Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1944-04-09
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #23 Edit Cover
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Sprang.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
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public service announcement / 0.67 page

Script:
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Pencils:
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Inks:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:advocacy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Again, the men, women and children of America...
  • Keywords:War Bonds and Stamps

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover

The Upside Down Crimes!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Leegaf (Hindu Prince); Mrs. Van Sneed [also as Greta Garbo]; Nan Winslow [also as Katharine Hepburn]; Miss Latham [also as Ginger Rogers]; ? [also as Charlie Chaplin]; ? [also as Shirley Temple]; The Joker (villain); Muggsy Mulligan (villain); Snipes (villain)
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin must stop the Joker's mad schemes, as he commits several "up-side down crimes" that leave the Caped Crusaders literally standing on their heads.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Sprang. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.

[no title indexed]
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Life's Little Laffs / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Inks:
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, no! This is the garden over here...

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

This sequence is NOT found in the Archive.

Escape from Two-Way Death!
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Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Damsel in Distress!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Marjory Davenport (Dick's love interest, introduction); Dr. Davenport (Marjory's father, introduction); Bugs Conklin (villain, introduction); Jitters (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Dick's crush on a girl leads him and the Batman into a case involving kidnapping and murder.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Revised inker credit verified by Craig Delich; previously given to Ray Burnley. Art credits verified by Sprang. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.

Now on Sale Everywhere
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

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(Table of Contents: 9)

Handy Andy / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Folks, here's a new notion on 'victory' gardens...
Characters:
Handy Andy; Elmer

Indexer Notes

This sequence is NOT found in the Archive.

Borrowed Butler!
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Alfred / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
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Letters:
  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • Feature Logo:The Adventures of Alfred
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When crime becomes a course on a weekend menu, Alfred...
Characters:
Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Mrs. Van Upsitart (Bruce's neighbor); Oswald (Mrs. Van Upsitart's cousin); Mr. Piper (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Bruce hires out Alfred to a neighbor who is having week-end guests, and whose butler is sick. Alfred's blind luck allows him to solve yet another case involving an "inside job" at the Upsitart residence.
Reprints (3)

Accidents Will Happen
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Ted Udall (credited as Tod Lowry)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:They had been here a whole week now...
  • Keywords:Mt. Colony
Characters:
Hardy; Canby; Michele

Indexer Notes

This text story is NOT found in the Archive.

Pelt Plunderers!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Skinner Short (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin head up into the frozen north to assist the Royal Canadian Mounted Police stop a gang of thieves who plunder beaver pelts trapped by locals and who then sell them for big profits, which they plan to spend back in the States.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

This story was one of the special "Police Division" stories featured in Batman.

Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn. Art credits verified by Sprang. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.

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Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines / advertisement / 1 page

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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

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Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. ["Again, the men, women and children of America..."]
  4. The Upside Down Crimes!
    Batman and Robin
  5. ["Oh, no! This is the garden over here..."]
    Life's Little Laffs
  6. Escape from Two-Way Death!
    Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
  7. Damsel in Distress!
    Batman and Robin
  8. Now on Sale Everywhere
  9. ["Stick around fellas..."]
    Wheaties
  10. ["Folks, here's a new notion on 'victory' gardens..."]
    Handy Andy
  11. Borrowed Butler!
    Alfred
  12. Accidents Will Happen
  13. Pelt Plunderers!
    Batman and Robin
  14. [no title indexed]
    Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines
  15. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  16. ["You're violating the blackout, Sergeant."]
    Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
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Issue was modified by, among others
  • David Banuelos
  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Matthew Peets
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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