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).