| Issue | #21 |
| Published | February-March 1944 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 60 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Characters | Batman; Robin |
| 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) |
| Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sheriff Colt; Mr. Kraft; Mr. Cotter; Mr. Brule (villain, introduction, death); Bat-Plane |
| Synopsis | Batman and Robin head west to see if they can stem the tide of cattle rustling, which has been caused by war-time rationing, and is the source of black market beef. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jack Schiff |
| Pencils | Dick Sprang |
| Inks | Dick Sprang |
| Letters | George Roussos |
| Notes | Art credits verified by Sprang and lettering credit verified by Roussos. |
| Reprinted | in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
| Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hannibal Boneparte Brown (introduction); Mr. Dodge; Chopper Gant (villain, introduction) |
| Synopsis | The Caped Crusaders must stop a criminal mastermind who uses a genius in military science to actually plan crimes for gems and other loot, thinking the crook is writing a series of newspaper articles on him. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Don Cameron |
| Pencils | Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
| Letters | George Roussos |
| Notes | Art credits verified by Sprang and lettering credit verified by Roussos. |
| Reprinted | in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Paul Fung |
| Pencils | Paul Fung |
| Inks | Paul Fung |
| Notes | This filler is NOT found in the Archive. |
| Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. and Mrs. C.L.J. Carruthers; Lord David Hurley Burleigh (introduction); un-named criminal gang (villains) |
| Synopsis | The Caped Crusaders have to outwit a criminal element which targets a Lord Burleigh, a man who has come to America to interest an American oil company in his discovery of a cheaper process for obtaining rubber from petroleum. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Alvin Schwartz |
| Pencils | Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
| Letters | George Roussos |
| Notes | Alfred has slimmed down by this story. Art credits verified by Sprang and lettering credit verified by Roussos. |
| Reprinted | in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | George Brandon (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | This text story does NOT appear in the Archive. |
| Characters | Jerry the Jitterbug |
| Genre | teen humor |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
| Notes | This filler does NOT appear in the Archive. |
| Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ebenezer Flint; Gladys Puffe; John White; The Penguin [Oscar Copplepot] (villain); Sam Chizzell (villain); Bat-Plane; Batmobile |
| Synopsis | Batman must outwit the Penguin, who has invented a small motion picture camera with telescopic lenses, which is precise enough to see combinations to wall safes as they are being opened. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Joseph Greene (credit by O'Hearn) |
| Pencils | Ed Kressy [layouts?]; Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
| Letters | George Roussos |
| Notes | Layout credit and revised inker credit verified by Sprang & added by Craig Delich (November, 2005). Inker credit formerly assigned to Ray Burnley. Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn and lettering credit verified by Roussos. |
| Reprinted | in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |