Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1950-02-08
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #58 Edit Cover
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The Penguin's State-Bird Crimes
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Penciler credit verified by Sprang, inker credit verified by Paris, and letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The State-Bird Crimes!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Bill Woolfolk ? (probably)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Mrs. Marin (bird society matron); Mark Jason (art dealer); Jon Harmon (mimic-impersonator); James Lane (blimp owner); unnamed henchmen; unnamed guards; Morley Kells (remote control manufacturer); William Whiting (organ manufacturer)
Synopsis:
The Penguin launches a series of crimes based the official state bird of the victims' native state.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Splash page replicates the cover.

Story later adapted as part of BATMAN VS. 3 VILLAINS OF DOOM, a 1966 prose novel.

Penciler credit verified by Sprang, inker credit verified by Paris, and letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

[no title indexed]
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Bazooka Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Feature Films / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Brand of a Hero!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Joaquin Murieta (villain, introduction); Rex Spears (friend of Bruce Wayne); Lorenzo Bagg (present day kid); Rex Spears (great grandfather of Bruce Wayne's friend); unnamed sheriff; Lorenzo Bagg (great grandfather of present day Lorenzo); Vasquez (member of Murieta's gang); unnamed members of Murieta's gang; unnamed miners
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin travel back in time to 1854 to solve the mystery of a missing fortune.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

A time-travel story.

Penciler credit verified by Sprang, inker credit verified by Paris, and letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

[no title indexed]
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Nabisco Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page

Death Dance
(Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yes... because neither must break the treaty...
Characters:
Black Hawk; Keokuk; Osaukee [Jim Kilbourn]; Red Eagle

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Lit-Win (signed)
Pencils:
Lit-Win (signed)
Inks:
Lit-Win (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It sure was a good idea buying this car in partnership!
Characters:
Daffy; Doodle
Reprints (1)

Ultraviolet Bullets
(Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction; history
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Bugs that cannot be seen with the naked eye can now...
  • Keywords:bacteria; Sterilamp
Characters:
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek; Louis Pasteur; Joseph Lister

Indexer Notes

Colorist credit by Craig Delich.

The Black Diamond!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Black Diamond [also as Monsieur Monteau] (villain, introduction); Bull's-Eye Kendall (villain, introduction); the Barracuda Brothers (villains, introduction for all); "Nitro" Nelson (villain, introduction); unnamed prison guards; unnamed inmates; unnamed police bomb squad members; unnamed pirates; Pigeon (henchman)
Synopsis:
Criminal mastermind Black Diamond breaks four convicts out of prison and assigns them with the task of eliminating Batman and Robin.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Penciler credits verified by Schwartz, inker credit verified by Paris, and letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

[no title indexed]
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Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mom and Dad are having a party!
Characters:
Little Pete; Wilbur
Synopsis:
Pete tries to get his father to sign his report card during a game of blind-man's bluff.

[no title indexed]
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Nestlé's Crunch / advertisement / 0.33 page

Superman's Code for Buddies
(Table of Contents: 13)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
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Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:advocacy; superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Sam Levy; Tommy

[no title indexed]
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The Adventures of Bob Hope / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Penguin's State-Bird Crimes
    Batman and Robin
  2. ["You will always hit the bull's-eye..."]
  3. The State-Bird Crimes!
    Batman and Robin
  4. [no title indexed]
    Bazooka Bubble Gum
  5. ["A complete picture-story of a thrilling new movie..."]
    Feature Films
  6. The Brand of a Hero!
    Batman and Robin
  7. [no title indexed]
    Nabisco Shredded Wheat
  8. Death Dance
  9. ["It sure was a good idea buying this car in partnership!"]
    Daffy & Doodle
  10. Ultraviolet Bullets
  11. The Black Diamond!
    Batman and Robin
  12. ["Mom and Dad are having a party!"]
    Little Pete
  13. [no title indexed]
    Nestlé's Crunch
  14. Superman's Code for Buddies
    Superman
  15. [no title indexed]
    The Adventures of Bob Hope
  16. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn Shoes
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