Batman #8

(December 1941-January 1942)

Another Message to Our Readers (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Feature Logo

Batman with Robin

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Paul "Killer" Sikes]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Warden Higgins; Russo's lawyer; Big Mike Russo (villain, introduction); Al [as Warden Higgins] (villain); Trigger Sherman (villain)

Synopsis

From prison, Big Mike Russo is able to have his gang kidnap the warden, replace him and the guards with a look alike, then use the prison as a base of operations to commit crimes while providing alibis to those committing them! Batman figures that the only way to uncover this scenario is to get put in prison himself, a move that almost costs him his life in the gas chamber!

Reprints

• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 ([April] 1995)
• in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #5 ([June] 2008)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #2 ([October] 2016)
• in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #3 ([October] 2017)

Keywords

belt radio; Daily Star; Gotham City

Indexer Notes

Inker verified by Jerry Robinson, background inker and lettering verified by George Roussos.

The Winning Team! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Detective Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Superman Is in the Movies! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Rescue Mission (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

John Hilton (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This was the first day in three rain hadn't hampered the search.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Bob Crane; Dr. Scott; Ransom

Synopsis

Bob Crane is sent on a search and rescue mission to find Dr. Scott and his party.

Keywords

Amaprano (volcano); Death Jungle

The Strange Case of Professor Radium! (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Feature Logo

Batman with Robin

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed Coroner; Johnston (Ross' assistant, introduction, death); Mary Lamont (Ross's fiance, introduction, death); Mary's Maid (introduction); Professor Radium [Professor Henry Ross] (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

A scientist finds a way to use radium to bring the dead back to life, and he uses himself as a guinea pig. Although the experiments are successful, the Professor pays dearly for his discovery, for, in the end, as Batman says, it has created a Frankenstein monster when it was only meant for good.

Reprints

• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 ([April] 1995)
• in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #5 ([June] 2008)
• in Batman: The War Years 1939-1945 (Chartwell Books, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #2 ([October] 2016)
• in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #3 ([October] 2017)

Keywords

Volitell

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, inker credits verified by Jerry Robinson, and background inks and lettering verified by George Roussos.

Batman faced Professor Radium in the Batman daily newspaper strip September 23, 1946 - November 2, 1946. It was written by Bill Finger, penciled by Bob Kane, inked by Charles Paris, and lettered by Ira Schnapp.

Out in Front! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Star Spangled Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tonight's big drawing... lottum dough at stake!

Genre

humor

Characters

Chief Hot Foot

The Superstition Murders! (Table of Contents: 10)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Feature Logo

Batman with Robin

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Banks (writer); Fred Brooks (show financer, death); Miss Francine (death); Paul Mett; Johnny Glim (villain, play author, introduction)

Synopsis

The cast of a stage production decides to have a "superstition" party, intentionally carrying out every well-known superstition they can think of. But when one of them is killed, Batman and Robin enter the fray to single out the perpetrator of the deed.

Reprints

• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 ([April] 1995)
• in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #5 ([June] 2008)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #2 ([October] 2016)
• in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #3 ([October] 2017)

Keywords

Daily Ray

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, inker credit verified by Jerry Robinson, and background and lettering credits verified by George Roussos.

The "Big Six" Now Becomes the "Big Seven" (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Pokey Beezer / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Gallagher ?

Inks

Joe Gallagher ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello, Chief! What's cooking?

Genre

humor

Characters

Pokey Beezer

Action Stuff (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Eric Carter (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Johnny Shean put down his megaphone and signaled the...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Johnny Shean; Ben Boyd; Willie Evans; Police Chief Weber

Keywords

Winawasha Moviemakers Club

The Cross Country Crimes! (Table of Contents: 14)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Feature Logo

Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as I. Namtab]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; G. Henry Mover (F.B.I. head); John (play writer); The Joker (villain)

Synopsis

The Caped Crusaders are invited to Washington D.C. to meet with the head of the FBI, but the Joker shows up and shoots the G-Man. Then he heads out cross country to commit crimes, challenging the Batman to catch up with him.

Reprints

• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-37 (August-September 1975)
• in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 ([April] 1995)
• in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #5 ([June] 2008)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #2 ([October] 2016)
• in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #3 ([October] 2017)
• in The Joker: His Greatest Jokes (DC, 2019 series) ([November] 2019)

Keywords

Delaware; Kansas; New Jersey; Ohio; Rhode Island; Washington D.C.

Indexer Notes

Inker credits confirmed by Jerry Robinson, background inker and letterer credits verified by George Roussos.

Choose Your Prize (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

American Specialty Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Metro Publications / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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