- Pencils
- Michael Cho
- Inks
- Michael Cho
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Title page with illustration from cover.
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Includes the notation: Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Michael Cho
- Inks
- Michael Cho
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Title page with illustration from cover. Identical to previous Title page.
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indicia listing publisher credits
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automatic pistols
The DC brand symbol, originally printed at top of this cover, is absent from the reproduction.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson; George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Hugo Strange (villain); Carstairs (villain, racketeer); Carstair's gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Batman has to stop Professor Hugo Strange from spraying his "fear dust" all over America. The dust will make men in public office afraid of Strange, enabling him to become dictator of America.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- belt radio; Fear Dust; Zorn's Candy Shop
Artist Kane failed to draw in Batman's chest bat in many panels.
Panel 1 on page 11 has a sign with Robinson's name on it.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson (see notes); George Roussos (also backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Harvey Midas (Bruce's banker); Mrs. Midas; Roger Midas (Harvey's son, musician); Diane Midas (Harvey's daughter); Jupkins (the Midas butler); Johnny Brown (a clerk, Diane's sweetheart); Danny Moore (newsboy); Count Alexis (villain, Diane's wife)
- Synopsis
- Bruce Wayne's lawyer and wife are making a real mess out of the lives of their children, so the Batman decides to do something about it. He discovers that Midas' daughter's new husband is linked to crooks wanting to steal the family jewels.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Daily Bugle; slingshot
Kane forgets to add the bat to Batman's chest in many panels.
Co-inker Jerry Robinson signed his name as writer of a newspaper society column in panel 6 on page 5.
George Roussos snuck his last name onto a building front on the splash page.
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
Inker credit verified by Robinson.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- 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
In the table of contents for this collection, this story is titled "Victory for the Dynamic Duo". It has been indexed elsewhere with the title "Touchdown for Justice".
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.
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automatic pistols; construction crane hook and ball
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (also backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Lewis (singer, Henry's daughter); Henry Lewis surveyor); Renaldo (villain, club owner); Nick (villain); Blackie (villain)
- Synopsis
- A man accidentally discovers a huge cave under the gold vaults of Fort Knox, and a group of crooks put that knowledge to use when they convince the man's daughter that she has killed a man, hoping to get him to reveal the cave's location.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Batmobile (the red high-powered car); Batplane; Fort Knox; Top Hat Club
Kane forgot to draw the chest bat symbol on Batman in many panels.
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bondage; cutlasses; pirates; sailing ships
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (also backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos (signed as George)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Julie Madison [as Portia Storme] [also briefly as Robin]; owner of a movie make-up supply store (death, cameo); un-named Fire Chief; Gabby; Mr. Bentley (head of Argus Pictures); Clayface [Basil Karlo] (villain)
- Synopsis
- Julie breaks off her engagement to Bruce, and leaves for a career in movies. However, the escape of Basil Karlo, and his revenge against Argus Pictures and Portia Storme brings the Batman into the picture.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Argus Motion Picture Company; Batmobile; Daily Trotter; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette
Storyline continues from Detective #40.
Artist Kane leaves the bat off Batman's chest in some panels.
The Batmobile appears red in this story.
Panel 1 on page 4 displays a newspaper has the name "George" highlighted, probably snuck in by letterer George Roussos.
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- knives; slingshot; tightrope walking
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson (see notes); George Roussos (also backgrounds, see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Officer Riley; Frankie the Fence (villain); Mike (villain); Trigger (villain); Joe (villain); Three Devils (villains, former circus acrobats, all die)
- Synopsis
- When the Caped Crusaders run into some very athletic jewels thieves, they realize that a fence for the stolen goods is the best way to track them down.
- Reprints
Artist Kane omits Batman's chest bat in many panels.
Batman and Robin use rocket-powered roller skates in the story.
In panel 7 on page 5, the name of the pawn shop appears to read "Bob and Jerry Pawn Shop".
The book that Robin tosses at a crook in panel 5 on page 7, titled "Crime Does Not Pay!" is by "Robinson Roussos"!
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
The cover is roughly taken from Batman #4's last story splash.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); Jack of Diamonds [Diamond Jack Duggan] (villain, introduction, death); Black Queen (villain, introduction, death); King of Clubs (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- With the help of some new partners in crime, the Joker sets up a gambling ship for the rich and wealthy, hoping to get them drunk so that they can be pumped for information about their valuable jewels.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Batmobile; belt radio
Inker credits verified by Robinson and Roussos.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
Oddity: Many panels in the story feature no bat on Batman's chest.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Anderson (inventor); Enid Anderson (the Professor's daughter); Father Time; Simple Simon; Humpty Dumpty; Gruel the Black Witch (villain); Burn (villain, the Man of Fire, death); Freeze (villain, the Man of Ice, death); a dragon (villain, death); a cyclops (villain); a giant (villain)
- Synopsis
- Batman and Robin are sent to Fairyland by an inventor's strange machine that allows people to actually enter into the scenario of a book they are reading in order to try to locate his daughter he had sent there a few days earlier and return her safely.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Fairyland
Inker credits verified by Robinson and Roussos.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joseph Sands (introduction); Ann Sands [nee Ann Davis] (Joe's wife, introduction); un-named shopkeeper; un-named doctor; Smiley Sikes (villain, introduction); Matty Link (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Batman helps out a young convict released from prison who is having trouble getting an honest job to support his new, but sick wife. The Caped Crusaders then vow to help track down the rats who set him up to be arrested originally, but Robin is nearly beaten to death, and the Batman swears vengeance on those responsible.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Batmobile
Inker credits verified by Robinson and Roussos.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Trigger Burns]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page (introduction); Mrs. Grogan (Tommy's mother); Tommy Grogan; Mike Grogan (villain, Tommy's brother, introduction, death); Joe (villain)
- Synopsis
- Batman finds it very odd that a bank robber he is fighting with comes to the aid of another until he realizes that they are brothers. Then Batman must rescue Linda Page from the clutches of one of the gangsters in order to save his brother from a life of crime.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Batmobile
This is the first appearance of Linda Page, who gave up her role as a society girl to become a nurse to help people. She appears occasionally over the next couple of years as a girlfriend for Bruce Wayne, but always wishing that he could make something of his life and be more like Batman.
Inker credits verified by Robinson and Roussos.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
- Pencils
- Fred Ray
- Inks
- Fred Ray
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
Art credits verified by Fred Ray.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Bob Kane; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Erik Dorne (introduction, death); Dorne's butler; Joshua Grimm (introduction, publisher); Melissa Brunt (introduction, Dorne's Aunt); Jane Ware (introduction, actress); The Witch [Mr. Wright] (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- The Batman and Robin must track down The Witch, a mysterious figure responsible for the murder of Erik Dorne and the theft of a manuscript he wrote.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Gotham City
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bondage; knives; lanterns
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (also backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Colonel Dawes (amusement park owner); un-named wax museum caretaker; Charlie [as Colonel Dawes] (villain); "Mouse" Docker (villain); Joey (villain); Mindy (villain)
- Synopsis
- Bruce and Dick visit an amusement park owned and operated by a friend of theirs, but when the Colonel brushes off his old friends, Batman and Robin smell a rat and discover that some crooks have taken over the amusement park.
- Reprints
Modified synopsis by Craig Delich (2009-3-10).
Artist Kane failed to put the bat on Batman's chest in many panels.
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Loo Chung
- Reprints
- Keywords
- knives; stereotyping of Chinese
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Achmed; Mr. Potter (death); Thomas (Potter's butler); Achmed (curio shop owner); Thomas; Loo Chung (villain, unofficial Mayor of the Oriental Quarter); Chung's gang (villains); Ghengis Khan (villain, flashback)
- Synopsis
- Batman and Robin must solve the mystery of the "Khan" ring, a ring that once belonged to Ghengis Khan, and whose relative now wears it, and has started a protection racket.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Khan Ring
Artist Kane forgot to put in the chest bat on Batman in many panels.
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Viola Vane (actress); Jim Daly (friend of Wayne); Mack (newspaper editor); Mr. Robinson (newspaper owner); Viola's mother; Viola's father; Toothy (villain)
- Synopsis
- Batman saves a budding actress from committing suicide but then learns that her folks believe she is a great star and they are coming to visit her. He has to tackle the problem as both Bruce Wayne and the Batman.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- gas pellet; Gotham City; The Daily Star
- Pencils
- Fred Ray
- Inks
- Fred Ray
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
Art credits verified by Fred Ray.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Kane (signed); George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; William Kendrick; Big Tim Bannon (introduction); Mr. Graves (villain); Ambrose Taylor (villain, introduction, death); Frankie (villain, death); Mitch Mason (villain, introduction); Trig Cooler (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- When the New District Attorney vows vengeance against the crime lords of Gotham City and further states that he has a little black book in his possession that lists each of them and their connections, it's all Batman and Robin can do to save his life!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; infra-red goggles
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automobiles; bondage
An homage to the cover of Detective Comics #33 (DC, 1937 series).
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Mr. Sale (store owner); Hook Morgan (villain); Mr. Conroy (villain, merchadise store owner)
- Synopsis
- When Linda is told that harbor pirates have absconded with special cloth she had ordered, and Bruce notices that cloth is in the window of a store, the Batman takes over to to get to the bottom of the mystery, nearly losing his life in the process.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Batplane; boot wireless; Conroy Merchandise Company; utility belt
The Batplane serves also as a speedboat in this story.
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne][also as Marty Loden]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Chick Miller (ex-con); The Parole Boss (villain, member of the prison parole board, introduction, death), Shoulders (villain); Slink Daniels (villain); Marty Loden (villain)
- Synopsis
- Convict Chick Miller has been paroled from prison, but doesn't realize that it was part of an operation to get men out in order to serve a mysterious "boss". When Miller balks at the option, he is shot, but Batman rescues him and gets him to the hospital, but still has to be on the lookout because the "boss" wishes to have Miller killed before he can sing about this racket.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Batplane; gas capsule; Gotham City; Gotham News
Inker credits verified by Robinson and Roussos, letterer credit verified by Roussos.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Henry Decker (clock company stockholder, introduction, death); Peter Selby (banker); Mitch Keating (clock company stockholder, introduction, death); Atkins (villain, clock company stockholder, introduction, death); Elias Brock (villain, clock maker, introduction, death); Mitch (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- The Batman faces up to a challenge made by a eccentric clock maker, who charges Bruce Wayne and other wealthy businessmen of "killing" time, and who brands them as murderers!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Gotham City; Hobson Clock Company
Inker credits verified by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; un-named New York representative for Page Oil; Tom Page (Linda Page's father, introduction); Graham Masters (villain, Tom Page's partner, introduction, death); Chuck (villain, Master's strong arm man, death)
- Synopsis
- Batman and Robin must head for the Page Oil Company fields to deal with the attempt by Linda Page's father's partner to push him out of the oil business before an expected oil gusher occurs and drives the price of the company stock up.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Page Oil Company; The Iron Jungle (land containing abandoned oil derricks)
Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Police Commissioner James Gordon; Grogan (Policeman, death); Kelly (Policeman, death); Jimmy Kelly (Policeman, Kelly's son); Anna (little girl); Anna's un-named father; Fancy Dan (villain); Alderman Skigg (villain, crooked political boss); Henry (villain, crooked lawyer); Biff Mafey (villain, crooker boxer)
- Synopsis
- A young policeman takes over Suicide Beat after his father is shot down and killed by local racketeers, and he vows to bring the guilty in for judgment, no matter what.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Gotham City; Pete's Bar
Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- flashlights; railroad handcars
The DC brand symbol, originally printed at the top of this cover, is absent from the reproduction.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Dr. Mason]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Professor Jon Henry (scientist); Professor Dodge; Dr. Mason (scientsist); Dr. Deker (villain); Deker's gang (villains); un-named Zeppelin Commander (villain, death); Zeppelin crew (villains, all die)
- Synopsis
- The invention of a machine by a noted professor, that forces one to tell the truth, is snatched by an evil doctor who kidnaps noted scientists and inventors, as well as key individuals in the Defense Department, and uses the machine on them in order to obtain their secrets.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Batplane; gas pellet; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Truth (Brain) Machine; utility belt
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automatic pistols; clubs; fire escapes
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ghost Gulch Mayor; Mad Mack (villain, death); The Iron Idol (villain, circus strongman)
- Synopsis
- On vacation, Bruce and Dick come across a near-deserted silver mining town, Ghost Gulch. Above the town is a mysterious stone idol that one day comes to life, and Batman and Robin must get to the bottom of this mystery.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Ghost Gulch
- Pencils
- Fred Ray
- Inks
- Fred Ray
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- baseball
DC Comics: Sixty Years of The World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes by Les Daniels in 1995 indicates this cover is by Jerry Robinson. The two reprint sources indicate Fred Ray. Thanks to Arnie Grieves for pointing this out. Note from Craig Delich: Jack Burnley verified Ray as the artist on this cover when he visited him personally in 1989.
Fred Ray sent a listing of all of his comic book credits to Jack Burnley in 2003, and part of the list was published in Alter-Ego #25 for June of 2003. In it, Ray states his on-going feud with Robinson, who was claiming to do work that Ray actually did. These credits by Ray verify that Ray did the full art for this cover as indicated. Ray, like Jack Burnley, tore all the covers off the comics that he did the covers to, and he sent scans of these covers to Burnley and Roy Thomas to verify his claim.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (on secondary figures only)
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- George Roussos ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Martin; Frank Kendrick (businessman, introduction); Paul Herold (introduction, death); Richard Dodge (introduction); The Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain, introduction, Psychology college teacher, origin)
- Synopsis
- A new master criminal begins his career by using psychology upon his victims: the psychology of fear!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Gotham City
Colorist credit by Craig Delich. Story title from table of contents.
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Duke Micheal; The Joker [aka Henry Verne] [aka I. Rekoj] [aka Duke Micheal] (villain); Joker's gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Joker organizes a new gang by advertising for practical jokers in the newspaper, and when they show up, they touch objects used in major crimes, thereby implicating themselves and forcing them to work for the Clown Prince of Crime!
- Reprints
Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Kelly (Policeman); Linda Page; Henry Abbot (death); Carl Dwyer (Wayne's friend); Granda the Mystic (villain, a Swami, introduction); Hindu giants (villains); Joe (villain)
- Synopsis
- Batman must battle a swami who has hypnotized individuals, made records of conversations that he had with them, then later demands blackmail money or the records will be made public. However, one of the mystic's clients wants the secret of Batman's identity, thus Linda Page is kidnapped.
- Reprints
Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Nora Powell (society lady); Matthew Powell (Nora's father, lumber company owner, death); Jack Clayton (Matthew's adopted son, ex-con); Woody Joe (villain, lumberjack, death); Asher (villain, lumber company competitor, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Nora Powell heads with Bruce Wayne to the big woods to help run a logging operation after her Uncle is murdered, but is puzzled when her partner wants her to sell out to their competition.
- Reprints
Inkr credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Horatio Delmar (villain, racket leader, introduction, death); Weasel Venner (villain, introduction, death); Freddie Hill (villain); Joe (villain); Al (villain)
- Synopsis
- Weasel Venner wants to make sure that a fellow criminal doesn't make public the fact that he is the head racketeer in Gotham City, so he arranges for someone to be set up for the murder of Horatio Delmar: that someone being Bruce Wayne!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Daily Press
Batman finally receives official police sanction in this story.
Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
- Pencils
- Darwyn Cooke; Michael Cho
- Inks
- Darwyn Cooke; Michael Cho
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Promo for other Golden and Silver Age trades, however for Superman and Batman the cover of the hardcover omnibuses are shown (as opposed to the trade paperbacks), and are mis-labeled: the cover of Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 is labeled Batman: The Golden Age Vol. 1, while the cover of Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 is labeled Superman: The Golden Age Vol. 1. Also shown are the covers of The Flash: The Silver Age Vol. 1, Justice League of America: The Silver Age Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, and Green Lantern: The Silver Age Vol. 1.
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Title Page at rear of book, features only the logo of the book.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Bob Kane; Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Back cover illustrations with text on the contents of this issue. Illustrations taken from the covers of Batman #4 and #7.