Batman #34

(April-May 1946)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

G Is for Gazelle (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

The Marathon of Menace! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

George Roussos ?

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Feature Logo

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

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Marty Steele [aka John Doe] (race car driver); Roy Damon (blind scientist); Glenda West (Kale's niece); George Kale [aka Kayle] (villain, President of Lightning Motors, introduction)

Synopsis

Racer Marty Steele is banned from racing when doctors discover he has a bad heart. But he has plans to compete anyway under another name, whilst his erstwhile opponent is a blind scientist. The prize for the winner is $250,000, a sum that Roy Damon hopes to take home in order to allow others who are blind to build new and better lives for themselves.

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

Batman's laboratory; Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City; Gotham City Star; Grand Canyon; Lightning Motors Inc.; Mount Rushmore; Planet; San Francisco; the Batboat; The Pathfinder

Indexer Notes

On his personal production log sheet for 1945, Dick Sprang recorded that he delivered this story’s pages in pencil, and he verified that credit. Craig Delich, after careful investigation of the art, believes that Roussos was the inker for this story.

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Willie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Phil Berube (signed)

Pencils

Phil Berube (signed)

Inks

Phil Berube (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Phil Berube (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I see all the games...

Genre

humor

Characters

Willie

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

This sequence is NOT found in the Archive edition.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Ally Babble and the Four Tea Leaves! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

George Roussos ?

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Feature Logo

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

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ally Babble; Madame Patio (fortune teller, introduction); Chissum (President of a bond company, introduction); Doctor Peters (introduction); Newsie Newts (villain)

Synopsis

Ally visits Madame Patio for a free tea leaf reading and explains to him the meaning of the four tea leaves of fate: money, a girl, a ship's deck, and happy faces. By a quirk of fate, these all come true, but not the way Ally imagined.

Reprints

• in O Guri Comico (O Cruzeiro, 1940 series) #168 (maio 15 1947)
• 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; Madam Patio's Gypsy Tea Room

Indexer Notes

On his personal production log sheet for 1945, Dick Sprang recorded that he delivered this story’s pages in pencil, and also verified his pencil credit. Craig Delich, after careful researching the art for this story, believes Roussos was the inker.

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

Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Lit-Win (signed)

Pencils

Lit-Win (signed)

Inks

Lit-Win (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Furs! Furs!

Genre

humor

Characters

Daffy; Doodle

Indexer Notes

This sequence is NOT found in the Archive edition.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Fleers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Nobody Knows (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Patrick (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

This text story is NOT found in the Archive edition.

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Tired Tracks (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jerry Robinson

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Bruce Wayne (cameo); Dick Grayson (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth; unnamed Police Chief; Shifty (villain, introduction); Slinky (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Alfred makes a study of tires and the tracks they make. Too bad for him the car he is examining belongs to crooks!

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

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit verified by George Roussos.

Byron Nelson (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Master vs. the Pupil! (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

George Roussos ?

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No thrill in life surpasses that of the manhunt - yet few...

Feature Logo

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

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Mr. DuBois]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain, cameo); The Joker (villain, cameo)

Synopsis

Robin's bragging about his prowess in crook hunting leads Batman to disguise himself as a jewel thief and have Robin attempt to track him down.

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

Andros Brothers Antique Dealers; Batman's Trophy Hall; Gotham City

Indexer Notes

On his personal production log sheet for 1945, Dick Sprang recorded that he delivered this story’s pages in pencil, and verified the pencil credit. After careful research into the art for this story, Craig Delich believes George Roussos did the inks.

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

The Weather Man / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Cool Under Fire! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page (report information)