McKann (villain, second-story man, image only)
- Synopsis
- Four members of a famed Card Club become the targets for the Prince of Guffaws, but Batman and Robin discover that the Joker didn't commit the crimes, and attempt to track down the real culprit.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #85 (March 1944)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin -
1.
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin -
2.
The Centuries of Crime!
Batman and Robin -
3.
The Trial of Titus Keyes!
Batman and Robin -
4.
The Lawmen of the Sea!
Batman and Robin -
5.
Bruce Wayne Loses the Guardianship of Dick Grayson!
Batman and Robin -
6.
Quarterback of Crime
Batman and Robin -
7.
Quarterback of Crime!
Batman and Robin -
8.
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin; Superman -
9.
Alfred Gets His Man!
Batman and Robin -
10.
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin -
11.
Accidentally on Purpose!
Batman and Robin -
12.
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin -
13.
The Streamlined Rustlers!
Batman and Robin -
14.
Blitzkrieg Bandits!
Batman and Robin -
15.
His Lordship's Double!
Batman and Robin -
16.
The Three Eccentrics!
Batman and Robin -
17.
Artists in Villainy
Batman and Robin -
18.
Artists in Villainy
Batman and Robin -
19.
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin -
20.
The Joker's Double
Batman and Robin
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