- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer; Bob Kane
- Inks
- Win Mortimer; Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Duds Deblin
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!"
- 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
Title page includes illustrations from Detective Comics #128 "Crime in esreveR!", #118 "The Royal Flush Crimes!", #130 "The Box!", and #113 Cover.
- Pencils
- Paul Cooper; Bob Kane; Jim Mooney
- Inks
- Ray Burnley; Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
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!".
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson; Jack Burnley; Paul Cooper
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; Charles Paris; Ray Burnley
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
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!".
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson; Paul Cooper
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson; Ray Burnley
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Alfred; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Joker
Table of contents, includes illustrations from Batman #36 "Elusive London Eddie!" and Detective Comics #128 "Crime in esreveR!"
- 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]
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!"
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Dick Sprang
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automatic pistols; belaying pins; sailing ships
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Gotham City
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed) (see notes)
- Inks
- Win Mortimer (ghosted for 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
- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; Dustin Flour Mill; Gotham City; Gotham City Gazette
Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk, but it's not in his pay records.
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Dick Sprang
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Script
- Al Schwartz
- Pencils
- Paul Cooper (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; Gotham City; The Nest; Wayne Mansion
- Script
- Don C. Cameron
- Pencils
- Paul Cooper (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Batplane; Gila Gorge Dam; Gotham City; Jack of Diamonds Club; Los Angeles Echo
- Script
- ?
- 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
- Keywords
- Gotham City; Trafalgar Inn; Wayne Mansion
Last Alfred story.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Paul Cooper (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Camelot; Gotham City; Lyonesse; radio-belt
Batman's nickname in the story means "The Bold Black Knight."
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
- Reprints
- Script
- Don C. Cameron
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Win Mortimer (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Courier Star; Daily Express; Daily Spectator; Daily Star; Daily Telegram; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Post Journal; Times Dispatch; World Examiner
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ray Arliss
- Reprints
- Keywords
- glass walls; telephones; tobacco pipes
- Script
- Don C. Cameron
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Win Mortimer (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Arliss & Grimes Architects; Weekly Gazette
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Win Mortimer (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City; Gotham Orphan Home For Boys; K. Gray Toy Shop; Mills Hardware
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Joker-Mobile; Joker-Plane; Joker-Signal
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Gotham City; Gotham Hospital; utility belt
- 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
- Keywords
- Batplane; Gotham City; Mammoth Pictures
- 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
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Batplane; Daily Globe; Gorgon Museum; Gotham City; Joker Signal; Joker-Gyro; Joker-Mobile; Wayne Mansion
The splash page almost replicates the cover in reverse.
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Robin Hood; Friar Tuck
- Reprints
- Keywords
- archery; arrows; bows; monks; targets; tonsures
- 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
- Keywords
- belt radio; Sherwood Forest; time-travel
The splash page somewhat replicates the cover.
- Pencils
- Paul Cooper
- Inks
- Ray Burnley
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automatic pistols; bondage
- Script
- Don C. Cameron
- Pencils
- Paul Cooper (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Batmobile; belt radio; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Skyline Steeplejack Company
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Script
- Don C. Cameron
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Aeraquamobile; Batplane; Gotham City; The Gotham Sun
The Batplane changes into the Bat-Sub in this story.
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Dick Sprang
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
- Reprints
- 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
- 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
This is a sequel to the story found in Detective Comics #42.
- 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
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Dick Sprang
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automatic pistols; giant props; machine guns; playing cards
- Script
- Al Schwartz
- Pencils
- Howard Sherman (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Howard Sherman (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Diamond X Dude Ranch; Gotham City; Gotham Sun; The Gotham Sun
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- snow; snowballs; snowmen; winter
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; Batplane; Capitol; Daily Gazette; Gotham City; National Art Gallery; Washinton D.C.
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- 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
- Keywords
- Batplane; Gotham City; Jones Chinaware Company; Valonia
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- birdcages
- 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
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette
A rare example where Kane did the Batman and Robin figure layouts, pencils finished by Mortimer.
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automatic pistols; slingshots
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Howard Sherman (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Howard Sherman (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; Gotham City; Plastico Inc.
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Script
- Bill Finger ?
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Jim Mooney (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Gotham City; Gotham Gazette
Batman fires a gun in this story.
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
- Reprints
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Catwoman [Selina Kyle]
- Reprints
- 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
- Keywords
- Batmobile; belt radio; Gotham City; Kitty Car; Statue of Liberty
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.
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- machine guns; manhole covers
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Paul Cooper (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; Batplane; Dawn Patrol; Gotham City
- 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
- Script
- Bill Finger ?
- Pencils
- Paul Cooper (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Stevens Glass Works
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney
- Inks
- Jim Mooney
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Script
- Edmond 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
- Script
- Edmond 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
Possibly inspired by the 1938 movie The Terror of Tiny Town.
- 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
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automatic pistols; giant props; music; sheet music
- 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
- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; Batplane; Gotham City
Splash page replicates the cover. Story later adapted as part of Batman vs. 3 Villains of Doom (Signet, 1966 series), a prose novel.
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bondage; executions; firing squads; prisons; rifles
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; Batkite; Batplane; Gotham City; utility belt
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
Penciler credit verified by Burnley. Inker credit by Craig Delich.
- Script
- Don C. Cameron
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed) (see notes)
- Inks
- Win Mortimer (ghosted for 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
- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Daily Tribune; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Gotham Prison
Mortimer placed his last name on a sign in panel 5, page 2.
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]
- Reprints
- 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
Parallel story to Detective Comics #318.
- 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
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.
- 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
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- electric power lines; umbrellas
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Blue Heaven Sky Club; Canary Cage; Gotham City
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Charles Paris
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Doctor Agar
- Reprints
- Keywords
- giant figures; giant props; ink pens; telephones
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Charles Paris (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Charles Paris (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; National Bank of Gotham
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- 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
- Keywords
- Batplane; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Gotham News; utility belts
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney
- Inks
- Ray Burnley
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
- Reprints
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Dick Sprang
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automatic pistols; banks; currency
Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Paul Cooper (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Cartell Diamonds; Cartell's Jewelry Shop; Gotham City; Gotham City Chronicle; Gotham News
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Brcue Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- handcuffs; photographs
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Batplane; belt radio; Diamond Dan Cafe; Goodwin Island; Goodwinville; Gotham City; utility belts
Splash page replicates the cover.
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Script
- Don C. Cameron
- Pencils
- Paul Cooper (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; The Gotham Globe
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Jim Mooney (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- treasure chests
- 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
- Keywords
- Batcave; Club Saturn; Gotham City; Hall of Trophies; The Stout Man's Shop
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.
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Trigger Joe Travers
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automatic pistols; masks
- 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
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Celestial Silks Inc.; Gotham City
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- funhouse mirrors
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Paul Cooper (ghosted for Bob Kane) (signed as Bob Kane)
- 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
- Keywords
- Batplane; Globe; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Human Key [Paul Bodin]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- giant props; keys; padlocks
- 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
- Keywords
- Atax Chemical Corporation; Gotham City
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Kane; Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Ray Burnley; Win Mortimer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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!"
- 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]
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.
- 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]
Back cover with text on contents of collection, includes illustrations from Detective Comics #128 Cover and #122 "The Black Cat Crimes!"
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Howard Sherman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Title of book with illustration from World's Finest Comics #25 "The Famous First Crimes" and DC Circle and Serifs logo.