Batman
#32
(December 1945-January 1946)
DC,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1945-10-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of October 10 in ad in Sensation Comics #48.
The Three Musketeers!
Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; D'Artagnan
- Reprints
-
in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #8 ([March] 2013) - in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #4 (2017 [January 2018])
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Dick Sprang. Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Rackety-Rax Racket!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Don C. Cameron
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Pat Gordon ?
- Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); Aces (villain)
- Synopsis
- A series of college fraternity initiation rites are used by the Crime Clown to further enhance his own wealth, using Robin himself to carry them out.
- Reprints
- in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #257 (July-August 1974)
-
in Giant Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1962 series) #31 (1975) - in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #8 ([March] 2013)
- in The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2014 series) ([September] 2014)
- in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #4 (2017 [January 2018])
-
- Keywords
- Eta Beta Pi Fraternity; Gotham City; Gotham City Gazette
Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.
[no title indexed]
Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll have to hang up, dear...
- Genre
- humor; military
[no title indexed]
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Inks
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm the little shrimp you kept on the bench last season...
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Keywords
- football
Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (origin re-told); Dick's mother; Dick's father; Haly (circus owner); Commissioner James Gordon; Harry (cabdriver); Myrtle (Harry's wife, unseen); Boss Zucco (villain); Stick-Up Sidney (villain, introduction)
- Reprints
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #8 ([March] 2013)
- in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #4 (2017 [January 2018])
-
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City
Indexer Notes
Story takes place just after Detective Comics #38.
Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.
Return to the Crime
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Mal Parton (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Oh, with a song in my heart," sang Willie...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Willie Whisper; Soup; Knucks; Mrs. Van Vleet
- Keywords
- Bison City
Indexer Notes
This text story is NOT found in the Archives edition.
[no title indexed]
Jasper / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can't seem to budge this damper...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jasper
Indexer Notes
This sequence is NOT found in the Archives edition.
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello Pete! How are the apples today?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop; Pete
Indexer Notes
This sequence is NOT found in the Archives edition.
In the Soup!
The Adventures of Alfred / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Don C. Cameron ?; Joe Samachson ?
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Alfred Pennyworth; Chumley (a dog); un-named criminal gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- At the request of one of Bruce Wayne's friends, Alfred is loaned out...to walk the lady's dog of all things. However, while doing this menial chore, the brave butler stumbles upon a case that will test his detective abilities...a case involving giant turtles.
- Reprints
- in The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #6 (July-August 1976)
-
in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #89 (1977) -
in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #5/1977 ([april] 1977) -
in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #5/1977 ([mai] 1977) - in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #8 ([March] 2013)
- in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #4 (2017 [January 2018])
-
- Keywords
- Gotham City; Sambell's Special Soups
Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
All for One, One for All!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Time marches backward - and once again...
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne[ [also as D'Artagnan]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; D'Artagnan; the Three Musketeers [Athos; Portos; Aramis]; Lady Constance; Duke of Buckingham; Milady (villain Richelieu's agent, introduction); Cardinal Richelieu (villain, no real appearance)
- Reprints
- in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #8 ([March] 2013)
- in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #4 (2017 [January 2018])
-
- Keywords
- Gotham City; Paris
Indexer Notes
Time-travel story, based on Dumas's characters in "The Three Musketeers".
Script credit by Martin O'Hearn. Art and letterer credits verified by Dick Sprang.
[no title indexed]
Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- His marvelous magnetic powers save the town...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Volto; Jimmy
- Synopsis
- Volto saves a town from a flaming meteor.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Three Musketeers!
Batman and Robin -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
C Is for Cat
-
3.
Rackety-Rax Racket!
Batman and Robin -
4.
["I'll have to hang up, dear..."]
Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries -
5.
["I'm the little shrimp you kept on the bench last season..."]
Wheaties -
6.
Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder!
Batman and Robin -
7.
Return to the Crime
-
8.
["Can't seem to budge this damper..."]
Jasper -
9.
["Hello Pete! How are the apples today?"]
Casey the Cop -
10.
[no title indexed]
History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
11.
In the Soup!
The Adventures of Alfred -
12.
Bronko Nagurski
Wheaties -
13.
All for One, One for All!
Batman and Robin -
14.
["His marvelous magnetic powers save the town..."]
Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars -
15.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles -
16.
Surging Energy
Baby Ruth
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- Craig Delich
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- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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