The Batman Chronicles #9

([April] 2010)

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

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

Pencils

Jerry Robinson (credited)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #16 (April-May 1943)

Indexer Notes

Credits listed as "with George Roussos" in this volume.

The Joker Reforms! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron (credited as Don Cameron)

Pencils

Bob Kane (credited)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited) ("with")

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sheriff Jeb Johnson; Sam Upson (proprietor of the General Store and post office); The Joker [also as Ed Smith] (villain); Joker's gang [Kite; Sparky; Nitro] (villains)

Synopsis

After robbing a jewelry store, the Joker crash-lands his escape plane and loses his memory. He stumbles into a town where he becomes a hero...but not to the other members of his gang, who seek the jewels, and come looking for him, as do the Caped Crusaders.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #16 (April-May 1943)

The Grade A Crimes! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Ruth Kaufman (credited as Ruth "Bunny" Lyon Kaufman)

Pencils

Jack Burnley (credited)

Inks

Jack Burnley (credited); Ray Burnley (credited) ("with")

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Bill; John Winthrop (villain, introduction); Winthrop's gang [Sparks; rest unnamed] (villains)

Synopsis

After a series of early-bird robberies, Batman notes the appearances of a milkman and his horse-drawn wagon at the scene of every crime, and makes the connection that it is involved in the heists.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #16 (April-May 1943)

The Adventures of the Branded Tree! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron (credited as Don Cameron)

Pencils

Jack Burnley (credited)

Inks

Jack Burnley (credited); Ray Burnley (credited) ("with")

Colors

?

Letters

Betty Bentley

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Scotty (lumberjack); Olaf Yonson (lumberjack, death); Bull Beeton (villain, introduction); Knuckles (villain)

Synopsis

Batman and Robin track down the secret of a dagger-branded tree that led to the murder of two lumberjacks.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #16 (April-May 1943)

Here Comes Alfred! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron (credited as Don Cameron)

Pencils

Bob Kane (credited)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited) ("with")

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth (introduction); Jarvis Pennyworth (Alfred's father who was a butler for Thomas Wayne, mention only); The Duke of Dorian [aka Gaston LeDuc]; Manuel Stiletti (villain, international crook, introduction); Pablo (villain); Tomas (villain)

Synopsis

Things get very complicated when an English butler, named Alfred, suddenly shows up on the doorstep of Wayne Manor and announces that he is there to attend to their needs in order to fulfill a promise that he made to the original butler for the Wayne family. Then he discovers accidentally that his new masters are in reality Batman and Robin!

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #16 (April-May 1943)

Robber Baron (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Pencils

Bob Kane (credited)

Inks

George Roussos (credited) ("with")

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Robber Baron

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #75 (May 1943)

The Robber Baron! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron (credited as Don Cameron)

Pencils

Jack Burnley (credited)

Inks

George Roussos (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; The Robber Baron (villain); Baron's gang [Bingo; others un-named] (villains)

Synopsis

Batman must face the unique robberies by a man who loots places considered to be burglar-proof.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #75 (May 1943)

Slay 'Em with Flowers (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Pencils

Jerry Robinson (credited)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (credited)

Colors

Jerry Robinson (sourced)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #76 (June 1943)

Slay 'Em with Flowers (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

H. L. Gold (credited as Horace L. Gold)

Pencils

Jerry Robinson (credited)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (credited)

Colors

Jerry Robinson (sourced)

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jason Johnson; Ames (Johnson's chauffeur); Percy Fillmore; Joker's henchmen (villains)

Synopsis

After taking over ownership of a flower shop, the Joker and his men use the pretty posies to perpetrate crimes against the wealthy.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #76 (June 1943)

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

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

Pencils

Jerry Robinson (credited)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #17 (June-July 1943)

The Batman's Biographer! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron (credited as Don Cameron)

Pencils

Bob Kane (credited)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (credited); George Roussos (credited) ("with")

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; B. Boswell Browne (introduction); The Conjurer (villain, introduction); Conjurer's gang [Creeper; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Boswell Browne wants to document the exploits of Batman and Robin for future generations, but when members of the underworld hear him bragging to some children that he knows many secrets of the Dynamic Duo, a nefarious criminal decides to use Browne's knowledge against our heroes.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #17 (June-July 1943)

The Penguin Goes A-Hunting (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron (credited as Don Cameron)

Pencils

Jack Burnley (credited)

Inks

Jack Burnley (credited); Ray Burnley (credited) ("with")

Colors

?

Letters

Betty Bentley

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Warden Keyes; Miss Meecham (Throckmorton's Secretary); Mr. Throckmorton (a broker); Tyrus Wolff; Mr. Gullet; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Penguin's gang (villains)

Synopsis

The Penguin attends a lecture by Gotham City's prison Warden Keyes, who talks about the city's most dangerous villains: the Scarecrow, the Joker and the Cat-Woman...but fails to list him. When asked about the Penguin, Keyes says that he hasn't the genius or inventiveness of the others. Penguin decides to correct that assumption, and Batman and Robin must stop him in that attempt.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #17 (June-July 1943)

Rogues' Pageant! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron (credited as Don Cameron)

Pencils

Jack Burnley (credited)

Inks

Jack Burnley (credited); Ray Burnley (credited) ("with")

Colors

?

Letters

Betty Bentley

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; "Ducky" Mallard (villain, introduction); Mallard's gang ["Dazie" Dickens (death); rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

At Alfred's urging, Bruce and Dick decide to take a short vacation after particularly strenuous battling against Gotham's underworld, they stop off in San Pablos, a city celebrating the 300th Anniversary of the courageous deeds of their forefathers...and they discover that crime even reaches its ugly hands into this festive atmosphere!

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #17 (June-July 1943)

Adventure of the Vitamin Vandals! (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Joseph Greene (credited as Joe Greene)

Pencils

Bob Kane (credited)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Gibbons (villain, leader of the Raiders, introduction); The Phantom Raiders (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

While vacationing at Malibu Beach, Bruce and Dick become aware of several fishing vessels being robbed of their catches by a group of mysterious individuals who seem to disappear into thin air. In disguise, they join the crew of a ship departing to discover the truth behind the robberies, and get a startling surprise!

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #17 (June-July 1943)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Batman and Robin; The Boy Commandos; Green Arrow; The Star-Spangled Kid; Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Ray (credited); Dick Sprang (credited); Joe Simon (credited); Harold Sherman (credited as Hal Sherman)

Inks

Fred Ray (credited); Dick Sprang (credited); Joe Simon (credited); Harold Sherman (credited as Hal Sherman)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero; war

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Boy Commandos [Captain Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfie Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #10 (Summer 1943)

Indexer Notes

Boy Commandos figures taken from the cover of Boy Commandos #1; Other figures may be stats taken from interior stories.

Man with the Camera Eyes (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Jerry Robinson (credited)

Inks

George Roussos (credited)

Colors

George Roussos

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Henri Longvieux; Oliver Hunt (introduction); Dude Fay (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Oliver Hunt is tired of being tabbed "The Man With the Camera Eyes," so he joins up with a known gang in Gotham City to help them commit crimes: as long as there is no murder or mayhem committed.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #10 (Summer 1943)

Crime Clinic (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Pencils

Bob Kane (credited)

Inks

George Roussos (credited) ("with"); Bob Kane (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Crime Doctor [Dr. Matthew Thorne]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #77 (July 1943)

The Crime Clinic! (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Bob Kane (credited)

Inks

George Roussos (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Billy (hospital patient); Mr. Brown; Hodges (banker); unnamed Professor; The Crime Doctor [Dr. Matthew Thorne] (villain, surgeon, introduction); Albert (villain, Thorne's assistant); Piggy Pinto (villain); Ranson (villain)

Synopsis

A noted brilliant surgeon, intrigued with the excitement of crime, opens the "Crime Clinic," where criminals who are worried sick over how to commit crimes can go for advice.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #77 (July 1943)