Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	April-May 1947
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Burnley (verified by Burnley)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

12 page Batman story "The 13 Club!"

Characters	The Joker (Villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Gene McDonald (verified by Sprang)
Letters	Joe Letterese ?

13 page Batman story "The Case of Batman II"

Characters	Beetle Boles (Villain; Intro); Henry Bush (Villain; Intro)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Gene McDonald (verified by Sprang)
Letters	Joe Letterese ?

2 page text story "Melody of Murder"

Script	Tom Neill
Letters	typeset

2 page Prof. Pipp filler

Genre	gag
Script	Jack Farr
Pencils	Jack Farr
Inks	Jack Farr

13 page Batman story "The Grand Opera Murders!"

Characters	Colin Vanning (Villain; Intro; Death)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Gene McDonald (verified by Sprang)
Letters	Joe Letterese ?