Batman (1940) 59

Cover pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris. Intro and first appearance of The Man Who Replaced Batman!, script by David Vern, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; A new hero, a marksman called Deadshot, arrives in Gotham City; His primary goal as Gotham's new vigilante is to upstage Batman as the prime crime fighter; It turns out Deadshot plans to become the new crime lord of Gotham by taking out Batman. The Forbidden Cellar!, art by Jim Mooney; The legend of a cursed cellar of an old building in Gotham begins to spread; The citizens of Gotham try to debunk the myth; Batman goes inside and discovers that there is a poisonous mushroom inside that turned people into crazy maniacs. One-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. Look It Up! text article, art by Raymond Perry. -page Shorty story by Henry Boltinoff. Batman In the Future!, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; Batman and Robin capture the Joker and ask him about his ultimate motives for crime; He tells them that his ancestors were criminals; Bruce and Dick ask Professor Carter Nichols to send them into the past to investigate, but he mistakenly sends them to the future where they meet a descendant of the Joker called Rokej. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.