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Issue Details

Issue #30
Published August-September 1945
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)

12 page Batman story "Back To the Big House"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot].
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)

12 page Batman story "While the City Sleeps"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Hush-Hush Bodin (I).
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks Dick Sprang
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Revised inker credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Previously assigned to Charles Paris.
Reprinted in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #236 (November 1971); in Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn

2 page text story "The Pointed Pistol"

Genre adventure
Script Jesse Merlan (signed)
Letters typeset

4 page Alfred story "Alias the Baron"

Characters Alfred Pennyworth; V: Mooch (I, D), the Baron (I).
Genre detective
Pencils Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)

12 page Batman story "Ally Babble and the Fourteen Peeves"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; I: Ally Babble; V: Hoiman and Shoiman (first appearance for both).
Synopsis Ally Babble is hired by a wealthy man to take care of 14 of his pet peeves, and if he successfully does so, he will be given $5000, which creates a mountain of headaches for Batman.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Letters Pat Gordon?
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-15-07.
Reprinted In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #257 (July-August 1974).