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Issue Details

Issue #22
Published April-May 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The Adventures of Alfred"

Characters Batman; Robin; Alfred Pennyworth
Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Dick Sprang
Letters typeset
Notes Art credits verified by Sprang.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)

12 page Batman story "The Duped Domestics!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Bottom (a butler); The Catwoman [Selina Kyle, as Belinda, a maid](villain)
Synopsis Alfred is in love, and to impress the fair maid he has designs on, he poses as the Batman, unaware that his "girl" is actually the Catwoman in disguise!
Genre superhero
Script Alvin Schwartz
Pencils Bob Kane
Inks Jerry Robinson
Letters George Roussos
Notes Writer credit confirmed by Martin O'Hearn and Schwartz, art credits confirmed by Robinson, and lettering credit verified by Roussos.
Reprinted in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #255 (March-April, 1974); in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)

12 page Batman story "Dick Grayson, Telegraph Boy"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Hendricks; Mike Optik (villain, introduction); the Ghost Gang [Deafy; Egghead](villains, introduction); Batmobile
Synopsis A cleaver gangster and his gang use a powerful telescope to look in on various places of interest, like banks and museums, and discover which places they can carry out profitable heists.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Letters George Roussos
Notes Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn, art credits verified by Burnley and lettering credit conformed by Roussos.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)

1 page Private Pete filler

Characters Pvt. Pete
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

4 page The Adventures of Alfred story "Conversational Clue"

Characters Alfred Pennyworth; Guest Stars: Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Professor Dyke (villain, introduction)
Synopsis Overhearing an accidential conversation in the library, Alfred decides to follow it up and it leads him into a life and death situation for him unless he can put the practices into play that he has learned from Batman.
Genre detective
Script Mort Weisinger
Pencils Jerry Robinson
Inks Jerry Robinson
Letters George Roussos
Notes 1st Alfred solo story. Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn, art credits verified by Robinson and letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.
Reprinted in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #257 (July-August, 1974); in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)

1 page Judge Jollopy filler

Characters Judge Jollopy
Genre humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-1-15. This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

1 page public service announcement "Waste Paper Has Become a Weapon of War!"

Characters Guest Stars: Superman; Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Jerry Robinson
Inks Jerry Robinson
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Art credits verified by Robinson, letterer credit confirmed by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris. This PSA is NOT found in the Archive.

1 page Kwiz Kwik activity

Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-1-15. This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

2 page text story "Deduct a Murder"

Genre adventure
Script Walt Cochrane (signed)
Letters typeset

11 page Batman story "The Cavalier Rides Again"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jan Meerbrandt; The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake](villain)
Synopsis The Cavalier, still smarting from his previous encounter with the Caped Crusaders, taunts his foes once more as he seeks to add the Meerbrandt model of the Magi Diamond to his "Chamber of Prizes."
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Charles Paris
Letters George Roussos
Notes Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn, art credits verified by Burnley and lettering credit confirmed by Roussos.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)