Issue | #20 |
Published | December 1943-January 1944 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 60 |
Editing | Jack Schiff; Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief) |
Characters | Batman; Robin. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang) |
Inks | Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | In Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329; in Untold Legend of the Batman, The [MPI Audio Edition] (DC, 1980 series) #2; in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #5 (November 2006). |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Beagle; Percival Pruitt; Villains: the Joker, Professor Ecla Tate, Swami Meera Kell. |
Synopsis | The Joker enlists the aid of a fradulent scientist and swami, convincing them that they can successfully carry out their "fleecings" of victims: in the past and the future! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Don Cameron (credit by OHearn) |
Pencils | Jack Burnley (verified by Burnley) |
Inks | Jack Burnley (verified by Burnley); Ray Burnley (backgrounds, confirmed by Burnley) |
Letters | Betty Bentley (confirmed by Burnley) |
Notes | Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-6-09. |
Reprinted | In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #5 (November 2006). |
Characters | Jerry the Jitterbug |
Genre | teen humor |
Script | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jack Paley; Nick; Titus Keyes (I); Detective Flam; Patrolman Patrick Francis Aloysius Michael O'Brien; V: Slick Fingers [George Collins]. |
Synopsis | Batman and Robin, figuring that the case in court against Titus Keyes is much too pat, investigate and discover the real culprit: the cell-mate of Keyes when he was in prison. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger (credit by OHearn) |
Pencils | Bob Kane (signed) |
Inks | Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson) |
Letters | George Roussos (verified by Roussos) |
Notes | Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-6-09. |
Reprinted | In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #5 (November, 2006). |
Genre | humor |
Script | Jack Farr |
Pencils | Jack Farr |
Inks | Jack Farr |
Letters | Jack Farr |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 1-6-09. |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; "Whittling" Willie Binger; Spinner Powell; Sgt. Daniels; V: Shark Hawkey (I). |
Synopsis | In the 2nd story of a series involving various Police divisions, Batman & Robin team-up with the Harbor Patrol to track down harbor pirates! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger (credit by OHearn) |
Pencils | Jack Burnley (verified by Burnley) |
Inks | Jack Burnley (verified by Burnley); Ray Burnley (backgrounds, confirmed by Burnley) |
Letters | Betty Bentley (confirmed by Burnley) |
Notes | Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-6-09. |
Reprinted | In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #5 (November 2006). |
Characters | Clancy the Cop |
Genre | humor |
Script | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Walt Abbot (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Beagle; Villains: George Grayson [I](Dick Graysons uncle), Clara Grayson [I](Dick Graysons aunt), Fatso Foley (I). |
Synopsis | One day a couple show up at the Wayne mansion claiming to be the Aunt & Uncle of Dick Grayson, and they successfully get custody of the boy. But Batman smells a rat when the couple call up Bruce Wayne and offer him the opportunity to "buy" Dick back! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger (credit by OHearn) |
Pencils | Bob Kane (signed) |
Inks | Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson) |
Letters | George Roussos (verified by Roussos) |
Notes | Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-6-09. |
Reprinted | In Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #10 (March-April 1977); in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #5 (November, 2006); in Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #37 |