Issue Details

Issue	#52
Published	April-May 1949
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters	Batman; Robin; Joker.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Winslow Mortimer (confirmed by Mortimer)
Inks	Winslow Mortimer (confirmed by Mortimer)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

12 page Batman story "The Man With the Automatic Brain!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: The Thinker (intro; not the Flash villain).
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only); Lew Schwartz
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

12 page Batman story "Batman and the Vikings!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Prof. Carter Nichols; Olaf Erickson and other Vikings (intro)
Synopsis	When Bruce & Dick visit the Gotham City museum, they note an image of a Viking that looks like Bruce Wayne.....and who is labeled a coward, so they visit Carter Nichols to go back in time to discover the truth.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger? Edmond Hamilton?
Pencils	Bob Kane (signed)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Notes	Revised pencil credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Credit for Lew Schwartz deleted. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-06-07.
Reprinted	In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #193 (July-August 1967).

Half page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

Genre	teen humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

2 page Peg filler

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

2 page text story "Fearless Wise Man"

Genre	adventure
Pencils	Raymond Perry
Inks	Raymond Perry
Letters	typeset

Half page Cartoon Flips Starring Batman activity

Characters	Batman
Genre	superhero; humor
Script	Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils	Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks	Martin Naydel (signed)

13 page Batman story "The Happy Victims!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Joker
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only); Lew Schwartz
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)