Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1945-08-07
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #31 Edit Cover
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

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Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.

The cover features an infinity bat emblem masthead.

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

A Is for Antelope
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Punch and Judy!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Punch [Peter Punch] (villain, introduction); Judy [Judy Punch] (villain, introduction); Grift (villain)
Synopsis:
Punch and Judy are using a carnival to bilk residents of Gotham City and the Caped Crusaders see to it that the grafters working the concessions and games are removed from the grounds. However, Punch and Judy decide to strike back by having Batman and Robin join the carnival to put on a death-defying aerial stunt...and then proceed to kill them "by accident".
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from original script owned by Jerry Robinson. Penciler credits verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

Batman appears in and uses his glider costume in this story.

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

Your Coach: Bernie Bierman
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Alfred, Armchair Detective!
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The Adventures of Alfred / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne (cameo); Dick Grayson (cameo); Stubby Stubbs (villain, introduction); Willie (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Alfred is surprised to learn that what he read in a book about a case being solved by an "armchair detective", which he considers impossible, proves to be true on a chair he accidentally gets involved in...and he's tied to that armchair!
Reprints (9)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit verified by Joe Desris and Martin O'Hearn.

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Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page

Vanishing Village!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Knuckles Donegan]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Knuckles Donegan (villain, introduction); Weasel (villain, introduction); Slick (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin are surprised to learn that an abandoned village in Florida, patterned after a Turkish village named Alhambra, has vanished, which is also the home of many a master criminal who has also disappeared.
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

Penciler credit verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit verified by Joe Desris and Martin O'Hearn.

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Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars / comics-form advertising / 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:The Colonel's reviewing us tomorrow...
Characters:
Private Pete

Indexer Notes

This sequence does NOT appear in the Archive.

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Hingees / advertisement / 0.33 page

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Close Shave
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Eddie Bell (credited) (house name)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

Indexer Notes

Second page on inside back cover. This text story does NOT appear in the Archive.

Trade Marks of Crime!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Police Officer Ryan; John Staddon [also as Silver John Staddon] (villain, introduction); Big Tim Stevens (villain, introduction); Nipper Swarvo (villain, introduction); Joe Swandi (villain, introduction); Mamie Dalling (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Batman must solve a strange case in which someone is cleverly forging the burglary trademarks of various criminals, all of which pinpoint the jobs to the wrong criminal!
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn. Pencil credit verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

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Bit-o-Honey / advertisement / 1 page

How Thom McAn Saved the Flaming "40"
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Thom McAn Shoes / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 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. A Is for Antelope
  4. Punch and Judy!
    Batman and Robin
  5. ["Just a minute, sarge..."]
    Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
  6. Your Coach: Bernie Bierman
    Wheaties
  7. Alfred, Armchair Detective!
    The Adventures of Alfred
  8. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Pep
  9. Vanishing Village!
    Batman and Robin
  10. ["Volto unleashes his magnetic powers..."]
    Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars
  11. ["The Colonel's reviewing us tomorrow..."]
    Private Pete
  12. ["Come on!"]
    Hingees
  13. ["Boy! What an improvement..."]
    Wheaties
  14. Close Shave
  15. Trade Marks of Crime!
    Batman and Robin
  16. [no title indexed]
    Bit-o-Honey
  17. How Thom McAn Saved the Flaming "40"
    Thom McAn Shoes
  18. [no title indexed]
    Baby Ruth
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