Batman: The Golden Age #6

([March] 2020)

[Title and Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Title page including writer and artist credits for stories in collection plus the cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

Indexer Notes

Indicia listing publisher credits

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

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[Detective Comics #82] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #82 (December 1943)

Keywords

automatic pistols; football

Quarterback of Crime! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Blackie Blondeen (villain); Glassjaw Greegan (villain); Curly (villain); Skeets (villain)

Synopsis

Several mobsters study the art of football, then begin working out "plays" that will help them commit crimes, and it's only with the aid of Alfred and his past football prowess that Batman and Robin round up the crooks.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #82 (December 1943)

Keywords

Gotham City; Jiffany's Jewelers; Warwick U.

[World's Finest Comics #12] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #12 (Winter 1943)

Keywords

Bat-iceboat

Alfred Gets His Man! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Slick Swade (villain, introduction); Squirrel (villain, introduction); Spud (villain, introduction); Topper (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

While shopping one day, Alfred accidentally overhears a mobster the Batman once put in jail attempt extortion on another criminal named Squirrel, so he gets involved in the apprehension of said villain and helps to recover a fortune in diamonds.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #12 (Winter 1943)

Keywords

Gotham City; Gotham City Gazette

[Detective Comics #83] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #83 (January 1944)

Keywords

flashlights; machine guns; safes

Accidentally on Purpose! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Henry Corliss (jewelry store owner); John Kling (stockbroker); Dr. Goodwin (villain); Biff Bannon [also called Biff Bannister] (villain, gang boss)

Synopsis

Endeavoring to lose some weight, Alfred goes on an exercise program at an out of the way place in the country. While he is gone, the Caped Crusaders face an evil doctor, who uses a certain potion that allows him to control the actions of people and, in the end, are saved by a mysterious "thin man" who knows their secret identities.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #83 (January 1944)

Keywords

Bat Cave; Batmobile; Batplane (mention only); Gotham City; Kling & Huggins Storckbrokers

[Batman #21] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #21 (February-March 1944)

The Streamlined Rustlers! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sheriff Colt; Mr. Kraft (cattleman); Mr. Cotter (owner of the CO Ranch); Mr. Brule (villain, owner of the Double Bar S and Three Arrow Circle Ranches, introduction, death)

Synopsis

Batman and Robin head west to see if they can stem the tide of cattle rustling, which has been caused by war-time rationing, and is the source of black market beef.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #21 (February-March 1944)

Keywords

Batplane; Gotham City; silken rope

Blitzkrieg Bandits! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hannibal Boneparte Brown (military science expert, introduction); Mr. Dodge (millionaire recluse); Chopper Gant (villain, introduction); Gant's mob (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

The Caped Crusaders must stop a criminal mastermind who uses a genius in military science to actually plan crimes for gems and other loot, thinking the crook is writing a series of newspaper articles on him.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #21 (February-March 1944)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batplane; Gotham City

His Lordship's Double! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. and Mrs. C.L.J. Carruthers; Lord David Hurley Burleigh (British socialite, botanist, introduction); Stevens [also as Lord Burleigh] (villain, Burleigh's butler, introduction); Steven's gang (villains, introduction forall)

Synopsis

The Caped Crusaders have to outwit a criminal element which targets a Lord Burleigh, a man who has come to America to interest an American oil company in his discovery of a cheaper process for obtaining rubber from petroleum.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #21 (February-March 1944)

Keywords

Gotham City

The Three Eccentrics! (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Joseph Greene

Pencils

Ed Kressy (layouts); Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ebenezer Flint (millionaire); Gladys Puffe (wealthy socialite); John White (operator of Hilltop Castle); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Sam Chizzell (villain)

Synopsis

Batman must outwit the Penguin, who has invented a small motion picture camera with telescopic lenses, which is precise enough to see combinations to wall safes as they are being opened.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #21 (February-March 1944)

Keywords

Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City; Gotham City Star

Indexer Notes

Art credit from GCD index for original issue based on info from Dick Sprang. The table of contents for this collection credits Dick Sprang as the sole artist for this story.

[Detective Comics #84] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Sprang

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #84 (February 1944)

Keywords

automatic pistols; effigies; machine guns

Artists in Villainy (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Mort Weisinger

Pencils

Ed Kressy (layouts); Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Sprang

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; un-named Police Captain; Ivan Krafft (villain); Krafft's gang [Burchall; Scarface; Dicer; Mike (death)] (villains); Trigger Stepke (villain, mention only)

Synopsis

The Dynamic Duo must stop Ivan Krafft, who has developed a "school", under the cover of a gentleman's sporting club, to train criminals on successful crime techniques then send them out on lucrative criminal endeavors.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #84 (February 1944)

Keywords

Batplane; Gotham City; Gotham City Press; Happy Valley Gentlemen's Sporting Club

Indexer Notes

Art credit from GCD index for original issue based on info from Dick Sprang. The table of contents for this collection credits Dick Sprang as the sole artist for this story.

[Detective Comics #85] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker; The Joker's Double [Mr. Hart]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #85 (March 1944)

Keywords

automatic pistols; bondage; clubs; doppelgangers

The Joker's Double... (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Ed Kressy (layouts); Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Sprang

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Card Club [J. J. Thompson (factory President, death); Carl Dickens (Associated Banking Company President, death); Mr. Harris; Mr. Hart]; The Joker (villain); The Joker's Double [Mr. Hart] (villain); Muggs McKann (villain, second-story man, image only)

Synopsis

Four members of a famed Card Club become the targets for the Prince of Guffaws, but Batman and Robin discover that the Joker didn't commit the crimes, and attempt to track down the real culprit.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #85 (March 1944)

Keywords

Batmobile; Batplane; Card Club; Gotham City; Harris Curios

Indexer Notes

Art credit from GCD index for original issue based on info from Dick Sprang. The table of contents for this collection credits Dick Sprang as the sole artist for this story.

[World's Finest Comics #13] (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #13 (Spring 1944)

The Curse of Isis! (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

George Roussos; Ray Burnley (backgrounds)

Colors

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Letters

Betty Bentley

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mike; Jack; Swami Pravhor (villain, introduction); Gouger (villain, introduction); Sam (villain, introduction); Muggsy (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

A mysterious swami uses the threat of a false curse to try and obtain some rabbit's foot lucky charms from some sailors that he had secretly planted a fortune in diamonds in.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #13 (Spring 1944)

Keywords

Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Gotham News

[Batman #22] (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #22 (April-May 1944)

The Duped Domestics! (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth [also as Batman]; Commissioner James Gordon; Bottom (Van Houten's butler); The Catwoman [Selina Kyle] [also as Belinda, a maid] (villain)

Synopsis

Alfred is in love, and to impress the fair maid he has designs on, he poses as the Batman, unaware that his "girl" is actually the Catwoman in disguise!

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #22 (April-May 1944)

Keywords

Batmobile; Gotham City

Dick Grayson, Telegraph Boy! (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Hendricks (astronomer); Mike Optik (villain, introduction); the Ghost Gang [Deafy; Egghead] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

A cleaver gangster and his gang use a powerful telescope to look in on various places of interest, like banks and museums, and discover which places they can carry out profitable heists.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #22 (April-May 1944)

Keywords

Acorn Exchange Bank; Batmobile; Gotham City

Conversational Clue! (Table of Contents: 24)

The Adventures of Alfred / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Mort Weisinger

Pencils

Jerry Robinson

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Professor Dyke (villain, introduction); Butch (villain)

Synopsis

Overhearing an accidential conversation in the library, Alfred decides to follow it up and it leads him into a life and death situation for him unless he can put the practices into play that he has learned from Batman.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #22 (April-May 1944)

Keywords

Gotham City

Indexer Notes

1st Alfred solo story.

The Cavalier Rides Again! (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jan Meerbrandt; The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake](villain)

Synopsis

The Cavalier, still smarting from his previous encounter with the Caped Crusaders, taunts his foes once more as he seeks to add the Meerbrandt model of the Magi Diamond to his "Chamber of Prizes."

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #22 (April-May 1944)

Keywords

Gotham City

[Detective Comics #86] (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #86 (April 1944)

Keywords

automatic pistols; deerstalker hats; footprints; magnifying glasses

Danger Strikes Three! (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Gentleman Jim Jowell (villain); Herman (villain); Tapper (villain)

Synopsis

When Alfred hears a radio report that Robin has been captured by a gang of thieves, he decides to use his detective prowess to track the Boy Wonder down and rescue him even though Bruce Wayne has warned him never to go out on a case alone.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #86 (April 1944)

Keywords

Batplane; Gotham City; miniature laboratory; miniature tool kit; utility belt

[Detective Comics #87] (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #87 (May 1944)

Keywords

penguins

The Man of a Thousand Umbrellas (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Script

Joseph Greene

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Sprang

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mrs. Van Voort (cameo); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] [also as Mr. Feather] [also as P. N. Quinn] (villain); Penguin's gang (villains)

Synopsis

Bruce and Dick disguise themselves as umbrella repairmen in order to get the Penguin to surface, but when he does, he has a surprise in store for the Caped Duo. He then buys an umbrella shop and does his own repairs, placing radio devices into umbrellas in order to direct his men on jobs.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #87 (May 1944)

Keywords

Batmobile; Gotham City; utility belt

[Batman #23] (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #23 (June-July 1944)

The Upside Down Crimes! (Table of Contents: 31)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Gene McDonald

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Leegaf (Hindu Prince); Mrs. Van Sneed [also as Greta Garbo]; Nan Winslow [also as Katharine Hepburn]; Miss Latham [also as Ginger Rogers]; ? [also as Charlie Chaplin]; ? [also as Shirley Temple]; The Joker (villain); Muggsy Mulligan (villain); Snipes (villain)

Synopsis

Batman and Robin must stop the Joker's mad schemes, as he commits several "up-side down crimes" that leave the Caped Crusaders literally standing on their heads.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #23 (June-July 1944)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batplane; belt radio; Gotham City; U.S.O.; utility belt

Damsel in Distress! (Table of Contents: 32)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Marjory Davenport (Dick's love interest, introduction); Dr. Davenport (Marjory's father, introduction); Bugs Conklin (villain, introduction); Jitters (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Dick's crush on a girl leads him and the Batman into a case involving kidnapping and murder.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #23 (June-July 1944)

Keywords

Gotham City; Ye Olde Gem Shoppe

Borrowed Butler! (Table of Contents: 33)

The Adventures of Alfred / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jerry Robinson (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (signed as Bob Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Mrs. Van Upsitart (Bruce's neighbor); Oswald (Mrs. Van Upsitart's cousin); Mr. Piper (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Bruce hires out Alfred to a neighbor who is having week-end guests, and whose butler is sick. Alfred's blind luck allows him to solve yet another case involving an "inside job" at the Upsitart residence.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #23 (June-July 1944)

Pelt Plunderers! (Table of Contents: 34)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Skinner Short (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Batman and Robin head up into the frozen north to assist the Royal Canadian Mounted Police stop a gang of thieves who plunder beaver pelts trapped by locals and who then sell them for big profits, which they plan to spend back in the States.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #23 (June-July 1944)

Keywords

Batpoon; Gotham City; Northwest Territories

Indexer Notes

Script credit from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection credits Joe Samachson as the writer of this story.

This story was one of the special "Police Division" stories featured in Batman.

[Detective Comics #88] (Table of Contents: 35)

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

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Big-Hearted John

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #88 (June 1944)

Keywords

giant figures; seesaws

The Merchants of Misery! (Table of Contents: 36)

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

Script

Joseph Greene

Pencils

Ed Kressy (layouts); Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Sprang

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kelly (candy store owner, death); George Simpson; Mary Simpson; Big-Hearted John (villain, death)

Synopsis

Bruce and Dick go undercover to get the goods on a loan shark who gladly makes loans to people down and out on their luck. But the loans have huge interest rates attached to them, and if the borrower refuses to pay those rates, they are eliminated.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #88 (June 1944)

Keywords

Gotham City; Gotham City Gazette; J & J Construction Company

Indexer Notes

Art credit from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection credits Dick Sprang as the sole artist for this story.

[Detective Comics #89] (Table of Contents: 37)

Batman; Robin / 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 Cavalier [Mortimer Drake]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #89 (July 1944)

Keywords

horseshoe magnets; swords

Laboratory Loot! (Table of Contents: 38)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Helmar Helstrom (inventor); The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake] (villain, identity revealed); Stinger Sloane (villain); Sloane's gang (villains)

Synopsis

The theft of a secret typewriter, valueless except to the inventor, leads the Batman and Robin to discover the true identity of the Cavalier.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #89 (July 1944)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Gotham City

Indexer Notes

The Cavalier notifies Batman at the end of the story that he is going to adopt a new identity to replace that of Mortimer Drake.

[World's Finest Comics #14] (Table of Contents: 39)

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

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #14 (Summer 1944)

Keywords

swimming

Salvage Scavengers! (Table of Contents: 40)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jerry Robinson (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Chipps (introduction, fisherman); Captain Moss (introduction); Jib Buckler (villain, ex-con, introduction, death)

Synopsis

Mysterious boat sinkings and explosions, used to cover those explosions, lead the Dynamic Duo into a case involving deep sea salvaging.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #14 (Summer 1944)

Keywords

Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City

[Batman #24] (Table of Contents: 41)

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

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #24 (August-September 1944)

It Happened in Rome (Table of Contents: 42)

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

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Gito]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols (introduction); the Jester (a Roman clown, introduction); Gito (Roman charioteer); Calvus (Roman gladiator); Publius Malchio (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Bruce Wayne is sent back to the time of the ancient Romans and runs afoul of a high official as Batman, so Robin must also make the journey back to help the Caped Crusader get out of the jam he is in.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #24 (August-September 1944)

Keywords

Gotham City; Rome; slingshot; wireless radio

Indexer Notes

1st time-travel story.

Convict Cargo! (Table of Contents: 43)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Sam Caldwin (villain, banker); Caldwin's thugs (villains)

Synopsis

Bruce Wayne allows himself to come under investigation by the District Attorney for juggling the books in order to ferret out a clever gang that, for a price, makes wealthy suspicious men like Wayne to "disappear" from prosecution.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #24 (August-September 1944)

Keywords

Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City

Police Line-Up! (Table of Contents: 44)

The Adventures of Alfred / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron ?; Joe Samachson ?

Pencils

Jerry Robinson (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (signed as Bob Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Alfred Pennyworth; un-named Police Detective; Cincinnati Red (villain); Toots Rollston (villain, larcenist); Ronnie the Rat (villain); Pokerface (villain, gambler); Lop-Ear (villain, burgular)

Synopsis

Alfred attends a Police line-up in order to sharpen his visual recognition skills, something that nearly backfires on him.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #24 (August-September 1944)

Keywords

Gotham City

Indexer Notes

Script credit from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection credits Don Cameron as the writer of this story.

The Mayors of Yonville! (Table of Contents: 45)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tweedledum [Deever Tweed] (villain); Tweedledee [Dumfree Tweed] (villain); Louie (villain); Spike (villain)

Synopsis

The Caped Crusaders must save the people of Yonville from a gold swindle, but they have to break out of jail to accomplish it!

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #24 (August-September 1944)

Keywords

Globe; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Yonville

[Detective Comics #90] (Table of Contents: 46)

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

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #90 (August 1944)

Keywords

speedboats

Crime between the Acts! (Table of Contents: 47)

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

Script

Joseph Greene

Pencils

Ed Kressy (layouts); Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Sprang

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Captain Ben (villain); Ben's gang (villains)

Synopsis

The Caped Crusaders see a connection between the arrival of a showboat and its performers and a series of crimes that occur in that town while the ship is docked.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #90 (August 1944)

Keywords

Batplane; Gotham City; The Mississippi Mermaid

Indexer Notes

Art credit from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection credits Dick Sprang as the sole artist for this story.

Story prepared earlier (circa 1941) and held in inventory in case Bob Kane was drafted.

[Detective Comics #91] (Table of Contents: 48)

Batman; Robin / 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) #91 (September 1944)

Keywords

banana peels; fire hydrants; practical jokes; ropes

The Case of the Practical Joker (Table of Contents: 49)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Sprang

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as a prison guard]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain)

Synopsis

While in prison, the Joker becomes the butt of practical jokes played against him, so he threatens to escape and steal an entire city in retaliation.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #91 (September 1944)

Keywords

Gotham City; Gotham Daily

[Batman #25] (Table of Contents: 50)

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

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #25 (October-November 1944)

Knights of Knavery (Table of Contents: 51)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mrs. Van Landorpf; The Joker (villain); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Penguin's gang (villains); Joker's gang (villains)

Synopsis

Batman's attempt to set a trap to catch the Penguin and the Joker backfires and the two criminals form a partnership to commit crimes and outwit the Caped Crusaders.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #25 (October-November 1944)

Keywords

Batmobile; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Gotham News

Indexer Notes

This was the first team up of the Joker and Penguin.

The Sheik of Gotham City! (Table of Contents: 52)

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

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Ali Ka-Bada (wise man, introduction); Sheik Sidi Ben Hassen (tribal Sheik, cab driver, introduction); Omar El Kobra (villain, Sheik, introduction); El Kobra's henchmen, introduction)

Synopsis

An evil, former Sheik in Bagdad (sic) learns that the true Sheik, once thought dead, is alive and well, living in exile in Gotham City as a cab driver, so he travels to Gotham to find this man and kill him. But when the real Sheik is injured and taken to a hospital, Batman takes over driving the man's cab in disguise and is taken prisoner by the evil Omar El Kobra, who believes Bruce Wayne to be the man they are after.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #25 (October-November 1944)

Keywords

Batmobile; Evening News; Gotham City

The Mesmerized Manhunter! (Table of Contents: 53)

The Adventures of Alfred / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Jerry Robinson

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Alfred Pennyworth; The Amazing Mazzo (introduction); Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Sleepy Slim Larson (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Alfred decides to go to the theatre one night to use his detective skills to expose the tricks of a stage magician, and ends up capturing a thief who stole the box office receipts while being hypnotized!

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #25 (October-November 1944)

Keywords

Gotham City

The Kilowatt Cowboys! (Table of Contents: 54)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Crane (representative of the Rocky Dam and Light Power Company); Jack (power company employee); Alex (power company employee); Matty Coyle [also as Alec] (villain, lineman, introduction, death)

Synopsis

The Caped Crusaders are sent to investigate the thefts of valuable copper wire from the Rocky Dam Light and Power Company, which is erecting a power cable into a new territory.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #25 (October-November 1944)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Gotham City

[Detective Comics #92] (Table of Contents: 55)

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

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #92 (October 1944)

Keywords

automatic pistols; fire escapes

Crime's Manhunt (Table of Contents: 56)

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

Script

Joseph Greene

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Sprang

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Carter Van Alt; Wally Henchell (gossip broadcaster); Brainy Bulow (villain); Bobo Nelson (villain); "Twisty" Herman (villain); Sam Azarra (villain); Slug (villain); Heiny Dipp (villain); Nick Rossi (villain); Slim (villain)

Synopsis

A group of crooks, led by Brainy Bulow, are down on their luck and worried that they can't make an honest dollar. Then they notice a "Wanted" poster, and decide to go into an honest business for once: rounding up wanted felons and cashing in on their rewards!

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #92 (October 1944)

Keywords

Gotham City; The News

Complete Your Collection with These Other Golden and Silver Age Trade Paperbacks (Table of Contents: 57) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 4 pages (report information)

The Classic Adventures of Batman and Robin Continue Here! (Table of Contents: 58)

Batman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Sprang; various

Inks

Gene McDonald; various

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Indexer Notes

Back cover with text on the contents of this issue, includes an illustration from Batman #23 "The Upside Down Crimes!", and small reproductions of the covers of Detective Comics #82-92, Batman #21-25, and World's Finest Comics #13-14.