Batman 1940/56 n. 1/99

Batman

The one that started it all. Batman focuses on the rise of the famous Batman and his influence on Gotham City as he fights the most devilish of villains and stops the most dastardly plans. It spanned from 1940-2011.

Batman (Volume 1). Followed by Batman Volume 2.

The entire run of Batman still stands upon large controversies over who actually came up with some of the characters. Bob Kane supposedly came up with the idea for the hero, but it has been suggested that he only came up with a "Bird-man" and Bill Finger suggested he be a "Bat-man". Both creators, however, share credit for this character. As for the Joker, the first concept sketch was drawn by Jerry Robinson, but Kane disputed that his input was "minimal" suggesting he and Bill came up with the idea. Kane also finagled many legal aspects of Batman related print and media. Every movie and comic reads "Batman created by Bob Kane" when it should read "Batman created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger". However, It is not disputed that Robinson and Finger came up with the character, Robin after "Robinhood". Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff co-created numerous bat-creations including Alfred Pennyworth, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, Batwoman, Batgirl as well as Bat-Mite and Ace the Bat-Hound just to name a few. Bill Finger also co-created Penguin, Riddler, and Catwoman.

One of DC's longest running books showcasing the adventures of the Dark Knight, Batman. Throughout the years, a majority of Batman's marquee storylines have happened within the pages of this book including, but not limited to the death of the second Robin, Jason Todd, and Bane breaking Batman's back, leading to Jean-Paul Valley to assume the role of Batman for a period of time in the 90s.

In 2006, superstar writer Grant Morrison took over the book. Morrison wrote stories that introduced readers to Bruce's son Damian Wayne as well as putting Bruce through a series of near-fatal trials against The Black Glove and Doctor Hurt, leading up to the epic 2008 storylines of Batman RIP and Final Crisis where Bruce Wayne had apparently died at the hands of the evil god Darkseid.

After Bruce's "death," and the Battle for the Cowl, Dick Grayson, the first Robin, took up the mantle of Batman, continuing to protect Gotham exactly as his mentor had. He even took in Damian as his own Robin. With the exception of two issues set prior to the events of Final Crisis, Dick Grayson has been the star of the book since issue #687.

When the superhero community learned that Bruce Wayne had never actually died, and was sent back in time by Darkseid, Dick Grayson eventually knew that his time as Batman would soon end. But with Bruce's return, and formation of Batman Incorporated, Bruce deemed Dick Grayson the Batman of Gotham City, as he travelled the world, searching for more recruits for his new organization.

Charles Paris has drawn the most issues of Batman thus far at 128. Denny O'Neil is a long time writer and editor at DC with 211 issues. He also contributed the location of Arkham Asylum as well as the characters Man-Bat, Ra's al Ghul and Talia al Ghul.

In September 2011, DC Comics relaunched their entire line in an event known as "The New 52" which would see the premiere of fifty-two new titles, thus the long-running Batman series ended with #713 during Tony S. Daniel's run on the title. In the new line, however, Tony Daniel will continue writing in the "Batman universe" but under the character's other main title, Detective Comics. The new Batman series will be written instead by Scott Snyder (who was writing Detective Comics pre-relaunch).

For Post Flashpoint volume 2, refer to Batman.

Trade Volumes that collect Batman issues:

Classic and Archived Batman:

Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years (#1, 49, 181, 497)
The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years (#1, 5, 25, 32, 85, 163, 251, 427)
The Batman Chronicles Volume 1 (Batman #1, Detective Comics #27-37)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 1 (#1-7)
Batman: The Golden Age Volume One (#1-3)
The Batman Chronicles Volume 2 (Batman #2-3, Detective Comics #39-45, New York World's Fair Comic #2)
The Batman Chronicles Volume 3 (Batman #4-5, Detective Comics #46-50, World's Finest #1)
Batman: The Golden Age Volume Two (#4-7)
The Batman Chronicles Volume 4 (Batman #6-7, Detective Comics #51-56, World's Finest #2-3)
The Batman Chronicles Volume 5 (Batman #8-9, Detective Comics #57-61, World's Finest #4)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 2 (#8-15)
Batman: The Golden Age Volume Three (#8-11)
The Joker: His Greatest Jokes (#8, 67, 145, 260, 353 & 366)
Batman: The Golden Age Volume Four (#12-15)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 3 (#16-25)
Batman: The Golden Age Volume Five (#16-20)
Batman: The Golden Age Volume Six (#21-25)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 4 (#26-35)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 5 (#35-45)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 6 (#46-55)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 7 (#56-66)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus Volume 8 (#67-77)
Batman: Arkham - The Riddler (#171, 179, 292, 317 & 362)

see also Batman Archives, Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives etc...

For late 60`s - 70`s comics...

Showcase Presents: Batman

Modern Batman (Post-Crisis)

Batman: Zero Hour (#0 & 511)
Batman Arkham: Mister Freeze (#121, 308, 375 & 525)
Batman Arkham: Penguin (#155, 374 & 548-549)
Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (#192, 202, 213, 227, 229-231, 234-236, 239, 240-242, 244-245, 248-250, 252, 254, 259, 333, 337-339 & 341-343)
Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus Volume 1 (#197)
Batman by Neal Adams Book Two (#219)
Batman Arkham: Ra's Al Ghul (#232 & 243-244)
Batman: Tales of the Demon (#232, 235, 240 & 242-244)
Batman Arkham: Two-Face (#234, 346, 410 & 411)
The Joker: The Bronze Age Omnibus (#251, 260, 286, 291-294, 321, 353, 365-366 & 400)
Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway Volume 1 (#295, 305, 306 & 337)
Tales of the Batman: Len Wein (#307-310, #312-319, #321-324, #326-327)
Tales of the Batman: Steve Englehart (#311)
Tales of the Batman: Marv Wolfman Volume 1 (#328-335 & 436-439)
Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan Volume One (#340, 343-345 & 348-351)
Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway Volume Three (#349-359)
Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan Volume Two (#373)
Batman Arkham: Black Mask (#386-387, 484-485 & 648)
Batman: Second Chances (#402, 403 & 408-416)
Batman: Year One (#404-407)
Batman: Year One: The Deluxe Edition (#404-407)
Batman: The Many Deaths of Batman (Batman #433-435)
Batman: Ten Nights of the Beast (#417-420)
Batman: The Caped Crusader Volume 1 (#417-425 & 430-431)
Batman: A Death in the Family (Batman #426-429)
Robin: The Teen Wonder (Batman #428 and 442, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #100, Nightwing #101, Batman #428 and 442, Robin #126 and 132, and Teen Titans #29)
Batman: The Caped Crusader Volume 2 (#433-444)
Batman: The Caped Crusader Volume 3 (#445-454)
Legends of the Dark Knight: Norm Breyfogle Volume 2 (#448-459)
Robin: A Hero Reborn (Batman #455-457 and Robin #1-5)
Robin: Reborn (#455-457)
Batman: The Caped Crusader Volume 4 (#455-465)
Wonder Woman: War of the Gods Omnibus (#470)
Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Volume 1 (#484-500)
Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Broken Bat (Batman #491-497, Detective Comics #659-663)
Batman: Knightfall: 25th Anniversary Edition Volume 1 (#492-497)
Tales From the DC Dark Multiverse (#497)
Batman: Knightfall Part 2: Who Rules the Night (Batman #498-500, Detective Comics #664-666, Showcase '93 #7-8, Shadow of the Bat #16-18)
Batman: Knightfall: 25th Anniversary Edition Volume 2 (#498-500)
Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Volume 2 (#501-508)
Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade Volume 1 (#501-504)
Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade Volume 2 (#505-508)
Batman: Knightfall Part 3: Knightsend (#509-510)
Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Volume 3 (#509-510)
Batman: Knightsend (#509-510)
Zero Hour: Crisis In Time 25th Anniversary Omnibus (#511)
Batman: Prodigal (#512-514)
Batman By Doug Moench & Kelley Jones Volume 1 (#515-525, 527-532 and 535-536)
Batman: Troika (#515)
Tales of the Batman: J.H. Williams III (#526, 550 and 667-669)
Batman: Legacy Volume One (#533)
Batman: Legacy Volume Two (#534)
Batman By Doug Moench & Kelley Jones Volume 2 (#536-552)
Batman: Road To No Man's Land Omnibus (#554-562)
Batman: Road To No Man's Land Volume One (#555-559)
Batman: Road To No Man's Land Volume Two (#560-562)
Batman: No Man's Land Vol. 1 ( Batman #563-564, No Man's Land #1, Shadow of the Bat #83-84, Detective Comics #730-731, Legends of the Dark Knight #116)
Batman: No Man's Land Vol. 2 (Batman #565, Shadow of the Bat #85-87, Detective Comics #732-733, Legends of the Dark Knight #117, #119, Batman Chronicles #16)
Batman: No Man's Land Vol. 3 (Batman #566-569, Shadow of the Bat #88, Detective Comics #734-735, Legends of the Dark Knight #120-121)
Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey (#567)
Batman: No Man's Land Vol. 4 (Batman #571-572, Shadow of the Bat #92-93, Detective Comics #736, # 738-739, Legends of the Dark Knight #125, Batman Chronicles #18)
Batman: No Man's Land Vol. 5 (Batman #573-574, Shadow of the Bat #94, Detective Comics #740-741, Legends of the Dark Knight #126, No Man's Land #0)
Batman by Ed Brubaker Vol. 1 (#582-586 & 591-594)
Batman: False Faces (Batman #588-590, Detective Comics #787, Wonder Woman #160-161, Tale from Batman: Gotham City Secret Files and Origins)
Batman by Brian K. Vaughn (#588-590)
Batman: Bruce Wayne-Murderer? (Batman #599-600, Batman: The 10 Cent Adventure, Detective Comics #766-767, Batgirl #24, Nightwing #65-66, Batman: Gotham Knights #25-26, Birds of Prey #39-40, Robin #98-99)
Bruce Wayne: Fugitive Volume 1 (Batman #601, #603; Batman: Gotham Knights #27-28; Batgirl #27, #29; Birds of Prey #41, #43; Nightwing #68-69)
Batman: Bruce Wayne - Fugitive (#603-607)
Bruce Wayne: Fugitive Volume 2 (Batman #605, Detective Comics #768-772, Batman: Gotham Knights #31)
Bruce Wayne: Fugitive Volume 3 (Batman #606-607, Detective Comics #773-775, Batgirl #33)
Batman: Hush (#608-619)
Batman: Hush The 15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (#608-619)
Batman vs. Superman: The Greatest Battles (#612)
Harley Quinn: A Celebration of 25 Years (#613)
Batman: Broken City (#620-625)
Batman Noir: Eduardo Risso (#620-625)
Batman by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso Deluxe Edition (#620-625)
Batman: As the Crow Flies (#626-630)
Batman: War Games Volume 1 (Batman #631, Batman: The 12 Cent Adventure, Detective Comics #797, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #182, Nightwing #96, Batman: Gotham Knights #56, Robin #129, Batgirl #55, Catwoman #34)
Batman: War Games Book One (New Edition) (#631)
Batman: War Games Volume 2 (Batman #632, Detective Comics #798, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #183, Nightwing #97, Batman: Gotham Knights #57, Robin, Batgirl #56, Catwoman #35)
Batman: War Games Volume 3 (Batman #633, Detective Comics #799, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #184, Nightwing #98, Batgirl #57, Catwoman #36, Robin #131, Batman: Gotham Knights #58)
Batman: War Games Book Two (New Edition) (#633)
Batman: Under the Hood Volume 1 (Batman #635-641)
Batman: War Crimes (Batman #643-644, Detective Comics #809-810, Batman Allies Secret Files and Origins, Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins)
Batman: Under the Hood Volume 2 (Batman #645-650, Batman Annual #25)
Batman: Face the Face (Batman #651-654, Detective Comics #817-820)
Batman/Two-Face: Face the Face Deluxe Edition (#651-654)
Batman: Batman and Son (Batman #655-658, #663-666)
Batman Unwrapped by Andy Kubert (Batman #655-68, 664-666, 686 and 700)
Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus Volume One (#655-658 & 663-683)
DC Comics Presents: Robin War 100-Page Spectacular (#657)
Damian: Son of Batman Deluxe Edition (#666)
Batman: The Black Glove (#667-669, 672-675)
Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul (#670-671, Batman Annual #26, Detective Comics #838-839, Robin #168-169, Robin Annual #7, Nightwing #138-139)
Batman: Batman R.I.P. (Batman #676-683)
Final Crisis 10th Anniversary Omnibus (#676-683 & 701-702)
Final Crisis (DC Essential Edition) (#682-683)
Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader (Batman #686, Detective Comics #853, Secret Origins #36, Secret Origins Special #1, Batman: Black and White #2)
Batman: Long Shadows (Batman #687-691)
Batman: Life After Death (Batman #692-699)
Batman: Time and the Batman (Batman #700-703)
Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus Volume Two (#700-702)
Batman: Eye of the Beholder (Batman #704-707, Batman #710-712)
Batman: Gotham Shall Be Judged (Batman #708-709, Red Robin #22, Gotham City Sirens #22, Azrael #14-18)

Non-U.S. Collected Editions

Batman: Neal Adams Collection - Band 1 (#219, #232, #234, #237, #243-245, #251 & #255) (German)
Batman: Das Erste Jahr (#404-407 (German)
Batman: Das Erste Jahr (#404-407) (German) (2018 Edition)
Batman - Das Beben - Band 1 (#553) (German)
Batman - Auf dem Weg ins Niemandsland - Band 1 (#555-559) (German)
Batman - Auf dem Weg ins Niemandsland - Band 2 (#560-562) (German)
Batman: Niemandsland - Band 1 (#563-564) (German)
Batman: Niemandsland - Band 2 (#565-566) (German)
Batman: Niemandsland - Band 3 (#567) (German)
Batman: Niemandsland - Band 4 (#568) (German)
Batman: Niemandsland - Band 5 (#569-570) (German)
Batman: Niemandsland - Band 6 (#571) (German)
Batman: Niemandsland - Band 7 (#572) (German)
Batman: Niemandsland - Band 8 (#573-574) (German)
Batman: Hush - Volumen 1 (#608-613) (German)
Batman: Hush - Volumen 2 (#614-619) (German)
Batman Sonderband - Kaputte Stadt (#620-625)
Batman: Kaputte Stadt und weitere Geschichten (#620-625) (German)

Batman #1 - The Legend of the Batman: Who He Is and How He Came To Be; The Joker released by DC Comics on April 1940.

The Legend of the Batman: Who He Is and How He Came To Be - One night, while walking home from the theater, the Wayne family is robbed at gunpoint. When Thomas Wayne tries to intervene, he's shot in the chest. To stop her wailing, the criminal shoots Martha as well. The grisly crime is witnessed by the Wayne's only son, Bruce, who swears to avenge their deaths by spending his entire life "warring on all criminals"!
The Joker (The Joker's first appearance) - Radio broadcasts are interrupted by a strange voice claiming to be "The Joker". The Joker warns that at precisely midnight he will kill Henry Claridge and steal the valuable Claridge Diamond. That night, true to his prophecy, and despite a police cordon about the man, Henry Claridge falls dead, his face contorted in a devilish grin, and the Claridge Diamond has disappeared, replaced by an imitation. But that is just the beginning of the Joker's murderous crime spree, and as the most precious jewels in the world are stolen one after another, and the body count continues to mount, both the criminal underworld and crime fighters Batman and Robin set their sights on taking the Joker down!
Professor Hugo Strange and the Monsters - When Professor Hugo Strange escapes from prison, he and his henchmen promptly kidnap an asylum full of mental patients. Strange experiments on the mad men, turning them into giant man-monsters which he then releases on the streets of Manhattan to wreak havoc. Can Batman defeat both Strange, and his monstrous creations?
The Cat (Catwoman's first appearance) - The society pages are abuzz with news of wealthy Mrs. Travers' yacht party. The media reveals that the hostess will be wearing a necklace valued at half a million dollars. Batman figures the party will be the target of every crook in town, but he's preoccupied with another case, so he sends Dick Grayson undercover aboard the yacht as a steward. Grayson discovers a number of suspicious characters aboard, and learns of a plot to steal the necklace by a mysterious character known only as 'The Cat'. But before he can act, the necklace is stolen and then the boat is boarded by still more would-be thieves. Can Batman and Robin stop a ring of heavily armed thieves, and solve the mystery of the Cat?
The Joker Returns - Less than two days after his imprisonment, The Joker combines two chemicals, each retrieved from a secret false tooth, to form an explosive compound which he uses to escape. Once on the loose, the Joker resumes his M.O. of pre-announcing his kills via radio, beginning with the Chief of Police. True to his word, at the appointed hour, Police Chief Chalmers is dead. His revenge satisfied, the Joker thereafter returns to his usual murder-robberies, each broadcast by radio in advance, making the police look like fools and enraging and frightening the populace. But Batman has a plan of his own.

Batman #2 - Batman and Robin released by DC Comics on July 1940.

The second issue of Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder fighting more crime on the streets.

The Return of the Joker

Batman and other thugs of Gotham find out that Joker didn't die during the first encounter. So Batman decides to abduct the Joker out of the Hospital and take him to a brain surgeon so that he can cure him and convert him into a valuable citizen.

Meanwhile Crime Syndicate Inc, needs a boss, and they decide to take the Joker as their boss. So they go to the hospital to kidnap the Joker, who is being operated on by doctors.

Batman shows up at the hospital and tries to notify the police guarding outside by throwing pebbles at them. But they instead turn on him and chase him. He gets hit by some bullets and falls. The police unmask him, but its a gang member, Circus Charlie, who draws away the police from the Hospital.

The Catwoman, dressed up as Old woman, sees where the gang has taken the Joker. The Batman pick up Catwoman and asks her to take them to the Crime Syndicate's Lair. But she refuses so they let her go, but with some radioactive substance on her shoes, which helps them in tracking her.

At the Crime Syndicate's Lair, Joker drugs all the mob members, while Batman comes to catch him. A fight insues, in which Joker slips away to steal the Pharaoh's Gems.

At E.S.Arthur's Castle where the gems are, Cat has been invited to see the gems, when joker comes in to steal it. Robin who has been following The Cat, crashes in and tries to stop the joker, but joker knocks him out cold. Just in time Batman comes in and a fight ensues. Both Batman and Joker start a sword fight, and Batman defeats Joker and leaves him in the flaming castle.

While returning to the hovering Bat-Plane, Cat Jumps in the water below.

(please note: in the original script of this storyline the Joker was staged to die but it was because of a last minute change by the editor of DC at the time (Mr. Whitney Ellsworth) that the Joker lived instead.

Lamb and Mr Wolf

Mr Lamb, while working at Cirus Crang's private museum, is fascinated by stories of Master Criminal's. But while going home at night he stumbles down the stairs in the dark and hits his head. While dazed he looks at a picture of a Bat and a book 'The Crime Master'. While the clock strikes 12 he loses unconsciousness. But he has been altered due to the fall.

Next night at stroke of midnight, while walking, a strange transformation comes over him. And he becomes a restless animal with ugly features. While walking he comes upon a lone person and kills him. In the morning when he wakes up, he doesn't remember anything of the previous night. But each night he becomes another man. Using name of the wolf be comes a head of a crime group, and swiftly he becomes a Master of crime.

Late one night on their patrols, Batman and Robin see a mob raiding a warehouse. In the fight that ensues, robin gets hit on the head, and thrown in the path of a oncoming truck by the madmen. Batman jumps in and saves him in the nick of the time. But the gang escapes. Batman notices a queer dent in the escaping gang's car. Next day Bruce Wayne visits the Crang's museum where he chances to see a car with the same dent from the previous night. In night at the waterfront, they again chance upon the mob. Batman gets shot by the mob, the bullet misses the steel vest and bores into the unprotected shoulder, and Batman topples into the waters. Robin angered by this goes on a hitting spree. Just then, Batman arises from the water below. The gang again tries to kill the Batman, just when he throws a gas pellet and black smoke comes out of it. Using this distraction, Batman and Robin escapes.

Back at the Batcave, robin removes the bullet. Late that night, Bruce is reading the book 'The Crime Master', and he finds out that the crimes are done according to the book. And he remembers last seeing Mr Lamb reading the book. Late that night Craig is working with Lamb, when at stroke of midnight, Lamb transforms into Wolf and tries to stab Craig. Just then Robin comes in through the window and lands on Wolf. Batman enters and Wolf remembers seeing the picture of the bat when he had the fall. He stops for a moment, and batman takes to opportunity to land a powerful blow. Wolf falls down lots of stairs and hits his head. Changing back to Lamb. He remembers the incident, but dies from the injury.

The Case of the Clubfoot Murders

On his way home, Batman sees a murder being committed. He sees a man with a hook for his hand and Fish clubfoot. The mysterious man swings his hook at Batman, who trying to avoid it stumbles on the dead man's foot. The man then kicks Batman with his Clubfoot, and leaves, leaving Batman unconscious. The police arrives at the scene and Batman has to escape from the crime scene. The police finds a note saying "Harvey Storme is Dead! Vengeance is Mine, Clubfoot".

Next day Bruce Wayne goes to meet Commissioner Gorden, who is one his way to the Storme Mansion, so he tags along. At the mansion the Murdered Man's will is read, where all the wealth is is left to charitable institutions instead of his brothers. To each family member, a piece of Gold with inscription "United we Stand, Divided we fall" is left. All the relatives have to keep the piece of gold, until end of the month, when the lawyer will read another sealed letter.

That evening, At the Notorious Gambling Club, Abel Storme is shaken by some thugs, whom he owns money. So he gives them the piece of gold, That night the Clubfoot killer enter Abel Storme's room and kills Storme. Leaving the same card on him.

Reading the papers next morning, Batman decides to visit the lawyer for more information on the will. The thugs from the club are looting the lawyer's place, when batman comes and stops them. The thugs tell Batman that the lawyer Ward are at an abandoned Power house. Batman & Robing reach the power house and fight the thugs. Batman then gets hold of the gold token and on reading the markings deduces that the tokens are piece of puzzle and need to be arranged together.

So next night they visit Roger Storme, where Robin finds him murdered. Robin inspects the grounds, when he is attached by the Clubfoot. Robin flings him away , but Clubfoot manages to escape him. Meanwhile Batman reaches the lawyer Ward's house. He hears some noises from the basement, on inspecting he finds Clubfoot bound and gagged. Batman removes the gag and the person explains to him that he is Clubfoot, but not the Killer. The Lawyer Ward had his chained and was killing the Storme's using his name.Ward's plan was to kill him and forge a suicide note, so nobody will suspect the lawyer.

Just then Ward comes in dressed as Clubfoot, ready to fire on Batman. But in nick of time Robin jumps on him to save him. And they capture the lawyer.

The Case of the Missing Link

For Investigating something peculiar, Batman jumps on the the 'Metropolis Limited' Train. Some small pygmies spot him and fires arrow towards him. He kicks of many pygmies off the train, but more still come. Suddenly Batman drops down on the train flat, seeing which the pygmies are surprised. But it happens that a low bridge passes over the train, pushing all the remaining pygmies off the train. Batman finds the source baggage car and enters it to find Professor Drake there. Professor Drake asks Batman how he was able to find something was not right with the train. Batman says he saw the pygmies on the roof top of the moving train and he had to investigate. Just then Professor Drake opens a huge box revealing a gigantic man. According to Drake, he is the missing link Man and Ape. The Professor expalins to him how he found out the giant in the Mabonga County of Africa. The giant is worshipped as a god there, thats why the pygmies were following the Professor to free their God. The Giant seems very tame, which is due to the various psycological methods the Professor has used on him to tame him.

The Giant lifts Batman, but likes him cause he thinks the Giant is the Professor's friend. The Professor wants to civilize the giant. Seeing that there is no more danger to the Professor from the pygmies batman leaves. The next day the newspaper displays the news about the missing link. Across the city Hackett and Snead of Hackett and Snead Circus, want the missing link as an exhibit, so they pay the Professor a visit. Who denies them the chance. So the boys decide to send in some goons to get the missing Link.

The Batman comes to know of this problem, so he decides to station Robin at the Professor's house for protection. At night the boys enter the professor's room and kill him with a gun. They stage the place, to make it seen the professor did a suicide. Robin hears the gun shots and enters the estate, where he fights the goons. Just then the Giant angry, breaks out of his box and drives all the goons away, but remebers the face of one of the goons.

Next day the paper tells the tragic story of the suicide and how the professor left the giant to the Circus. There the giant caged is angry, but the crowd is entertained. Suddenly the giant sees the face from the night before and goes berserk. He tears apart his cage and captures the goon and dashes him to death. In his rage he releases many animals, and destroys the circus. Batman and Robin reach the circus to find a lion about to attach a spectator. The manage to pull a net over there Lion trapping him. Robin then jumps over the giant elephant and prods him with the trainer's stick to calm him. As he jumps off the elephant, the Giant picks him up and throws him a long distance, but Robin manages to take hold of a trapeze. Seeing that Robin managed to escape, the Giant starts climbing the girder to robin. Batman also reaches the top and puts a lasso over the giant, when all are high above in the air. The giant pulls the rope and tugs at the rope to bring the batman near him. Robin then flings a stone at the Giant, who loses his balance and falls with the batman in tow, Batman manages to catch a low trapeze and lands safely on the ground, but the Giant falls on his head, and dies.

Batman #3 - Adventures of the Batman and Robin released by DC Comics on October 1940.

More exciting action and adventures with Batman and Robin in their fight against evil. You will find these following stories in this issue.

The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master.
The Ugliest Man in the World.
The Crime School for Boys.
The Batman vs the Cat-Woman.

The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master.

On one of his night patrols, Batman notices a man in cossacks about to bump into another person on purpose. He intercepts the fight between the two, and fights the man in cossacks. Suddenly three figures from a speeding car stops and one of them knocks out the Batman. Batman finds out the man he saved is a famous scientist "Dr Craig", who has worked on a formula for atomic energy. When Dr Craig goes on his way, he feels he has been scratched

The next day as Bruce Wayne is walking the streets, he sees the goons from the night before and follows them to a act known as 'Dmitri the Puppet master'. So Bruce attends the show at night, while Robin is backstage looking for clues. Robin using a Doctor's Stethscope, he overhears Dmitri telling his goons, that soon the docter will be in his power, and the 'Voss Rifle' will be his.

Later that night Batman is on his way to Dr Craig. While the same moment, Dmitri is talking about his serum, which was scratched on Dr Craig by his goons. The serum enables Dmitri to hypnotize a man over a large distance for 48 hours, and the drug acts as a conductor to catch all his thought waves. Dmitri sits on a chair and starts giving instructions to the Dr. Far away the Dr wakes up hynotized, goes to his safe and removes the formula. Then he goes outside and gives the formula to Dmitri's Goons. Just then batman intervenes and fights the goons and saves the formula. Then Batman and Robin try to wake up the Dr from the hyponotic stage to cannot.

Dmitri then tries to go for the Voss rifle. His goons go outside and prick many people with needles to make them slaves of Dmitri. At night Dmitri summons all of his hynotized men. While Batman and Robin go to their Batplane in an deserted barn, flying it to the Metropolis Limited. Many hypnotized people rob the train, just when batman comes in his batplane, with robin handing down from the Batplane. Then putting the plane in stationary mode, batman enters the cable car and starts to fight. A Man suddenly holds batman from behind and scratched him with the thought serum. Then tear gas bombs are thrown at Batman and Robin, with bullets also being fired, Both of them climb their batplane and throw pellets which neutralize the tear gas. And Dmitri's goons are captured.

But unknown of the thought serum, Batman does not realize the effects of the scratch. At his lair, Dmitri creates a Batman puppet. At night he summons batman to steal jewels, then notifies the police about the robbery. The police notice Batman stealing the jewels, but he fights and runs away. Dick notices in the morning, that Bruce is gone, and goes to search for him at Dmitri's lair. There he sees Batman approaching Dmitri's house. Robin approaches Batman and tries to take away the suitcase of jewels. Batman thinks Robin is trying to rob him and slaps him. So, Robin hits Batman on his jaw and knocks him out cold. Moments later Batman goes to Dmitri's place. Robin had freed Batman from Dmtris control with electricity treatment, and therefore, Batman has his own free will again. A fight ensues, and Batman knocks Dmitri out cold.

Batman #4 - More whirlwind adventures of Batman and Robin released by DC Comics on January 1941.

1. The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus

2. Blackbeard's Crew and the Yacht Society

3. Untitled

4. Untitled

Batman #5 - The Riddle of the Missing Card released by DC Comics on April 1941.

1. The Riddle of the Missing Card

2. Book of Enchantment

3. The Case of the Honest Crook

4. Untitled.

Batman #6 - Murder on Parole released by DC Comics on August 1941.

1.Murder on Parole

2.The Clock Maker

3.The Secret of The Iron Jungle

4.Suicide Beat

Batman #7 - The Winning Team released by DC Comics on October 1941.

1. n/a

2. The Trouble Trap

3. The North Woods Mystery

4.The People vs. The Batman

Batman #8 - Stone Walls Do Not A Prison Make released by DC Comics on December 1941.

In this exciting issue, Batman and Robin fight back against a prison break and battle the twisted mutant might of Dr. Radium! Plus, The Joker in "The Cross Country Times"!

1. Stone Walls Do Not A Prison Make.

2. The Strange Case of Professor Radium!

3. The Superstition Murderers

4. The Cross Country Crimes!

Batman #9 - The Four Fates; The White Whale; The Case of the Lucky Law-Breakers; Christmas released by DC Comics on February 1942.

Celebrate the holidays with the first Batman Christmas story! Plus, high-seas danger!

1. The Four Fates

2. The White Whale

3. The Case of the Lucky Law-Breakers

4. Christmas

Notes:

The cover is homaged by future comics.

Batman #10 - The Isle That Time Forgot released by DC Comics on April 1942.

What insane menace awaits Batman and Robin on the "Isle that Time Forgot"? And don't miss Catwoman's new costume in "The Princess of Plunder" or Batman's frontier justice in "The Sheriff of Ghost Town"!

1. The Isle That Time Forgot!

2. Report Card Blues!

3. The Princess of The Plunder!

4. The Sheriff of The Ghost Town!

Batman #11 - The Joker's Advertising Campaign released by DC Comics on June 1942.

The Joker calls Batman out for a fight in this issue alongside stories including "Payment in Full," "Bandits in Toyland," and "Four Birds of a Feather" starring the Penguin!

Batman #12 - Brothers In Crime released by DC Comics on August 1942.

This classic issue features "Brothers in Crime," "The Wizard of Words" starring The Joker, "They Thrill to Conquer" and more!

Batman #13 - The Batman Plays a Lone Hand released by DC Comics on October 1942.

Stories Included:

The Batman Plays A Lone Hand
Bruce splits the dynamic duo and suffers the consequences.
(Penguin and Joker appear in one panel flashbacks.)
Comedy Of Tears
Joker makes people cry.
The Story Of The Seventeen Stones
A stone themed criminal kicks up a bedlam.
Destination Unknown

Batman #14 - The Case Batman Failed To Solve! released by DC Comics on December 1942.

Story Titles

The Case Batman Failed To Solve
Prescription For Happiness
Swastika Over The White House
Bargains In Banditry

Batman #15 - Your Face is Your Fortune released by DC Comics on February 1943.

When Batman isn't foiling Catwoman and seeing a desolate future of what America could be like, he's playing Santa Claus to all of Gotham!

Your Face Is Your Fortune!
The Boy Who Wanted to Be Robin!
The Two Futures.
Silent Night, Holy Night..

Batman #16 - The Joker Reforms released by DC Comics on April 1943.

Don't miss the Golden Age origin of Batman's closest ally in "Here Comes Alfred"! Plus, has the Clown Prince of Crime gone good? Find out in "Joker Reforms"!

The Joker Reforms (Batman, Joker)
Shorty
Marmaduke Jones
Silly Willy
The Grade A Crimes! (Batman, John Winthrop)
Fantastic Facts
The Adventure of the Branded Tree (Batman, Bull Beeton)
Chief Hot Foot
Motive
Laffs
Clancy the Cop
Here Comes Alfred (Batman, Alfred) - Alfred, son of Bruce Wayne's father's butler, Jarvis, shows up at Wayne Manor and brings trouble with him!

Notes:

The cover is a homage of the cover of Batman #9.

Batman #17 - The Batman's Biographer released by DC Comics on June 1943.

The Batman's Biographer
The Penguin Goes A-Hunting""
Rogues' Pageant
Adventure Of The Vitamin Vandals
Untitled

Batman #18 - The Secret of Hunters Inn released by DC Comics on August 1943.

Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini only appear in the cover.

Stories Included:

The Secret Of Hunter's Inn
Tweedledee and Tweedledum are at it again!
Robin Studies His Lessons
The Good Samaritan Cops
The Crime Surgeon

Batman #19 - Batman Makes a Deadline - Atlantis Goes to war - Case Of The Timid Lion - Collector Of Millionaires released by DC Comics on October 1943.

Stories Included:

Batman Makes A Deadline
Atlantis Goes To War
The Case Of The Timid Lion
Collector Of Millionaires

Dick Sprang artist, cover

Batman #20 - Bruce Wayne loses the guardianship of Dick Grayson released by DC Comics on December 1943.

Bill Finger writer

Bob Kane penciler

Dick Sprangartist

George Roussos inker, letterer

Jerry Robinson inker

Story Titles

The Centuries Of Crime
The Trial Of Titus Keyes
The Lawmen Of The Sea
Bruce Wayne Loses The Guardianship Of Dick Grayson

Batman #21 - The Streamlined Rustlers released by DC Comics on February 1944.

Alvin Schwartz writer

Dick Sprangcover

George Roussos inker, letterer

Whitney Ellsworth editor

Story Titles

The Streamlined Rustlers
Blitzkrieg Bandits
His Lordship's Double
The Three Eccentrics

Batman #22 - The Duped Domestics released by DC Comics on April 1944.

Alvin Schwartz writer
Bill Finger writer
Bob Kane penciler
Dick Sprang artist
George Roussos inker, letterer
Jerry Robinson artist, inker

Stories included:

The Duped Domestics
Dick Grayson Telegraph Boy
The Adventures Or Alfred
The Cavalier Rides Again

Batman #23 - The Upside Down Crimes released by DC Comics on June 1944.

Bill Finger writer
Dick Sprang cover
George Roussos inker, letterer
Jerry Robinson inker
Whitney Ellsworth editor

Stories Included:

The Upside Down Crimes
Damsel In Distress
Borrowed Butler
An Alfred solo-story
Pelt Plunderers

Batman #24 - It Happened in Rome released by DC Comics on August 1944.

Dick Sprang cover
George Roussos inker, letterer
Jerry Robinson inker
Whitney Ellsworth editor

It Happened In Rome
Batman and Robin travel back in time in their sleep. And no, it`s not a dream sequence.
Convict Cargo
Police Line-Up
An Alfred solo-story.
The Mayors Of Yonville

Batman #25 - Are Two Villains Better Than One? released by DC Comics on October 1944.

Alvin Schwartz writer
Bill Finger writer
Dick Sprang cover
George Roussos inker, letterer
Jerry Robinson inker
Whitney Ellsworth editor

Stories Included:

Knights Of Knavery
Jokers and Penguins first team-up.
The Sheik Of Gotham City
The Mesmerized Manhunter
Alfred meets a hypnotist.
The Kilowatt Cowboys

Batman #26 - Twenty-Ton Robbery released by DC Comics on December 1944.

Creig Flessel inker, penciler
Dick Sprang penciler
Don Cameron writer
George Roussos inker, letterer
George Wolfe inker, penciler
Jack Farr inker, letterer, penciler, writer
Jack Schiff writer
Jerry Robinson artist
Pat Gordon colorist
Roland Coe inker, penciler

Stories included:

Twenty Ton Roberry
Recipe For Revenge
The Year 3000
Crimes Comes To Lost Mesa

Batman #27 - Season's Greetings From Batman And Robin released by DC Comics on February 1945.

George Roussos inker, letterer
Ira Schnapp cover
Jack Burnley cover
Jerry Robinson inker
Whitney Ellsworth editor

Featuring Batman’s nemesis The Penguin, follow Batman as he tackles Gotham’s lowlifes!

Stories:

The Penguin's Apprentice
The Pearl Of Peril
Voyage Into Villainy
A Christmas Peril

Batman #28 - Shadow City released by DC Comics on April 1, 1945.

Alvin Schwartz writer
Bill Finger writer
Charles Paris cover
George Roussos inker, letterer
Jack Burnley cover
Jerry Robinson inker
Whitney Ellsworth editor

Batman and The Joker are at it AGAIN! See what this clown has up his sleeves!

Stories Included:

Shadow City
The Great Handcuff King
Shirley Holmes, Policewoman
Batman Goes To Washington

Batman #29 - Enemy No. 1 released by DC Comics on June 1945.

Bill Finger writer
Charles Paris inker
Dick Sprang cover
George Roussos inker, letterer
Ira Schnapp cover
Jerry Robinson inker
Whitney Ellsworth editor

Enemy No. 1! Who is Batman's prime nemisis?

Stories Included:

Enemy No. 1
The Butler's Apprentice
Heroes By Proxy
The Mails Go Through

Batman #30 - Back To the Big House released by DC Comics on August 1945.

Bill Finger writer
Dick Sprang artist
George Roussos inker, letterer
Jerry Robinson inker
Pat Gordon colorist
Whitney Ellsworth editor

The Penguin is back! Batman and Robin take on Cobblepot in "Back to the Big House"!

Stories:

Back To The Big House
While The City Sleeps
Alias The Baron
Ally Babble And The Fourteen Peeves

Batman #31 - Punch and Judy / Alfred, Armchair Detective! / Vanishing Village / Trade Marks of Crime released by DC Comics on October 1945.

Bill Finger writer
Dick Sprang cover
George Roussos inker, letterer
Jerry Robinson inker
Whitney Ellsworth editor

Alfred the detective!

"Punch and Judy"
"Alfred, Armchair Detective!"
"Vanishing Village"
"Trade Marks of Crime"

Batman #32 - The Three Musketeers! released by DC Comics on December 1, 1945.

Bill Finger writer

Dick Sprang cover

Ira Schnapp cover

Jerry Robinson inker

Pat Gordon colorist

Whitney Ellsworth editor

Venture into Robin's past and learn about "Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder"!

Stories Included:

Rackety-Rax Racket
Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder
Robins origin story is fleshed out.
In The Soup
All For One, One For All
Batman #33 - Crime On the Wing released by DC Comics on February 1, 1946. Bill Finger writer Dick Sprang cover Whitney Ellsworth editor

The search is on for Santa! Will they find him in time for the holiday season?

Stories Included:

Crime On The Wing
The Looters
The Search For Santa Claus

Batman #34 - Marathon Of Menace! released by DC Comics on April 1946.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane Dick Sprang cover George Roussos inker, letterer Ira Schnapp cover Jerry Robinson inker Whitney Ellsworth editor
It's high-speed adventure for Batman and Robin in "Marathon of Menace."
Stories Included:
1. The Marathon Of Menace
2. Ally Babble And The Four Tea Leaves
3. Tired Tracks (The Adventures Of Alfred)
4. The Master Vs. The Pupil
Batman #35 - Dick Grayson, Author! released by DC Comics on June 1946.

Bill Finger writer

Bob Kane penciler

Dick Sprang artist

Ray Burnley inker

Whitney Ellsworth editor

"Dick Grayson, Author!" Can Batman keep up with him? Find out!
Stories Included:
"Nine Lives has The Catwoman" Reprinted in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #123.
"Dinosaur Island"
"Dick Grayson, Author!"
Batman #36 - Sir Batman and Robin in King Arthurs Court released by DC Comics on August 1, 1946.
Alvin Schwartz writer Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Dick Sprang cover, inker, penciler Don Cameron writer George Roussos letterer Ira Schnapp cover,letterer, penciler Jerry Robinson inker, penciler Lit. Win inker, penciler Phil Berube inker, penciler, writer Ray Burnley inker Whitney Ellsworth editor

Sir Batman and Robin in King Authur's court!
The Penguin's Nest (Batman vs Penguin / written by Alvin Schwartz)
Stand-In For Danger (Batman vs Jerry McGlone / written by Don Cameron)
Daffy & Doodle
Elusive London Eddie (Alfred)
A Matter of Honesty (full text story by Stan Carter)
Stumpy (gag strip by Phil Berube)
Sir Batman At King Arthur's Court! (Batman / written by Bill Finger)

Batman #37 - The Joker Steals The Batman's Thunder! : The Joker Follows Suit released by DC Comics on October 1, 1946.

Bob Kane George Roussos cover, letterer Henry Boltinoff inker, letterer, penciler, writer Ira Schnapp letterer Jerry Robinson cover, inker, penciler Phil Berube inker, penciler, writer Whitney Ellsworth editor

The Joker steals the Batman's thunder!
Calling Dr. Batman (Batman vs Lou Darrell)
Casey the Cop (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)
Hollywood Hoax (Batman vs Loring)
Killing Doesn't Pay (full text story by Al Singer)
Little Willie (gag strip by Phil Berube)
The Joker Follows Suit (Batman vs The Joker)

Batman #38 - The Penguin on Parole! released by DC Comics on December 1946.
Bill Finger writer Dick Sprang cover, inker, penciler Don Cameron writer Edmond Hamilton writer Ira Schnapp cover, letterer
Lit. Win inker, penciler, writer
Phil Berube inker, penciler, writer
Whitney Ellsworth editor
“PERIL IN GREECE!” To unravel the training secrets of Olympians, Batman and Robin travel to 5th-century Greece, where they find themselves in the midst of a ferocious battle!
1. Peril In Greece (Batman and Robin go to ancient Greece / written by Edmond Hamilton)
2. The Carbon Copy Crimes (Batman, Robin, James Gordon / written by Bill Finger : sequel to a story in Detective Comics #42)
3. Memo To a Murderer (full text story by Blair Bolton)
4. Knothead Norman (gag strip by Phil Berube)
5. The Penguin On Parole! (The Penguin saves the life of a prison warden and gets paroled, can he stay on track? / written by Don Cameron)
6. Daffy & Doodle (gag strip by Lit Win)
Batman #39 - Catwoman Vs. Batman! released by DC Comics on February 1947.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris cover Henry Boltinoff inker, penciler, writer Ira Schnapp cover Jack Burnley cover Whitney Ellsworth editor
“THE FRIGHTENED PEOPLE!” Batman and Robin investigate a crime spree in which people are being robbed by a gang of thugs using their worst fears against them!
"The Frightened People"
"The Man In The Iron Mask"
Chief Hotfoot
Shorty
Willie The Office Boy
"A Christmas Tale"
Batman #40 - The 13 Club! released by DC Comics on April 1947.

Bill Finger writer Bob Kane Charles Paris cover, inker Dick Sprang penciler Ira Schnapp cover, letterer Jack Burnley cover, penciler Jack Farr inker, penciler,writer Joe Letterese letterer Whitney Ellsworth editor
ON COVER: Batman and Robin laugh as Joker stands with a lagger around his neck, a bucket of red paint falling in his head as he breaks a mirror and a black cat crosses his path. a falling paper reads "daily bugle Friday, June 13th".
1. "THE 13 CLUB!" (written by Bill Finger) a new TV show features the 13 club, a group of wealthy men challenging superstitions. the man who was to be their 13th member backs out when the Joker threatens the club. they plead for someone brave enough to join and Batman steps up. Joker starts committing crimes against the member based on the superstition they challenged.
2. "THE CASE OF BATMAN II" (Batman vs Beetle Boles, Henry Bush) Bruce Wayne is dead in a car accident. his will accounts for everything except a new Batman. it would take years to train a proper replacement but one is needed now so Dick and Alfred look at a gym and fin Bill Randal, a wealthy amateur athlete who's build matches Batman's perfectly. he is brought in and trained to be the new Batman but in the end, Bill turns out to be Bruce, who faked his death even to Alfred to catch a crooked lawyer who would have added a fake charity to his will.
3. Melody of Murder (full-text story by Tom Neill)
4. Prof. Pipp (gag strip by Jack Farr)
5. "THE GRAND OPERA MURDERS! (Batman vs Colin Vanning) Batman and Robin get involved when someone starts trying to kill performers at the Gotham Opera.
Batman #41 - Batman, Interplanetary Policeman! released by DC Comics on June 1947.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane Gardner Fox writer Henry Boltinoff inker, letterer, penciler, writer Ira Schnapp cover, letterer Jim Mooney cover, inker, penciler Phil Berube inker, penciler, writer
Whitney Ellsworth editor
1. The Bird Cage Bandits! (Batman and Robin vs Penguin : Penguin opens a bird shop / written by Bill Finger)
2. The Bandits of Tiny Town! (Batman & Robin vs. Moose Miller / written by Bill Finger)
3. Casey the Cop (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)
4. The Score (full text story by Bob Baker)
5. Batman, Interplanetary Policeman! (Batman and Robin vs. Sax Gola and his Martian gang, who have a ray that turns people into crooks - what happens when they hit Batman with it? / written by Gardner Fox)
6. Little Arthur (by Phil Berube)
Batman #42 - Claws of the Catwoman! released by DC Comics on August 1947.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane Charles Paris cover, inker, penciler Curt Swan penciler Henry Boltinoff inker, letterer, penciler, writer Ira Schnapp cover, letterer
Jack Burnley penciler
Phil Berube inker, penciler, writer
Stan Kaye inker Typeset letterer Whitney Ellsworth editor
1. "Claws of the Catwoman!" (Batman, Robin, Catwoman, Hecate) written by Bill Finger. Catwoman escapes from jail and captures Batman. Can Batman use Catwoman's pet kitty to help him escape? Parallels story in Detective Comics #318.
2. "Blind Man's Bluff!" (Batman, Robin) written by Bill Finger. Bruce Wayne becomes blind. Will a crook prove Batman is Bruce Wayne if he proves Batman is blind too?
3. "Chief Hot Foot" gag strip by Henry Boltinoff.
4. "Death Stalk" full text story by Bob Baker.
5. "The Robot Robbers!"
Doctor Hercules breaks "Jawbone" Bannon, Whitey Drebs, and "Four-Eyes" Foley out of prison. Hercules hooks the three crooks up to powerful robots, which are sent on a crime spree. The Batman, and Robin, The Boy Wonder, thwart the first robbery, perpetrated by the robot controlled by Drebs. The Batman, and Robin, the Boy Wonder, thwart a second robbery, this time destroying the robot controlled by Foley. In anger, Hercules murders Foley. The Batman, and Robin, The Boy Wonder, thwart a jewelry heist, perpetrated by the robot controlled by Bannon. In the course of the conflict, the Batman lures Bannon's robot to the top of a tower, where it is struck by lightning. The electrical feedback shocks Bannon, Drebs, and Hercules into unconsciousness. The Batman, and Robin, the Boy Wonder, round up the crooks, and turn them over to the authorities.
6. "Playful Pop" gag strip by Phil Berube.
Batman #43 - The Blackbird of Banditry! released by DC Comics on October 1947.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane Ira Schnapp artist Whitney Ellsworth editor
1. "THE BLACKBIRD OF BANDITRY" Joker and Catwoman are stealing the headlines so Penguin plans a crimes spree themed around fictional birds.
2. "NEXT STOP - DANGER" 2 crooks fleeing batman take over a train.
3. PROF. PIPP
4. "THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF CRIME" four notorious criminals of history are seemingly brought thru time to plague Gotham.
Batman #44 - Gamble WIth Doom! released by DC Comics on December 1947.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane Charles Paris cover, inker Ira Schnapp cover, letterer Jim Mooney cover, inker, penciler
Lit. Win inker, penciler
Whitney Ellsworth editor
1. Gamble With Doom! (Batman and Robin vs. the Joker, with James Gordon)
  The gambling themed crimes of Joker and his mob!
2. Born For Adventure! (Batman vs the Globetrotter / written by Bill Finger)
3. Goofy Ozzie (gag strip by Phil Berube)
4. Strange Territory (full text story by M. G. Pattington)
5. The First American Detective! (Batman, Professor Carter Nichols, Benjamin Franklin)
6. Daffy & Doodle (gag strip by Lit Win)
Batman #45 - A Batman And Robin Christmas Adventure released by DC Comics on February 1948.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane artist Charles Paris inker Ira Schnapp artist Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer artist
“THE LADY ROGUES!” A famous author has recently published a book about the evilest women in history, and a Hollywood studio has bought the rights to make a movie based on the book. At the same time, Catwoman escapes from prison, and when she learns that she wasn't included in the book, she decides to sabotage the film!
Story Titles
1. "THE LADY ROUGES"
2. "A PAROLE FOR CHRISTMAS"
3. "THE MATCH"
Batman #46 - Batman And Robin Battle Mutiny In This Big House released by DC Comics on April 1948.

Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang artist George Roussos inker, letterer Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer artist

When The Joker breaks out of jail, the underworld throws a party for his escape, complete with giant greeting cards. Drawing inspiration, The Joker commits a series of crimes wherein he sends Batman cryptic greeting cards giving the Caped Crusader clues as to what he intends to rob. This eventually works against him, and Batman captures The Joker once more.
Batman infiltrates the Gotham Prison to break down a large network of criminals working from inside.
Professor Carter Nichols wants to learn about a man named Batman in the 15th century, and he sends Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson back in time. The Dynamic Duo meet with Leonardo da Vinci, and they help him fight the oppression inflicted by a cruel ruler. On this mission, the great inventor uses his flying machine, which resembles a bat, and he escapes the dreadful place along with Batman and Robin.
Story Titles
- Guileful Greetings
- Big House Chaplain
- The Batman That History Forgot
Batman #47 - The Origin of Batman released by DC Comics on June 1, 1948.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane artist Charles Paris artist Ira Schnapp artist Whitney Ellsworth editor
1. "FASHION IN CRIME" Catwoman escapes from prison and starts a fashion magazine.
2. "THE CHAIN GANG CRIMES" Batman goes undercover in a prison camp.
3. "WINGED JUSTICE" (text story by Ted Rosen)
4. "THE ORIGIN OF THE BATMAN"
5. DAFFY & DOODLE
6. LITTLE PETE

Batman #48 - The 1,000 Secrets of the Bat-Cave! released by DC Comics on August 1, 1948.

Bill Finger writer

Bob Kane

Charles Paris inker

Henry Boltinoff

Ira Schnapp artist

Lit. Win

Whitney Ellsworth editor

Winslow Mortimer artist

"THE FOWLES OF FATE" (Batman) Reprinted in 3-D Batman (1953) and 3-D Batman #1 (1966).
"THE 1,000 SECRETS OF THE BATCAVE" (Batman) A con escapes from prison and hides in Wayne Manner finding the Batcave.
DAFFY AND DOODLE
"THERE SHE BLOWS, WHALES AND WHALING" (text story)
SHORTY
"CRIME FROM TOMORROW" (Batman)

Batman #49 - The Prison Doctor! released by DC Comics on October 1, 1948.

Bill Finger writer

Bob Kane artist

Charles Paris artist

Ira Schnapp artist

Whitney Ellsworth editor

Contains the first appearances of the Mad Hatter and Vicki Vale.

Stories Included:

The Prison Doctor - A prison doctor faces trial for his actions.
The Scoop Of The Century - Mad Hatter attempts numerous robberies and Vicki Vale tries to prove Batman and Bruce Wayne are the same person.
Jerry the Jitterbug
Batman's Arabian Nights - Batman and Robin travel through time to ancient Baghdad to stop the Joker.
Ozzie

Batman #50 - The Return Of Two-Face! released by DC Comics on December 1, 1948.

Bill Finger writer

Bob Kane artist

Charles Paris artist

Ira Schnapp artist

Stories Included:

Lights-- Camera-- Crime!
The Return Of Two-Face: while he's reformed his criminal ways since having plastic surgery, Harvey Dent is tormented with dreams that he's become Two-Face again. Taking advantage of his master's self-doubt, Dent's butler, Wilkins, uses makeup to commit crimes as Two-Face and to frame Dent, who begins to suspect maybe he truly HAS gone mad again. Can Batman and Robin stop the impostor Two-Face before the true Harvey Dent snaps all over again?
The Second Boy Wonder

Batman #51 - The Wonderful Mr. Wimble released by DC Comics on February 1, 1949.

Bob Kane artist

Charles Paris artist

Ira Schnapp artist

Whitney Ellsworth editor

Pee-Wee, The Talking Penguin
The Stars Of Yesterday
The Wonderful Mr. Wimble

Batman #52 - The Man With the Automatic Brain! released by DC Comics on April 1, 1949.

Bill Finger writer

Bob Kane penciler

Charles Paris inker

Ira Schnapp artist

Whitney Ellsworth editor

Winslow Mortimer artist

The Man With The Automatic Brain (Batman) The THinker is after Batman's true identity so Bruce fakes his death (again) to throw him off the trail but Alfred unexpectedly gets blamed for murdering him.
Batman And The Vikings (Batman) Bruce is laughed at when a carving of a Viking that looks just like him declares it is of a disgraced coward so Batman and Robin go back in time to help his double redeem himself.
Jerry The Jitterbug (humor strip)
Peg (humor strip)
Fearless Wise Man (text story)
Cartoon Flips staring Batman
The Happy Victims (Batman) Joker is on a new crime spree but the victims are left laughing and refuse to press charges.

Batman #53 - A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, a Hole In the Ground! released by DC Comics on June 1, 1949.

Bill Finger writer

Bob Kane penciler

Charles Paris inker

Ira Schnapp artist

Whitney Ellsworth editor

"A HAIRPIN, A HOE, A HACKSAW, A HOLE IN THE GROUND" (Batman) Joker is bored with all his riches and thinks the comedians on the radio and TV are hacks so he decides to write a book, or a whole volume of books on comedy so he will be remembered as THE authority on the subject. things are quiet as he starts but for his next chapter, he robs a jewelry store and only takes an old lady's hairpin. next, he steals a hacksaw from a mechanic and a ho from a farm, which he uses to steal a hole in the ground, specifically the first hole at the Winne-Kon-Toh golf club. Batman figures out the names of the stolen items are mimicking Joker's signature laugh (ha-ha-ho-ho) and the Joker sends a record to the GCPD warning him to watch for the echo. Batman figures that mean they are looking for 2 words ending in ah and 2 words ending in oh. he thinks the first 2 words refer to the visiting Maharajah of Mimpah but it's not till the next morning when he read that the Maharajah will be playing golf at Winne-Koh-Toh that he realizes Joker is after his golden clubs. Joker has set a teargas bomb in the first hole using the hairpin as a trigger and the dynamic duo show up just a little too late to stop him but they give chase and are lead to a novelty factory. Joker's men hold guns on our heroes and are ordered to blast them but it turns out they were only water guns, a fight ensues and Robin picks up one of the water guns in hopes of getting prints off it for their files. Joker gets the drop on them with a rope, tying them up and one of his men suggests seeing who Batman really is but Joker prefers to preserve the mystery so they can keep having thrilling battles of wits. he gives them a choice of 2 doors, saying one leads to freedom the other doom. they chose the wrong door but are able to escape thanks to the water gun robin picked up. again, the Joker holds our heroes at gunpoint but his loud laughter echoes thru the building and the vibrations knock a giant comedy mask down on his head.
"THE PORTRAIT OF DOOM" (Batman) a man with an innocent face sits for a portrait then kills the artist when he refuses to sell it to him. the artist curses him so as he commits evil the portrait will change to reflect that evil.
"BATMAN UNDER THE SEA" (Batman) after having some fun speculating that an odd man in a wheelchair might be a merman Bruce and Dick realize the man he is with is a known gangster so they follow them to the waterfront as batman and robin. renting a boat to follow them out to sea they are shot at and the boat sunk. Batman goes down with it and has a dream he was turned into a merman himself.
DAFFY & DOODLE (humor strip)

Batman #54 - The Treasure Hunter! released by DC Comics on August 1, 1949.

Bob Kane penciler

Charles Paris artist

Ira Schnapp artist

Whitney Ellsworth editor

Winslow Mortimer artist

"THE TREASURE HUNTER" (Batman)
MONEY STUFF (humor strip)
"THE DOOR WITHOUT A KEY" (Batman)
"WONDER DRUG" (text story)
VARSITY VIC (humor strip)
"THE AMAZING MASQUERADE" (Batman)

Batman #55 - The Case of the 48 Jokers released by DC Comics on October 1, 1949.

Bill Finger writer

Bob Kane penciler

Bob Oksner inker, penciler

Charles Paris cover, inker, penciler

Dick Sprang cover, penciler

Henry Boltinoff inker, letterer, penciler, writer

Ira Schnapp cover, letterer

Jack Schiff writer

Joe Letterese letterer

Phil Berube inker, penciler, writer

Raymond Perry inker, penciler

Stan Kaye inker

Whitney Ellsworth editor

The Case of the 48 Jokers! (Batman, Robin, Joker / written by Bill Finger, pencilled by Dick Sprang, inked by Stan Kaye)
What is the Joker Syndicate up to? Note there are only 48 states to take over.
Bruce Wayne, Rookie Policeman:
(pencilled by Bob Kane, inked by Charles Paris, lettered by Ira Schnapp)

'The Longshoreman Kid commanded a criminal gang and became a noteworthy arrest in the annals of the Gotham City Police Department. The arrest was made by Bruce Wayne, who was serving as a temporary officer, fulfilling the promise he'd made to a dying cop. Wayne had to use a policeman's gear and skills without giving away his superior training as Batman.' from The Essential Batman Encyclopedia.
Fluffy (gag strip by Phil Berube)
Stay in School : Give Yourself a Chance (public service message by Buzzy / written by Jack Schiff)
It's Your Future (text article with illustrations)
Casey the Cop (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)
The Bandit of the Bells! (Pencilled by Bob Kane, pencilled and inked by Charles Paris, lettered by Ira Schnapp)
Batman vs The Gong

Batman #56 - Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride! released by DC Comics on December 1, 1949.

Bill Finger writer

Charles Paris artist

David V. Reed writer

Dick Sprang artist

Ira Schnapp artist

Whitney Ellsworth editor

Stories Included:

Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride
The Riddle Of The Seven Birds
A Greater Detective Than Batman

Batman #57 - The Trial of Bruce Wayne! released by DC Comics on February 1, 1950.

Bill Finger writer

Bob Kane penciler

Charles Paris inker

Dick Sprang artist

Whitney Ellsworth editor

Winslow Mortimer artist

Stories:

The Trial Of Bruce Wayne
The Walking Mummy
The Funny Man Crimes

Batman #58 - The State-Bird Crimes! released by DC Comics on April 1, 1950.

Bill Finger writer

Bob Kane penciler

Charles Paris artist

Dick Sprang artist

Ira Schnapp artist

Whitney Ellsworth editor

Stories Included:

The State-Bird Crimes
The Brand Of A Hero
The Black Diamond

Batman #59 - Batman In The Future! released by DC Comics on June 1950.

Bill Finger writer

Bob Kane artist

Charles Paris artist

David V. Reed writer

Ira Schnapp artist

Whitney Ellsworth editor

“THE MAN WHO REPLACED BATMAN!” Featuring the very first appearance of one of Gotham’s deadliest assassins, Deadshot! A new hero arrives in Gotham City, and his name is Deadshot. His main goal as Gotham's new vigilante is to upstage Batman as the city’s prime crime-fighter, and for this purpose he has trained intensively in marksmanship. How will Batman fare when he is the one in this deadly new vigilante’s crosshairs?

The Man Who Replaced Batman: 'Floyd Lawton grew up in a twisted family that early on affected his worldview and set him on a path that turned him into a deadly assassin better known as Deadshot.' From The Essential Batman Encyclopedia.
The Forbidden Cellar
Batman In The Future

Batman #60 - Crime Through the Ages! released by DC Comics on August 1, 1950.

Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang artist Ira Schnapp artist Jim Mooney artist Whitney Ellsworth editor

Stories Included:

Crime Through The Ages
The Counterfeit Batman
The Auto Circus Mystery

Batman #61 - The Origin Of Batplane II! released by DC Comics on October 1, 1950.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker
David V. Reed writer
Dick Sprang artist Ira Schnapp artist Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer artist
Stories Included:
1. The Birth Of Batplane II
2. The Mystery Of The Winged People
3. The Wheelchair Crimefighter
Batman #62 - The Secret Life Of The Catwoman! released by DC Comics on December 1, 1950.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang artist Henry Boltinoff artist, writer Ira Schnapp artist, letterer Jack Schiff writer Joe Letterese letterer Lew Sayre Schwartz penciler Raymond Perry artist Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer artist
Stories Included:

The Secret Life Of The Catwoman

The Batman Of England

The Mystery Of Millionaire Island
Batman #63 - The Joker's Crime Costumes! / The Case of the Flying Saucers / The Origin of Killer Moth! released by DC Comics on February 1951.
Bill Finger writer Charles Paris artist, cover, penciler Dick Sprang penciler Ira Schnapp artist Lew Sayre Schwartz artist, cover, penciler Whitney Ellsworth editor
Cover by Lew Schwartz and Charles Paris.
"The Joker's Crime Costumes!" written by Bill Finger, penciled by Dick Sprang and inked by Charles Paris.
"The Case of the Flying Saucers" written by Unknown, penciled by Lew Schwartz and inked by Charles Paris.
"The Origin of Killer Moth!" written by Bill Finger, penciled by Lew Schwartz and inked by Charles Paris.
Batman #64 - The Candid Camera Killer!; Th Forgotten Men Of Crime!; The Return Of Killer Moth! released by DC Comics on April 1, 1951.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang artist Ira Schnapp artist Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer artist
Stories Included:

The Candid Camera Killer

The Forgotten Men Of Crime

The Return Of Killer Moth
Batman #65 - The Empress Of The Underworld! released by DC Comics on June 1, 1951.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang artist Lew Sayre Schwartz penciler Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer artist
Stories Included:

Partner For Batman

Bruce Wayne- Crime Reporter

Catwoman- Empress Of The Underworld
Batman #66 - The Joker's Comedy Of Errors released by DC Comics on August 1, 1951.

Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris artist Dick Sprang artist Ira Schnapp artist Whitney Ellsworth editor
Stories:
The Joker's Comedy Of Errors

The Movie Stars Who Died Twice

Batman II And Robin, Junior
This is the issue dealing the Joker's "boner." You've probably seen the image of Joker outraged over a headline in the newspaper. People are laughing at his "boner." Since this issue came out in 1951, boner clearly had a different meaning. What happened was Joker tried committing a wacky crime and it backfired on him. He became a laughing stalk and vowed to turn the boner around on Batman. It was all innocent fun.

Surprisingly, the word boner appears almost forty times.
Batman #67 - The Mystery Rope! released by DC Comics on September 1, 1951.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker
David V. Reed writer
Dick Sprang artist Ira Schnapp artist Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer artist
Stories Included:
The Mystery Rope
The Man Who Wrote The Joker's Jokes
The Lost Legion Of Space

Batman #68 - The New Crimes Of Two-Face! released by DC Comics on December 1, 1951
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang artist Ira Schnapp artist Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer artis
The Atom Cave Raiders

The Secret Life Of Batman's Butler

The New Crimes Of Two-Face: When actor Paul Sloane is hired to play Harvey Dent in a Two-Face biopic, a jealous cameraman smuggles real acid into the prop bottle, scarring Sloane and twisting the method actor into believing he really IS Two-Face!
Batman #69 - The King Of Cats! released by DC Comics on February 1, 1952.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker Ira Schnapp artist Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer artist

Stories Included:
The Batman Expose
The Buttons Of Doom - Batman battles the Blaze, an arsonist murderer with a button fetish.
The King Of The Cats - Catwoman's Brother tries to bring Catwoman back to a life of crime.
Batman #70 - The Robot Cop Of Gotham City! released by DC Comics on April 1, 1952.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker
David V. Reed writer
Gaspar Saladino letterer Ira Schnapp artist Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer artist
Stories Included:
The Robot Cop Of Gotham City
The Masterminds Of Crime
The Parasols Of Plunder
Batman #71 - The Jail For Heroes! released by DC Comics on June 1, 1952.

Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker
David V. Reed writer
Dick Sprang artist Ira Schnapp artist
Pat Gordon colorist
Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer artist
Stories Included:
The Jail For Heroes
Commissioner Gordon's Greatest Case
The Mask Of Mister Cypher
Batman #72 - The Jungle Batman! released by DC Comics on August 1, 1952.
Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker
David V. Reed writer
Dick Sprang artist Ira Schnapp artist Pat Gordon colorist Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer artist

Stories:
The Jungle Batman
The Legion Of Faceless Men
The Death-Cheaters Of Gotham City
Batman #73 - Guns For Hire / Vicki Vale's Secret / The Joker's Utility Belt! released by DC Comics on October 1952.
Bob Kane penciler Carmine Infantino penciler Charles Paris artist, cover, inker David V. Reed writer
Dick Sprang artist, cover, penciler Ira Schnapp artist Joe Giella inker Lew Sayre Schwartz penciler Pat Gordon colorist Whitney Ellsworth editor
Cover by Dick Sprang and Charles Paris.
"Guns For Hire" written by Unknown, penciled by Dick Sprang and inked by Charles Paris.
"Vicki Vale's Secret" written by David Reed, penciled by Lew Schwartz and inked by Charles Paris.
"The Joker's Utility Belt!" written by David Reed, penciled by Dick Sprang and inked by Charles Paris.
At the Gotham Museum of Modern Art, The Joker attempts to steal the new Knoxborough jewel collection. The Batman and Robin engage the Joker and his gang in the Comedians Hall OF Fame. A large painting falls of its hook and crashes down on the Batman making him dizzy as he and Robin become the Jokers captives. The Batman pulls out gas pellets from his utility belt and takes out some of Jokers gang as the Joker escapes.
The Joker, upset after his plan failed, realizes that Batman's utility belt gives him the edge and creates one of his own. The Joker strikes at Gotham Opera House causing havoc with Gotham's finest with his utility belt. He escapes before The Batman and Robin arrive. Later at Professor Laughwell's private studio, Batman figures out, and tries to foil the Joker's plan to steal a priceless collection of rare native masks. When they struggle the Joker slips his utility belt onto Batman . The Batman reaches into it to use gas pellets they burst into flowers instead of gas and the Joker makes a clean getaway.
A few days later the Batman and Robin publicly launch the new SS Gotham with champagne bottles. The Batman notices that the paraffin wax has not discolored with age .He changes the bottle for another and launches the boat. Suddenly a woman picks up the champagne bottle Batman put to the side and smashes it against the ship releasing a powerful gas knocking out the caped crusaders. The Joker and his gang grab the Batman and Robin and plan a fiery fate for them at the Joker's hideout. Robin is placed on a conveyor belt that runs into a furnace.The Batman watches as he stands next to the the Joker held by his thugs. The Batman sneaks the snake pellets from the Jokers utility belt stopping the conveyor belt and saving Robin. Batman continues to ransack the Joker's utility belt turning it on him and his gang, thus capturing and turning them over to Commissioner Gordon at Gotham Police Headquarters.
The Story was later adapted into a two part episode of Batman 1966.
Batman #74 - The Crazy Crime Clown! / The Movie That Killed Batman / The Water Crimes of Mr.Hydro released by DC Comics on December 1952.
Alvin Schwartz writer Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang inker, penciler Lew Sayre Schwartz penciler
Pat Gordon colorist
Winslow Mortimer cover, inker, penciler

Cover by J. Winslow Mortimer.
"The Crazy Crime Clown!" written by Alvin Schwartz, penciled by Dick Sprang and inked by Charles Paris.
"The Movie That Killed Batman" written by Bill Finger, penciled and inked by Dick Sprang.
"The Water Crimes of Mr.Hydro" written by Bill Finger, penciled by Lew Schwartz and inked by Stan Kaye.
Batman #75 - The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City released by DC Comics on February 1, 1953.

Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker
David V. Reed writer
Dick Sprang artist
"Outlaw Town, U.S.A.!"
"Mr. Roulette's Greatest Gamble"
"The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City!" Reprinted in Super-Heroes Battle Super-Gorillas #1.
Batman #76 - The Danger Club released by DC Comics on April 1, 1953.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang artist

Stories:
The Danger Club
The Penguin's Fabulous Fowls
The Man of 100 Murders
Batman #77 - The Crime Predictor released by DC Comics on June 1, 1953.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker Winslow Mortimer inker, penciler
Stories:

The Crime Predictor: ''Dancer'' Kern bribed Ralph Edney, a carpenter, to install a series of hidden panels in buildings around Gotham City where he and his men could store their loot after committing robberies, allowing them to escape without fear of losing their new possessions. Batman and Robin attempted to track Kern and his gang to recover the property but were hampered when Captain Harby, filling in for Police Commissioner James Gordon, decided the Dynamic Duo were glory hounds. Rather then let them operate as normal, he tasked them with routine uniformed
The Secret Star
Batman Pounds a Beat
Batman #78 - Batman of the Mounties released by DC Comics on August 1, 1953.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang artist

Stories:
The Manhunter from Mars
The Sinister Stamps
Batman of the Mounties
Batman #79 - The Bride of Batman released by DC Comics on October 1, 1953.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker
David V. Reed writer
Dick Sprang artist
Pat Gordon colorist
Stories:
The Bride of Batman!
The Batman of Yesterday!
Batman Gang Boss
Batman #80 - The Machines of Menace released by DC Comics on December 1, 1953.

Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang artist Nick Cardy inker, penciler

Batman #81 - Two-Face Strikes Again! released by DC Comics on February 1, 1954.
Bill Finger writer Charles Paris inker
David V. Reed writer
Dick Sprang inker
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Stan Kaye inker
Two-Face captures Batman and Robin in daring raid. The ties them to a giant coin and has his henchmen flip the giant coin off a giant spring. Tails they live heads they die!!!
Stories:
Two-Face Strikes Again!
The Boy Wonder Confesses
The Phantom Bandit of Gotham City
Batman #82 - The Flying Batman released by DC Comics on March 1, 1954.
Bill Finger writer Charles Paris inker
David V. Reed artist
Dick Sprang inker
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Stan Kaye inker Winslow Mortimer cover

The Flying Batman
The Man Who Could Change Fingerprints
The Olympic Games of Crime
Batman #83 - The Testing of Batman released by DC Comics on April 1, 1954.
Alvin Schwartz writer Charles Paris inker
David V. Reed writer
Dick Sprang artist
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler

Stories:
The Duplicate Batman
The Deep-Sea Diver Mystery
The Testing of Batman
Batman #84 - The Sleeping Beauties of Gotham City released by DC Comics on June 1, 1954.
Bill Finger writer Charles Paris inker
David V. Reed writer
Dick Sprang penciler
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Stan Kaye inker Winslow Mortimer cover

Stories:
The Valley of Giant Bees
The Sleeping Beauties of Gotham City
Ten Night of Fears
Batman #85 - The Costume of Doom released by DC Comics on August 1, 1954.
Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler Charles Paris inker
David V. Reed writer
Edmond Hamilton writer
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Stan Kaye cover
Stories:
Batman Clown of Crime
The Guardian of the Bat-Signal
The Costume of Doom
Batman #86 - Batman -- Indian Chief! released by DC Comics on September 1, 1954.
Bill Finger writer Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang writer Edmond Hamilton writer France Herron writer
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Stan Kaye Winslow Mortimer cover

Stories:
The Voyage of the First Batmarine
The Joker's Winning Team
Batman Indian Chief

Batman #87 - Batman Falls in Love! released by DC Comics on October 1, 1954.

Bill Finger writer Bob Kane penciler
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Stan Kaye inker William Woolfolk inker Winslow Mortimer cover

In this issue of Batman the Dark Knight falls in love! He see's a attractive actress and falls in love, mean while the cops are in need of him with the criminals. Will the Dark Knight's new love let him neglect his Dark Knight activities?
Stories:
Batman's Greatest Thrills
The Synthetic Crime King
Batman Falls in Love!

Batman #88 - The Son of Batman released by DC Comics on December 1, 1954.
Bill Finger writer Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang artist
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Winslow Mortimer cover

Stories:
The Mysteries of the Four Batmen
Three Letters to Bamtan
The Son of Batman

Batman #89 - Bruce Wayne's Aunt Agatha! released by DC Comics on February 1, 1955.

Bill Finger writer Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang penciler Henry Boltinoff inker, letterer, penciler, writer Ira Schnapp cover, letterer Jack Schiff editor, writer
Pat Gordon colorist
Ruben Moreira inker, penciler Sheldon Moldoff penciler Stan Kaye inker Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer cover, inker, penciler

The River Rogues (Batman vs Baird Hawes / written by Bill Finger)
Did Commissioner Gordon really have a criminal for an ancestor?
Jerry the Jitterbug (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)
The Seven Wonders of the Underworld! (Batman vs Vince Varden)
Sport Slang (article about sports terms)
Casey the Cop (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)
Calling Police Car Number 5! (full text story)
Bruce Wayne's Aunt Agatha! (Batman vs the Rotor Robbers / written by Bill Finger)
Aunt Agatha does what the criminals of Gotham failed to do : unmask Batman!
Special Christmas Quiz (by Binky / written by Jack Schiff)

Batman #90 - The Web of Doom; City of Fantasy; The Adventures of Batboy! released by DC Comics on March 1, 1955.
Bill Finger cover Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang inker
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Stan Kaye inker Winslow Mortimer cover

Batman #91 - The Map of Mystery released by DC Comics on April 1, 1955.

Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang penciler Edmond Hamilton writer
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Winslow Mortimer cover

Stories:
The Living Bat-Plane
Batman's Publicity Agent
The Map of Mystery

Batman #92 - Ace, the Bat-Hound released by DC Comics on June 1, 1955.

Bill Finger writer Charles Paris inker Dave Wood writer
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Stan Kaye inker Winslow Mortimer cover

Stories:
Fan-Mail of Danger
Batman's Guilty Neighbor
Ace the Bat-Hound
Batman #93 - The Caveman Batman released by DC Comics on August 1, 1955.
Bill Finger writer Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang penciler
Pat Gordon colorist
Winslow Mortimer cover

. Journey to the Top of The World (Bill Finger)
2. Batman, Baby-Sitter! (Bill Finger)
3. The Caveman Batman (Edmond Hamilton)

Batman #94 - Mystery of the Sky Museum released by DC Comics on September 1, 1955.

Charles Paris inker Edmond Hamilton writer
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Stan Kaye inker Winslow Mortimer cover

"The Sign of the Bat!"
"The New Batman!"
"Mystery of the Sky Museum!"

Batman #95 - The Ballad of Batman released by DC Comics on October 1, 1955.

Bill Finger writer Charles Paris cover Dick Sprang penciler Edmond Hamilton
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Winslow Mortimer cover

Batman #96 - Third Alarm for Batman released by DC Comics on December 1, 1955.

Bill Finger writer Charles Paris inker
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Stan Kaye inker Whitney Ellsworth editor Winslow Mortimer cover

Batman #97 - The Return of the Bat-Hound released by DC Comics on February 1, 1956.

Bill Finger writer Charles Paris inker
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Winslow Mortimer cover

Batman #98 - The Return of Mister Future; The Desert Island Batman; Secret of the Batmobile released by DC Comics on March 1, 1956.

Arnold Drake writer Bill Finger writer Charles Paris inker Dick Sprang penciler Edmond Hamilton writer
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Winslow Mortimer cover
Batman #99 - The Phantom of the Bat-Cave! released by DC Comics on April 1, 1956.

Bill Finger writer Charles Paris inker Edmond Hamilton writer Henry Boltinoff inker, penciler, writer
Pat Gordon colorist
Sheldon Moldoff penciler Stan Kaye inker Winslow Mortimer cover

1. The Golden Eggs! (Batman and Robin)
2. Casey the Cop
3. Batman--Frontier Marshall (Batman and Robin)
4. It's Fun to Belong (public service announcement starring Binky Biggs)
5. Jerry the Jitterbug
6. Legal Lawbreakers (2 page text article)
7. The Phantom of the Bat-Cave! (Batman and Robin)

... A SUIVRE...