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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published Fall 1940
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth
Notes Not all fillers may be listed for this book.

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Letters typeset
Notes Not all fillers may be listed for this book.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1

13 page Batman story "The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Craig; V: The Puppet Master (Dmitri, I).
Synopsis The Caped Crusaders must stop the likes of the Puppet Master, who has set his sights on stealing the Voss Rifle, the Army's newly developed secret gun.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-31-08.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1

1 page Fantastic Facts filler

Genre fact
Pencils George Papp (signed)
Inks George Papp (signed)

2 page Just Like Junior filler

Characters Junior
Genre humor
Script Stan Aschmeier
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier

13 page Batman story "The Ugliest Man In the World"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Detective McGonigle; Harvey Dodge; Larry Larrimore; John Tyler; Mrs. Tyler; Villains: Carlson (I, D), the Ugly Horde (I).
Synopsis Batman confronts the ugliest man in the world....a man shunned by "normal" people he meets everyday, but now a man who decides to inflict upon those people some of the ugliness he has had to endure.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (signed; verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Jerry Robinson's last name is on the window pane shown on page 5, panel 5. The cover scene for this issue is found, for the most part, on page 7, panel 6 of this story. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-1-08.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1

13 page Batman story "The Crime School For Boys"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tommy; V: Big Boy Daniels (I), Pockets (I, D).
Synopsis Batman has to deal with the threat of a crime school upon the lives of young boys....a school designed how to teach those boys the ways of a criminal.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-1-08.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1

Half page Silly Stuff filler

Genre humor

1 page Dinky filler

Characters Dinky
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page filler "The Odd Side of War"

Genre fact
Pencils Fred West
Inks Fred West

2 page text story "A Blow For England"

Genre adventure
Script Norman Goss (signed)
Pencils Raymond Perry (signed)
Inks Raymond Perry (signed)
Letters typeset

13 page Batman story "The Batman Vs. the Cat-Woman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Detective McGonigle; Villains: the Cat-woman, Hoffer, Blake, Darrel.
Synopsis The Cat returns to plague members of the Diamond Syndicate in order to achieve a beautiful "diamond prize!"
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes The Cat-Woman is still referred to in this story as the Cat. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-1-08.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1

1 page Batman text article "The Batman Says"

Characters The Batman; Robin.
Synopsis In this article, Batman and Robin try to convince readers that they hate all crime and criminals, and that they hope their adventures will help convince them to follow the straight and honest path in their own lives.
Genre superhero
Script Whitney Ellsworth (verified by Burnley)
Pencils Jack Burnley (verified by Burnley)
Inks Jack Burnley (verified by Burnley)
Letters Betty Bentley?
Notes Art taken from World's Fair 1940 cover. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-1-08.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1