Issue Details

Issue	#31
Published	October-November 1945
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)

12 page Batman story "Punch and Judy"

Characters	Punch [Peter Punch] (Villain; Intro); Judy [Judy Punch] (Villain; Intro)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks	George Roussos
Colors	George Roussos
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

4 page Alfred story "Alfred, Armchair Detective"

Characters	Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Stubby Stubbs (Villain; Intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron ?; Joe Samachson ?
Pencils	Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks	Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Reprinted	in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #417 (November 1971); in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #2

11 page Batman story "Vanishing Village"

Characters	Knuckles Donegan (Villain; Intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Samachson
Pencils	Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks	George Roussos
Colors	George Roussos
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Reprinted	in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #442 (August-September 1974)

Half page Private Pete filler

Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

2 page text story "Close Shave"

Genre	superhero
Script	Eddie Bell
Letters	typeset

12 page Batman story "Trade Marks of Crime"

Characters	Silver John Staddon (Villain; Intro); Big Tim Stevens (Villain; Intro); Nipper Swarvo (Villain; Intro); Joe Swandi (Villain; Intro); Mamie Dalling (Villain; Intro)
Script	Joseph Greene (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks	George Roussos
Colors	George Roussos
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Reprinted	in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-44 (June-July 1976)