Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941-08-08
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
Cover Thumbnail for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #7 Edit Cover
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Bob Kane (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints (4)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of August 13 in ad in Detective Comics #55.

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Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page

[Wanted: Practical Jokers!]
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
George Roussos (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Duke Micheal; The Joker [aka Henry Verne; aka I. Rekoj; aka Duke Micheal] (villain); Joker's gang (villains)
Synopsis:
The Joker organizes a new gang by advertising for practical jokers in the newspaper, and when they show up, they touch objects used in major crimes, thereby implicating themselves...and forcing them to work for the Crime Prince of Crime!
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.

Here's Top Value!
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World's Finest Comics; Detective Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Funnies / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Inspector Clancy of headquarters, sir!

Indexer Notes

5 gags.

Lucky Bump
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text story / 1 page

Script:
Eric Carter (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:"I'm sorry, son," the Army doctor said kindly.
Characters:
Sam Ware
Synopsis:
Sam is denied entry into the Army due to his height, but while interrupting a bank robbery he takes a blow to the head. With the blow to the head, Sam sees an opportunity to get remeasured for Army service.

The Trouble Trap!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
George Roussos (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Kelly (Policeman); Linda Page; Henry Abbot (death); Carl Dwyer (Wayne's friend); Granda the Mystic (villain, a Swami, introduction); Hindu giants (villains); Joe (villain)
Synopsis:
Batman must battle a swami who has hypnotized individuals, made records of conversations that he had with them, then later demands blackmail money or the records will be made public. However, one of the mystic's clients wants the secret of Batman's identity, thus Linda Page is kidnapped.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.

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Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Vote for Chief Hot Foot
Characters:
Chief Hot Foot

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Shredded Ralston; Tom Mix / comics-form advertising / 2 pages

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Little Lewie / comic story / 0.88 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Give me the liniment, Lewis!
Characters:
Little Lewie

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advertisement / 0.12 page

The North Woods Mystery
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
George Roussos (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Nora Powell (society lady); Matthew Powell (Nora's father, lumber company owner, death); Jack Clayton (Matthew's adopted son, ex-con); Woody Joe (villain, lumberjack, death); Asher (villain, lumber company competitor, introduction)
Synopsis:
Nora Powell heads with Bruce Wayne to the big woods to help run a logging operation after her Uncle is murdered, but is puzzled when her partner wants her to sell out to their competition.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Inkr credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.

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Rollin Stone / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Ray McGill (signed)
Pencils:
Ray McGill (signed)
Inks:
Ray McGill (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ray McGill ? (signed)
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I was never so insulted in my life...

Star Act
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text story / 1 page

Script:
Wilton Weston (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The ancient conveyance that had once, many years ago, been a...
  • Keywords:Exeter
Characters:
Phineas Q. Throttle; Alfred; Queenie (seal); Nitro Ned
Synopsis:
Phineas is carjacked and his nephew, Alfred, finds a way to get the attention of policeman to help capture the carjacker.

The People vs. the Batman
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
George Roussos (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Horatio Delmar (villain, racket leader, introduction, death); Weasel Venner (villain, introduction, death); Freddie Hill (villain); Joe (villain); Al (villain)
Synopsis:
Weasel Venner wants to make sure that a fellow criminal doesn't make public the fact that he is the head racketeer in Gotham City, so he arranges for someone to be set up for the murder of Horatio Delmar: that someone being Bruce Wayne!
Reprints (7)

Indexer Notes

Batman finally receives official police sanction in this story.

Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.

The "Big Six" Now Becomes the "Big Seven"
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Modern Concise Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  2. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. [Wanted: Practical Jokers!]
    Batman and Robin
  4. Here's Top Value!
    World's Finest Comics; Detective Comics
  5. ["Inspector Clancy of headquarters, sir!"]
    Funnies
  6. Lucky Bump
  7. The Trouble Trap!
    Batman and Robin
  8. ["Vote for Chief Hot Foot"]
    Chief Hot Foot
  9. [no title indexed]
    Shredded Ralston; Tom Mix
  10. ["Give me the liniment, Lewis!"]
    Little Lewie
  11. [no title indexed]
  12. The North Woods Mystery
    Batman and Robin
  13. ["I was never so insulted in my life..."]
    Rollin Stone
  14. Star Act
  15. The People vs. the Batman
    Batman and Robin
  16. The "Big Six" Now Becomes the "Big Seven"
  17. [no title indexed]
    Modern Concise Encyclopedia
  18. ["I'll help you get a Daisy for your birthday..."]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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