- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker; Clayface [Basil Karlo]
- Reprints
Inks credits verified by Robinson and Roussos.
Collage of 6 panels from various stories and center montage of Batman and Robin.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; C. R. Darcey; Mr. Morganbilt; The Joker (villain); the Crime Circus (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Joker organizes a crime circus that performs at the homes of wealthy patrons to size up the joint, then later robs them.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Gotham City; Gotham City Gazette
Inker credit verified by Robinson; background inker credit verified by Roussos.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Horn; Stanley (Horn's Secretary); Elaine; Mr. Cowden; Henry; un-named Yacht Captain (death); Blackbeard [Thatch] (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- When an exclusive yacht is taken over by a band of pirates led by the immortal Blackbeard himself, the Batman and Robin come aboard to swab the decks with them.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Batplane
Inks credits verified by Robinson and Roussos; letters credit verified by Roussos.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Along with the glitter of wealth they sought, men...
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy "Red" McCoy (villain, introduction, death), "Big" Costello (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Batman must contend with Jimmy McCoy, a young bully who claws his way up through the ranks until he becomes the overlord of crime, but ends up being deserted by his mob, hunted by the Police and killed in a gutter.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Authenticated News; Daily Times; New York City; Penguin Club; Tribune
Inker credit verified by Robinson, background inker and colorist credits verified by Roussos.
Oddity: many panels in this story display Batman without the bat on his chest.
Panel 7 on page 11 has a partial name on a business window: "Jerry", possibly for Jerry Robinson.
- Script
- Bob Kane (signed as Lou Reed)
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed as Lou Reed)
- Inks
- Bob Kane (signed as Lou Reed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Kane ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh Ginger!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Ginger Snap; Wilbur
- Synopsis
- Ginger and Wilbur go for a boat ride, but the boat sinks a mile out. Ginger then finds a novel way of making it back to shore.
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As a group of thugs attack a man, suddenly the air is...
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Stockton]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tim Bannon (Coach of the Panthers); Stockton; Stacy (villain, introduction); Stacy's mob (villains, introduction for all, all die)
- Synopsis
- The Caped Crusader doubles as a star football player, who has been kidnapped in order that his team will lose and criminals will gain big time from the bets they have made.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- football
Inker credit verified by Robinson, background inker and colorist credits verified by Roussos.
The splash to this story became the cover for Batman #5, except that the bat on Batman's chest, evident on the splash, was not found on the cover.
Jerry Robinson's first name appears on page 1, panel 2, on a sport shop.
The "Roussos Bar" appears on page 9, in panel 3.
Batman uses a gun in this story.
Entrance into the Wayne home was accomplished by Batman entering the barn, lifting a trap door, and going down into a tunnel, and traveling through the tunnel to steps that emerged to a secret panel in the home.