Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5

([August] 2018)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman and Robin / insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer; Bob Kane

Inks

Win Mortimer; Charles Paris

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Duds Deblin

Indexer Notes

Front interior dust jacket with brief synopsis of this collection, includes illustrations from World's Finest Comics #29 "The Second Chance!" and Detective Comics #130 "The Box!"

[Title Page] (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Paul Cooper; Howard Sherman; Bob Kane; Dick Sprang

Inks

Ray Burnley; Howard Sherman; Charles Paris; Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker; Duds Deblin

Indexer Notes

Title page includes illustrations from Detective Comics #128 "Crime in esreveR!", #118 "The Royal Flush Crimes!", #130 "The Box!", and #113 Cover.

[Title and Credits] (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman and Robin / credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Paul Cooper; Bob Kane; Jim Mooney

Inks

Ray Burnley; Charles Paris

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Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]

Indexer Notes

Title pages with creator credits, includes illustrations from Batman #36 "The Penguin's Nest!", Detective Comics #130 "The Box!", #126 "Case of the Silent Songbirds!", #117 "Steeplejack's Showdown!", and #126 "Case of the Silent Songbirds!".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman and Robin / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jerry Robinson; Jack Burnley; Paul Cooper

Inks

Jerry Robinson; Charles Paris; Ray Burnley

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker

Indexer Notes

Indicia and publisher information, includes illustrations from Batman #37 "Calling Dr. Batman!", #37 "The Joker Follows Suit!", Detective Comics #125 "The Citadel of Crime!", and #128 "Crime in esreveR!".

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 5)

table of contents / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils

Jerry Robinson; Paul Cooper

Inks

Jerry Robinson; Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Alfred; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Joker

Indexer Notes

Table of contents, includes illustrations from Batman #36 "Elusive London Eddie!" and Detective Comics #128 "Crime in esreveR!"

Foreword (Table of Contents: 6)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Schelly

Pencils

Jack Burnley; Bob Kane

Inks

Charles Paris; Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Thinker; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]

Indexer Notes

Foreword by Bill Schelly dated 2005, originally published in Batman Archives Volume 6. Includes illustrations from Detective Comics #125 "The Citadel of Crime!" and #122 "The Black Cat Crimes!"

[Detective Comics #113] (Table of Contents: 7)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #113 (July 1946)

Keywords

automatic pistols; belaying pins; sailing ships

Crime on the Half-Shell! (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Gene McDonald

Colors

George Roussos

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Captain Joe Jibbs (oyster dreger owner); Josephine "Jo" Jibbs (the Captain's daughter); Blackhand (villain, oyster pirate); Mike (villain); Blunt (villain, death)

Synopsis

Batman and Robin sign on to an oyster collection ship to thwart the attempts of criminals to hijack the cargo.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #113 (July 1946)

Keywords

Gotham City

[World's Finest Comics #23] (Table of Contents: 9)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #23 (July-August 1946)

Champions Don't Brag! (Table of Contents: 10)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed, see notes)

Inks

Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed, see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Hugh Ross (introduction); Robert Batson (introduction); Batson's father (introduction); John Ross (Hugh's father, introduction); Frogskin (villain, introduction); Goldplate Gorney (villain, introduction); Scat (villain, introduction); Hammer (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

High-powered crook Goldplate Gorney figures that Robin the Boy Wonder knows Batman's identity, and he must be a high school athlete. So he decides to stakeout a big track meet to see which athlete wins the meet, who, therefore, MUST be Robin the Boy Wonder!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #23 (July-August 1946)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Dustin Flour Mill; Gotham City; Gotham City Gazette

Indexer Notes

Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk, but it's not in his pay records.

[Batman #36] (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #36 (August-September 1946)

The Penguin's Nest! (Table of Contents: 12)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Alvin Schwartz

Pencils

Paul Cooper [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Inspector Gall; un-named Baron; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain)

Synopsis

The Penguin opens a new restaurant in town, but queerly asks guests to hand-write their orders and sign them, then he does everything possible to get himself arrested. Batman finally figures out that, once inside the jail, the Penguin can use homing pigeons to ferret out dozens of forged checks using the signatures he got in his restaurant!

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #36 (August-September 1946)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Gotham City; The Nest; Wayne Mansion

Stand-In for Danger! (Table of Contents: 13)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Paul Cooper [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; John Kendall (movie producer); Royal Stanhope (actor); Rita (actress); Clancy (actor); Brian; Jerry McGlone (reformed villain, movie stand-in, introduction)

Synopsis

A famed movie stand-in uses his skills to lead a life of crime, but it takes the hard work of the Batman and Robin to discover the reason why.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #36 (August-September 1946)

Keywords

Batplane; Gila Gorge Dam; Gotham City; Jack of Diamonds Club; Los Angeles Echo

Elusive London Eddie! (Table of Contents: 14)

The Adventures of Alfred / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Jerry Robinson

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne (cameo); Dick Grayson (cameo); London Eddie (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Alfred notices a wanted poster in the post office for an English thief. Believing the police to be baffled, he reasons that only an English detective would know the psychology of such a man, and be able to track him down and capture him.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #36 (August-September 1946)

Keywords

Gotham City; Trafalgar Inn; Wayne Mansion

Indexer Notes

Last Alfred story.

Sir Batman at King Arthur's Court! (Table of Contents: 15)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Paul Cooper [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne; aka Sir Hardi Le Noir]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; King Arthur; Round Table Knights [Sir Lancelot; Sir Gawain; Sir Kay]; Merlin; Aline (niece of Merlin); Sir Mordred (villain, introduction); Queen Morgan LeFey (villain, introduction)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #36 (August-September 1946)

Keywords

Camelot; Gotham City; Lyonesse; radio-belt

Indexer Notes

Batman's nickname in the story means "The Bold Black Knight."

[Detective Comics #114] (Table of Contents: 16)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #114 (August 1946)

Acrostic of Crime! (Table of Contents: 17)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain)

Synopsis

Not being in the headlines for weeks rankles the Joker, so the Crime Clown decides to challenge the Dynamic Duo to a "Crime Acrostic" Contest!

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #114 (August 1946)

Keywords

Courier Star; Daily Express; Daily Spectator; Daily Star; Daily Telegram; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Post Journal; Times Dispatch; World Examiner

[Detective Comics #115] (Table of Contents: 18)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ray Arliss

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #115 (September 1946)

Keywords

glass walls; telephones; tobacco pipes

The Man Who Lived in a Glass House! (Table of Contents: 19)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ray Arliss (architect); Basil Grimes (villain, Ray's former partner); Grime's gang (villains)

Synopsis

An architect invents a super strong glass that he plans to construct homes from, but his partner, noting that this man refuses an offer of $1 million from a steel company official to push for steel homes instead, parts company with the architect and swears revenge.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #115 (September 1946)

Keywords

Arliss & Grimes Architects; Weekly Gazette

[World's Finest Comics #24] (Table of Contents: 20)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #24 (September-October 1946)

The Case of the Valuable Orphans! (Table of Contents: 21)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Petey (orphan); Herby Willinger (orphan); Miss Garner (orphan home employee); Joey (orphan); Nell (villain); Sandy (villain)

Synopsis

The Dynamic Duo must handle a case involving a foul-hearted scheme of promising young orphans a home and parents, then using them as dupes in a rotten racket.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #24 (September-October 1946)

Keywords

Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City; Gotham Orphan Home For Boys; K. Gray Toy Shop; Mills Hardware

[Batman #37] (Table of Contents: 22)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jerry Robinson

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #37 (October-November 1946)

Keywords

Joker-Mobile; Joker-Plane; Joker-Signal

Calling Dr. Batman! (Table of Contents: 23)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (mention only); Dr. Avery Burton (chief of Gotham Hospital); Dr. Phil King (intern at Gotham Hospital); Jerry Marshall; Noreen O'Day (nurse at Gotham Hospital); Lou Darrell (villain, Gotham Hospital employee, introduction)

Synopsis

Dr. King tries out his new radiotherapy machine on patient Jerry Marshall, and, while it is successful, its ray negatively affects a hospital worker, Lou Darrell, but not for the better.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #37 (October-November 1946)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Gotham City; Gotham Hospital; utility belt

Hollywood Hoax! (Table of Contents: 24)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jerry Robinson

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Stephen Morgan (President of Mammoth Pictures); E. J. Loring (villain, film director, introduction); Sluggsy (villain)

Synopsis

A group of criminals plan to steal an unreleased as yet film "Heart's Desire" from the movie set of "Crime Doesn't Pay", where Batman and Robin are in attendance to film a sequence.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #37 (October-November 1946)

Keywords

Batplane; Gotham City; Mammoth Pictures

The Joker Follows Suit! (Table of Contents: 25)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jerry Robinson

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain); Pete the Plumber (villain); Smoky (villain); Needles (villain)

Synopsis

The Joker institutes a mad scheme to use the very symbols of Batman: the Bat-Signal, Batmobile and Batplane, against the Dark Knight detective that he calls "Make Crime Pay the Joker Way"!

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #37 (October-November 1946)

Keywords

Batmobile; Batplane; Daily Globe; Gorgon Museum; Gotham City; Joker Signal; Joker-Gyro; Joker-Mobile; Wayne Mansion

Indexer Notes

The splash page almost replicates the cover in reverse.

[Detective Comics #116] (Table of Contents: 26)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Robin Hood; Friar Tuck

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #116 (October 1946)

Keywords

archery; arrows; bows; monks; targets; tonsures

The Rescue of Robin Hood! (Table of Contents: 27)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Robin Hood; Friar Tuck; Maid Marian; Little John; Sheriff of Nottingham (villain)

Synopsis

Wanting to visit Sherwood Forest in England in the 13th Century, Bruce takes Dick over to Professor Carter's home, and the pair are whisked back into the pages of history where they meet and aid the famed Robin Hood against the evil Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #116 (October 1946)

Keywords

belt radio; Sherwood Forest; time-travel

Indexer Notes

The splash page somewhat replicates the cover.

[Detective Comics #117] (Table of Contents: 28)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Paul Cooper

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #117 (November 1946)

Keywords

automatic pistols; bondage

Steeplejack's Showdown! (Table of Contents: 29)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Paul Cooper [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bob Skelly (steeplejack company owner, war veteran); Ben (steeplejack); Bob's fiancee; Madame Nadir (fortune teller); Red (villain, steeplejack); Logan (villain, steeplejack, death)

Synopsis

The owner of a steeplejack company, home resting from war service, heeds the words of a gypsy fortune teller to stay away from heights, advice that nearly costs Batman his life!

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #117 (November 1946)

Keywords

Batmobile; belt radio; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Skyline Steeplejack Company

[World's Finest Comics #25] (Table of Contents: 30)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #25 (November-December 1946)

The Famous First Crimes! (Table of Contents: 31)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Frank Folland (engineer, introduction); John Torrence (manufacturer, introduction); Martha; George Sellman (villain, former partner of Folland, introduction)

Synopsis

A heated argument between two inventors leads one to spoil the exhibits of Frank Folland so that he (George Sellman) can steal the invention himself.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #25 (November-December 1946)

Keywords

Aeraquamobile; Batplane; Gotham City; The Gotham Sun

Indexer Notes

The Batplane changes into the Bat-Sub in this story.

[Batman #38] (Table of Contents: 32)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #38 (December 1946-January 1947)

Peril in Greece! (Table of Contents: 33)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Byrus (villain, introduction)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #38 (December 1946-January 1947)

The Carbon Copy Crimes! (Table of Contents: 34)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Pierre Antal; unnamed psychologist (villain, introduction, death); The Joker (villain, image only)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #38 (December 1946-January 1947)

Indexer Notes

This is a sequel to the story found in Detective Comics #42.

The Penguin on Parole! (Table of Contents: 35)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #38 (December 1946-January 1947)

[Detective Comics #118] (Table of Contents: 36)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #118 (December 1946)

Keywords

automatic pistols; giant props; machine guns; playing cards

The Royal Flush Crimes! (Table of Contents: 37)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Alvin Schwartz

Pencils

Howard Sherman [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Howard Sherman [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jack Barnes [aka Diamond Jack] (baseball tycoon); Harley Cottonworth (jewelry dealer); Mazie; Roxane Wilder; Rupert Dazel [aka The Match King]; Beetle (Dazel's butler); Eddie Hoyle (ranch owner, ex-Air Force ace); The Joker (villain); Joker's gang [Sparks; others un-named] (villains)

Synopsis

After winning a card game, the Joker decides to use his winning hand, a Royal Flush in diamonds, as the basis for a series of crimes.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #118 (December 1946)

Keywords

Batmobile; Diamond X Dude Ranch; Gotham City; Gotham Sun; The Gotham Sun

[Detective Comics #119] (Table of Contents: 38)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #119 (January 1947)

Keywords

snow; snowballs; snowmen; winter

The Case of the Famous Foes! (Table of Contents: 39)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Gene McDonald

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; sanitarium inmate [as Abraham Lincoln]; sanitarium inmate [as George Washington]; sanitarium inmate [as Benjamin Franklin]; sanitarium inmate [as Napoleon Bonaparte]; Wiley Derek [also as Lafayette] (villain)

Synopsis

A crook on the lam assumes the role of a guard at an asylum and gets the idea of using the men inside (who think of themselves as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin and others) as dupes to carry out his nefarious crimes.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #119 (January 1947)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batplane; Capitol; Daily Gazette; Gotham City; National Art Gallery; Washinton D.C.

[World's Finest Comics #26] (Table of Contents: 40)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #26 (January-February 1947)

His Highness, Prince Robin! (Table of Contents: 41)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson; also as Prince Stefan]; Prince Stefan [also as Robin] (of Valonia, introduction); Count Lasha (of Valonia, introduction); Baron Ferric (villain, introduction); Sparks Farrell (villain, introduction); Farrell's thugs (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

When the life of a Prince is at stake, Dick Grayson (who looks identical to the Prince) steps into the role of the Prince. But Batman wishes that the Prince had not stepped into the role of Robin!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #26 (January-February 1947)

Keywords

Batplane; Gotham City; Jones Chinaware Company; Valonia

[Batman #39] (Table of Contents: 42)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #39 (February-March 1947)

The Frightened People! (Table of Contents: 43)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Roger Ryall (introduction)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #39 (February-March 1947)

The Man in the Iron Mask! (Table of Contents: 44)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Iron-Hat Ferris (villain, introduction)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #39 (February-March 1947)

A Christmas Tale! (Table of Contents: 45)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (villain)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #39 (February-March 1947)

[Detective Comics #120] (Table of Contents: 46)

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

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #120 (February 1947)

Keywords

birdcages

Fowl Play! (Table of Contents: 47)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figure layouts); Win Mortimer (finished pencils)

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Boyd (bird lore reseacher); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Axel (villain)

Synopsis

The Penguin, freshly escaped from prison, teams up with an unwitting bird enthusiast and uses the man's rare birds in the commission of crimes, as well as to capture Batman and Robin.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #120 (February 1947)

Keywords

Batmobile; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette

Indexer Notes

A rare example where Kane did the Batman and Robin figure layouts, pencils finished by Mortimer.

[Detective Comics #121] (Table of Contents: 48)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #121 (March 1947)

Keywords

automatic pistols; slingshots

Commissioner Gordon Walks a Beat! (Table of Contents: 49)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Sherman [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Howard Sherman [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Chief Inspector (Commissioner) Vane; Mayor Carfax; Chadwick Carfax (Mayor's son); "Sure Thing" Smiley (villain); Gomer (villain); Joe (villain); Torchy (villain)

Synopsis

When the son of the mayor of Gotham City loses a bet to a noted gangster, changes are in the wind, as Commissioner Gordon is demoted to patrolman and Batman's days aiding the police come to an end!

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #121 (March 1947)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Gotham City; Plastico Inc.

[World's Finest Comics #27] (Table of Contents: 50)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #27 (March-April 1947)

Me, Outlaw! (Table of Contents: 51)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger ?

Pencils

Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed newspaperman; Jigger (villain, introduction, flashback); Eddie (villain, introduction); Kipley (villain, lawyer, introduction, death); The L.C.M. Hot Car Gang (villains, introduction); Wheels Mitchum (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

While on death row awaiting his fate in the electric chair, Wheels Mitchem agrees to write a book about his life story for $3000. Unfortunate, the aim of his book was promote the idea that a smart, tough guy CAN outwit the law.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #27 (March-April 1947)

Keywords

Gotham City; Gotham Gazette

Indexer Notes

Batman fires a gun in this story.

[Batman #40] (Table of Contents: 52)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #40 (April-May 1947)

The 13 Club! (Table of Contents: 53)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Gene McDonald

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #40 (April-May 1947)

The Case of Batman II (Table of Contents: 54)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron ?

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Gene McDonald

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred; Commissioner James Gordon; Beetle Boles (villain, introduction); Henry Bush (villain, introduction)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #40 (April-May 1947)

The Grand Opera Murders! (Table of Contents: 55)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron ?

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Gene McDonald

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Colin Vanning (villain, introduction, death)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #40 (April-May 1947)

[Detective Comics #122] (Table of Contents: 56)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Catwoman [Selina Kyle]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #122 (April 1947)

The Black Cat Crimes! (Table of Contents: 57)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; John Ross (fur magnate); Sam Slade (circus owner); Bill Drew (ship owner); Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (villain); Hecate (Catwoman's black cat); Catwoman's gang (villains)

Synopsis

After escaping from prison, Catwoman decides to use superstitions to extort money from wealthy businessmen.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #122 (April 1947)

Keywords

Batmobile; belt radio; Gotham City; Kitty Car; Statue of Liberty

Indexer Notes

The Kitty Car, Catwoman's answer to the Batmobile, 1st appears in this story. Story later adapted as part of BATMAN VS. 3 VILLAINS OF DOOM, a 1966 prose novel.

[Detective Comics #123] (Table of Contents: 58)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #123 (May 1947)

Keywords

machine guns; manhole covers

The Dawn Patrol Crimes! (Table of Contents: 59)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Cooper [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Limpy]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mart Morris (airplane pilot); Sam (airplane pilot); Mr. Ross (President of Ross Radium Company); Eddy Bacher (airplane pilot); Blacky Cain (villain); Shiner [Mr. Smythe] (villain, Ross' manager); Limpy (villain, radium company worker)

Synopsis

An underworld radium gang uses the talents of some pioneers of the air age called "The Dawn Patrol" to innocently carry the contraband material.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #123 (May 1947)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batplane; Dawn Patrol; Gotham City

[World's Finest Comics #28] (Table of Contents: 60)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; One Round Riley

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #28 (May-June 1947)

Crime Under Glass! (Table of Contents: 61)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger ?

Pencils

Paul Cooper [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (mention only); Horace Manders (astronomer, introduction, death); Jack Briggs (architect, introduction, death); Arnold Strong (President of an electrical supply house, introduction, death); Chief Brewster (Police Chief of Glass Town); Mr. Morton (introduction); Ed Stone (lawyer); George Stevens (owner of glass works, introduction, flashback); Manders Briggs (glass buyer, flashback); Strong (glass buyer, flashback); Morton (glass works owner); the Glass Man [Judson] (villain, auto man, introduction, death); Judson's gang (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Batman and Robin face a maniac that uses glass minatures to kill.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #28 (May-June 1947)

Keywords

Batmobile; Stevens Glass Works

[Batman #41] (Table of Contents: 62)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #41 (June-July 1947)

The Bird Cage Bandits! (Table of Contents: 63)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Hamilton ?

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #41 (June-July 1947)

The Bandits of Tiny Town! (Table of Contents: 64)

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

Script

Ed Hamilton ?

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Moose Miller (villain, introduction)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #41 (June-July 1947)

Indexer Notes

Possibly inspired by the 1938 movie The Terror of Tiny Town.

Batman, Interplanetary Policeman! (Table of Contents: 65)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox ?

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sax Gola (villain, a Martian, introduction)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #41 (June-July 1947)

[Detective Comics #124] (Table of Contents: 66)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #124 (June 1947)

Keywords

automatic pistols; giant props; music; sheet music

The Crime Parade (Table of Contents: 67)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; William River (diamond merchant); Horace Holly (millionaire hobbyist); The Joker (villain); Joker's gang (villains)

Synopsis

The Joker tests the wits of the Dynamic Duo with a crime spree, each day's caper based on the "Tune of the Day" on radio.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #124 (June 1947)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batplane; Gotham City

Indexer Notes

Splash page replicates the cover. Story later adapted as part of Batman vs. 3 Villains of Doom (Signet, 1966 series), a prose novel.

[Detective Comics #125] (Table of Contents: 68)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #125 (July 1947)

Keywords

bondage; executions; firing squads; prisons; rifles

The Citadel of Crime! (Table of Contents: 69)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Charles Paris; Ray Burnley (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

Betty Bentley

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Tom Horne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dan Briggs (ex-con, death); Tom Horne (ex-con); Smith (villain); The Thinker (villain, death)

Synopsis

Commissioner Gordon asks Batman to investigate when a series of cons are released from prison and suddenly disappear. The Caped Crusader discovers, after going undercover, that a criminal named the Thinker is gathering and using them to manufacture parts for equipment to be used by the underworld.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #125 (July 1947)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batkite; Batplane; Gotham City; utility belt

[World's Finest Comics #29] (Table of Contents: 70)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #29 (July-August 1947)

Indexer Notes

Penciler credit verified by Burnley. Inker credit by Craig Delich.

The Second Chance! (Table of Contents: 71)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed, see notes)

Inks

Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed, see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Martha; Ed Smith (introduction, death); Mary (Joel's 2nd love interest); Ed Smith (construction boss); Sally (Joel's love interest, introduction); Joel Benson [aka Jim Brown] (villain, night watchman at a museum, introduction); Chesty Murkel (villain, introduction); Slugs Hamer (villain, prisoner, introduction)

Synopsis

Joel Benson sits on death row, begging and pleading for a second chance to make his life count for something. Fate gives him that chance, but to little avail.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #29 (July-August 1947)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Daily Tribune; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Gotham Prison

Indexer Notes

Mortimer placed his last name on a sign in panel 5, page 2.

[Batman #42] (Table of Contents: 72)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #42 (August-September 1947)

Claws of the Catwoman! (Table of Contents: 73)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Charles Paris

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (villain)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #42 (August-September 1947)

Indexer Notes

Parallel story to Detective Comics #318.

Blind Man's Bluff! (Table of Contents: 74)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Charles Paris; Curt Swan (next to last panel last page only)

Inks

Charles Paris; Stan Kaye (next to last panel last page only)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dude Neery (villain, introduction); Dan Grady (introduction)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #42 (August-September 1947)

Indexer Notes

Art credits from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection lists Charles Paris as the sole artist for this story.

The Robot Robbers! (Table of Contents: 75)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Charles Paris

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Hercules (villain, introduction); Jawbone Bannon (villain, introduction); Whitey Drebs (villain, introduction); George "Four-Eyes" Foley (introduction, death)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #42 (August-September 1947)

[Detective Comics #126] (Table of Contents: 76)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #126 (August 1947)

Keywords

electric power lines; umbrellas

Case of the Silent Songbirds! (Table of Contents: 77)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jack Martini (singer); Tessa King [aka "The Canary"] (blues singer); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Penguin's gang [Mike; rest un-named] (villains); Throstle (villain, talk show host)

Synopsis

The Penguin invents a songbird society, then attempts to get famed singers to donate to its cause or risk losing their voices.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #126 (August 1947)

Keywords

Batmobile; Blue Heaven Sky Club; Canary Cage; Gotham City

[Detective Comics #127] (Table of Contents: 78)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Charles Paris

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Doctor Agar

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #127 (September 1947)

Keywords

giant figures; giant props; ink pens; telephones

Pigmies in Giantland! (Table of Contents: 79)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Charles Paris [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Charles Paris [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Ross (wealthy man); Mr. Martin (wealthy man); Doctor Agar (villain)

Synopsis

A crazed scientist says that he has created a shrinking gas, but when he is laughed at by a group of wealthy possible investors, he uses a giant-sized room at his home to convince skeptics they have been shrunk, then he extorts money out of them.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #127 (September 1947)

Keywords

Batmobile; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; National Bank of Gotham

[World's Finest Comics #30] (Table of Contents: 80)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #30 (September-October 1947)

The Penny Plunderers! (Table of Contents: 81)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; J. J. Withers (introduction); Joe Coyne (villain, introduction); Skinny (villain, introduction, death); Mike (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Throughout his life, Joe Coyne felt threatened, done in by pennies and coppers, so he decides to use the "copper penny" as a trademark of his crimes.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #30 (September-October 1947)

Keywords

Batplane; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Gotham News; utility belts

[Batman #43] (Table of Contents: 82)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #43 (October-November 1947)

The Blackbird of Banditry! (Table of Contents: 83)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin (villain)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #43 (October-November 1947)

Next Stop -- Danger! (Table of Contents: 84)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jim Brady (villain, introduction); Al Rorick (villain, introduction, death)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #43 (October-November 1947)

The Four Horsemen of Crime! (Table of Contents: 85)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Martin Bain (villain, introduction); Martin Bain's gang (villain, introduction for all)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #43 (October-November 1947)

[Detective Comics #128] (Table of Contents: 86)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #128 (October 1947)

Keywords

automatic pistols; banks; currency

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.

Crime in esreveR! (Table of Contents: 87)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Cooper [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; un-named prison Warden; Mr. Cartell (jewelry shop owner); Mrs. Tyler Vanderkill; The Joker (villain); Joker's gang (villains)

Synopsis

The Joker pulls a fast one on Batman and Robin, who have just jailed him: he vows to commit all of his crimes in reverse!

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #128 (October 1947)

Keywords

Batmobile; Cartell Diamonds; Cartell's Jewelry Shop; Gotham City; Gotham City Chronicle; Gotham News

[Detective Comics #129] (Table of Contents: 88)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Brcue Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #129 (November 1947)

Keywords

handcuffs; photographs

The Isle of Yesterday! (Table of Contents: 89)

Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Charles Paris; Ray Burnley (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

Betty Bentley

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Judge James Goodwin (owner of Goodwin Island); Mary Goodwin (the Judge's daughter); "Diamond Dan" Carson (villain); Carson's mob [Pinky; rest un-named] (villains)

Synopsis

After a gang of jewel thieves, Batman and Robin land on an island owned by a judge, who has, because of the death of one of his daughters, forbidden the existence of any modern devices on the island.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #129 (November 1947)

Keywords

Batplane; belt radio; Diamond Dan Cafe; Goodwin Island; Goodwinville; Gotham City; utility belts

Indexer Notes

Splash page replicates the cover.

[World's Finest Comics #31] (Table of Contents: 90)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #31 (November-December 1947)

The Man with the X-Ray Eyes! (Table of Contents: 91)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Paul Cooper [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Ann Marden (Eddie's girl, introduction); Eddie Brand (villain, introduction, reforms); Milt (villain, Eddie's agent, introduction)

Synopsis

A World War 2 ace gains x-ray vision after a plane crash and turns criminal, but is exonerated by a Grand Jury when they learn of the details of his accident.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #31 (November-December 1947)

Keywords

Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; The Gotham Globe

[Batman #44] (Table of Contents: 92)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #44 (December 1947-January 1948)

Gamble with Doom! (Table of Contents: 93)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain)

Synopsis

The Joker becomes passionate about gambling, but ordinary stakes won't satisfy him. The stakes with death to the loser involves Batman and Robin.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #44 (December 1947-January 1948)

Born for Adventure! (Table of Contents: 94)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Globetrotter (villain, introduction)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #44 (December 1947-January 1948)

The First American Detective! (Table of Contents: 95)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger ?

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Silas Wayne (Bruce Wayne's ancestor, introduction); Benjamin Franklin

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #44 (December 1947-January 1948)

[Detective Comics #130] (Table of Contents: 96)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #130 (December 1947)

Keywords

treasure chests

The Box! (Table of Contents: 97)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Briggs Carson (villain); "Highwire" Joe Foster (villain, death); Duds Deblin (villain, death); Roger Gormet (villain, death); Jenkins (villain, Gormet's butler); Snag Corlin (villain, death); The Avenger [Briggs Carson] [aka The Diamond King] (villain)

Synopsis

A mysterious box in Batman's Hall of Trophies tells the strange story of revenge by a man known as the Diamond King, whose son died at the hands of certain gangsters. When the evidence to prove their guilt was stolen and the men set free, the father uses the box to gain his revenge upon each of them.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #130 (December 1947)

Keywords

Batcave; Club Saturn; Gotham City; Hall of Trophies; The Stout Man's Shop

Indexer Notes

Splash page replicates the cover in reverse.

The figures of Batman and Robin on a motorcycle, from the cover of Batman #26 (Oct.-Nov. 1944), was re-drawn by Kane for use in panel 2 of page 9 of this story.

[Detective Comics #131] (Table of Contents: 98)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Trigger Joe Travers

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #131 (January 1948)

Keywords

automatic pistols; masks

The Underworld Surgeon! (Table of Contents: 99)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Patch Peters]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Steve Travers (plastic surgeon); Ann (Steve's sweetheart); Dugan (Policeman, death); "Trigger" Joe Travers (villain, Steve's brother, death); Big Mike Roper (villain); "Scarface" Dan Nolan [aka Dan Newell] (villain); Smoky (villain)

Synopsis

Steve Travers is in the uncomfortable position of owing a big debt to his criminal brother, repayment being in the form of giving felons new faces thru plastic surgery so they can't be arrested by the police.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #131 (January 1948)

Keywords

Batmobile; Celestial Silks Inc.; Gotham City

[World's Finest Comics #32] (Table of Contents: 100)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #32 (January-February 1948)

Keywords

funhouse mirrors

The Man Who Could Not Die! (Table of Contents: 101)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Paul Cooper [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Swami Elhamid (introduction); Lucky Starr [Joe Starr] (villain, introduction); Trigger (villain, introduction, death); Peteman Eddie (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

When Lucky Starr visits a swami, he is told that he was born under a lucky star and he will get a sign from the future. He does: a newspaper published one year in the future that tells when he dies, so Lucky decides to shoot the works and become Public Enemy Number One!

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #32 (January-February 1948)

Keywords

Batplane; Globe; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette

[Batman #45] (Table of Contents: 102)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #45 (February-March 1948)

The Lady Rogues! (Table of Contents: 103)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

Charles Paris

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Neil Weston (villain, introduction); The Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (villain)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #45 (February-March 1948)

A Parole for Christmas! (Table of Contents: 104)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Charles Paris

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Scarface Malone (villain, introduction); Eddie Rogers (villain, introduction)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #45 (February-March 1948)

The Match! (Table of Contents: 105)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Charles Paris

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Match (villain, introduction)

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #45 (February-March 1948)

[Detective Comics #132] (Table of Contents: 106)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Human Key [Paul Bodin]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #132 (February 1948)

Keywords

giant props; keys; padlocks

The Human Key! (Table of Contents: 107)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Human Key [Paul Bodin]; Sleepy (villain); Burly Graham (villain)

Synopsis

A master locksmith poses as a criminal in order to help the Caped Crusaders capture a notorious criminal and his gang.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #132 (February 1948)

Keywords

Atax Chemical Corporation; Gotham City

[Biographies] (Table of Contents: 108)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Kane; Win Mortimer

Inks

Ray Burnley; Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Indexer Notes

Biographies of the writers and artists who contributed to the stories in this collection. Includes illustrations from World's Finest Comics #30 "The Penny Plunderers!" and #24 "The Case of the Valuable Orphans!"

Complete Your Collection with These Other Classic Comics Omnibuses (Table of Contents: 109)

insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

Pencils

Darwyn Cooke; J. Bone

Inks

Darwyn Cooke; J. Bone

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]

Indexer Notes

Inside rear dust jacket listing of other Golden Age Omnibuses. Includes Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 4, Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5, Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1, and Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1.

[Back Cover] (Table of Contents: 110)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Sprang; Bob Kane

Inks

Dick Sprang; Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]

Indexer Notes

Back cover with text on contents of collection, includes illustrations from Detective Comics #128 Cover and #122 "The Black Cat Crimes!"

[Spine of Book] (Table of Contents: 111)

insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Indexer Notes

Title of book with illustration from World's Finest Comics #25 "The Famous First Crimes" and DC Circle and Serifs logo.