Batman #44
(December 1947-January 1948)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1947-10-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
A Superman DC Publication
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit verified by Mooney, inker credit verified by Paris, and letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Kodak / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Gamble with Doom! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Mooney (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks
Jim Mooney (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain)
Synopsis
The Joker becomes passionate about gambling, but ordinary stakes won't satisfy him. The stakes with death to the loser involves Batman and Robin.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit verified by Mooney. Inks credit by Craig Delich; we previously credited Ray Burnley.

Bert La Brucherie (Table of Contents: 3)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Born for Adventure! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Jim Mooney
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Globetrotter (villain, introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit verified by Mooney and letterer by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

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

Goofy Ozzie / 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
Ahhh...Now to see the ball game...
Genre
humor
Characters
Goofy Ozzie

Junior Jim (Table of Contents: 7)

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Strange Territory (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
M. G. Pattington (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

Lucky to Be a Yankee / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The First American Detective! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Bill Finger ?
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Silas Wayne (Bruce Wayne's ancestor, introduction); Benjamin Franklin
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Dick Sprang believed that Finger wrote this story. Pencil credit verified by Mooney and letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris. One indexer believed the inks are not by Paris.

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

Columbia / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Lit-Win
Pencils
Lit-Win
Inks
Lit-Win
Colors
?
Letters
Lit-Win

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I just came face to face with a lion, Doodle!
Genre
humor
Characters
Daffy; Doodle

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Lifebuoy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

The Case of "The Web-Footed Burglar" (Table of Contents: 15)

Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure

How Just Two Words Turned Mac Into a He-Man! (Table of Contents: 16)

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Kodak
  3. 2. Gamble with Doom!
    Batman and Robin
  4. 3. Bert La Brucherie
    Wheaties
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Gang Busters
  6. 5. Born for Adventure!
    Batman and Robin
  7. 6. ["Ahhh...Now to see the ball game..."]
    Goofy Ozzie
  8. 7. Junior Jim
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  9. 8. Strange Territory
  10. 9. Editorial Advisory Board
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Lucky to Be a Yankee
  12. 11. The First American Detective!
    Batman and Robin
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Columbia
  14. 13. ["I just came face to face with a lion, Doodle!"]
    Daffy & Doodle
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Lifebuoy
  16. 15. The Case of "The Web-Footed Burglar"
    Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  17. 16. How Just Two Words Turned Mac Into a He-Man!
    Charles Atlas
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Matthew Peets
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore