Batman
#34
(April-May 1946)
DC,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1946-02-11
- 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.
Marathon of Menace
Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- 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.
The Marathon of Menace!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- 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]
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Inks
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Been an awful lot of champion athletes...
- Genre
- humor; sports
[no title indexed]
Willie / comic story / 0.5 page
- 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.
Ally Babble and the Four Tea Leaves!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- 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]
Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- His strange magnetic powers save him from being torn to bits...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Volto
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Furs! Furs!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Daffy; Doodle
Indexer Notes
This sequence is NOT found in the Archive edition.
Nobody Knows
text story / 1.67 pages
- Script
- Tom Patrick (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
This text story is NOT found in the Archive edition.
Tired Tracks
The Adventures of Alfred / comic story / 4 pages
- 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.
The Master vs. the Pupil!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- 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.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Marathon of Menace
Batman and Robin -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
G Is for Gazelle
-
3.
The Marathon of Menace!
Batman and Robin -
4.
["Been an awful lot of champion athletes..."]
Wheaties -
5.
["I see all the games..."]
Willie -
6.
[no title indexed]
History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
7.
Ally Babble and the Four Tea Leaves!
Batman and Robin -
8.
["His strange magnetic powers save him from being torn to bits..."]
Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars -
9.
["Furs! Furs!"]
Daffy & Doodle -
10.
[no title indexed]
Fleers -
11.
Nobody Knows
-
12.
[no title indexed]
-
13.
Tired Tracks
The Adventures of Alfred -
14.
Byron Nelson
Wheaties -
15.
The Master vs. the Pupil!
Batman and Robin -
16.
[no title indexed]
The Weather Man -
17.
[no title indexed]
Illinois Merchandise Mart -
18.
Cool Under Fire!
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- David B
- Craig Delich
- Jochen G.
- Del Gruber
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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