Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1944-08-05
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

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typeset
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Are two villains better than one?
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Reprints (3)

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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Action Comics; Detective Comics; All Funny Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Knights of Knavery
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Mrs. Van Landorpf; Needles (villain); Penguin's gang (villains); Joker's gang (villains)
Synopsis:
Batman's attempt to set a trap to catch the Penguin and the Joker backfires and the two criminals form a partnership to commit crimes and outwit the Caped Crusaders.
Reprints (10)

Indexer Notes

This was the first team up of the Joker and Penguin.

Writer credit confirmed by Martin O'Hearn. Art credits confirmed by Jack Burnley. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.

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

The Sheik of Gotham City!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Ali Ka-Bada (wise man, introduction); Sheik Sidi Ben Hassen (tribal Sheik, cab driver, introduction); Omar El Kobra (villain, Sheik, introduction); El Kobra's henchmen, introduction)
Synopsis:
An evil, former Sheik in Bagdad (sic) learns that the true Sheik, once thought dead, is alive and well, living in exile in Gotham City as a cab driver, so he travels to Gotham to find this man and kill him. But when the real Sheik is injured and taken to a hospital, Batman takes over driving the man's cab in disguise and is taken prisoner by the evil Omar El Kobra, who believes Bruce Wayne to be the man they are after.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit confirmed by Schwartz and Martin O'Hearn. Art credits confirmed by Burnley. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

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Private Pete / comic story / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I never can sleep nights when we're out on maneuvers!
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Private Pete

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This sequence is NOT found in the Archive.

You Can Save His Life!
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public service announcement / 0.33 page

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A Blow for Freedom
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Stan Carter (credited)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:advocacy

Indexer Notes

This text story is NOT found in the Archive.

The Mesmerized Manhunter!
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Alfred / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Half butler, half bloodhound -- majordomo to Bruce Wayne...
  • Keywords:Gotham City
    • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
The Amazing Mazzo (introduction); Sleepy Slim Larson (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Alfred decides to go to the theatre one night to use his detective skills to expose the tricks of a stage magician, and ends up capturing a thief who stole the box office receipts while being hypnotized!
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Robinson. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.

Outsmarting a Saboteur!
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Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Kilowatt Cowboys!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Mr. Crane (representative of the Rocky Dam and Light Power Company); Jack (power company employee); Alex (power company employee); Matty Coyle [also as Alec] (villain, lineman, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
The Caped Crusaders are sent to investigate the thefts of valuable copper wire from the Rocky Dam Light and Power Company, which is erecting a power cable into a new territory.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

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

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

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Private Pete / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I had a thousand of these printed...
Characters:
Private Pete

Indexer Notes

This sequence is NOT found in the Archive.

These Can Be Yours
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Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines / advertisement / 1 page

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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Are two villains better than one?"]
    Batman and Robin
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. ["Want action?"]
    Action Comics; Detective Comics; All Funny Comics
  4. Knights of Knavery
    Batman and Robin
  5. ["I'm sorry, Sirs!"]
    Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
  6. The Sheik of Gotham City!
    Batman and Robin
  7. ["Mind if I join you?"]
    Wheaties
  8. ["I never can sleep nights when we're out on maneuvers!"]
    Private Pete
  9. You Can Save His Life!
  10. A Blow for Freedom
  11. The Mesmerized Manhunter!
    Alfred
  12. Outsmarting a Saboteur!
    Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
  13. The Kilowatt Cowboys!
    Batman and Robin
  14. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  15. ["I had a thousand of these printed..."]
    Private Pete
  16. These Can Be Yours
    Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines
  17. [no title indexed]
    Baby Ruth
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