Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-08-08
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #13 Edit Cover
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

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typeset
    Genre:superhero
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Synopsis:
Batman and Robin parachute into the scene as spotlights shine behind them.
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of August 12 in ad in Detective Comics #67.

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

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Good Books Worth Reading / in-house column / 0.67 page

The Batman Plays a Lone Hand!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
George Roussos (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain, cameo); The Joker (villain, cameo); The Thumb (villain, introduction); Thumb's henchmen (villains)
Synopsis:
Dick is rudely shocked when Bruce literally kicks him out of the house, not knowing that the Thumb has threatened to kill the Boy Wonder if Batman doesn't lay off.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Revised writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, previously given to Bill Finger. Revised penciler credit verified by Craig Delich, previously given to Jerry Robinson. Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.

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Round-House Willie / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Bob Naylor (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Naylor (signed)
Inks:
Bob Naylor (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Say, Willie...I need advice...
Characters:
Round-House Willie; Mr. Nuggins; Mr. Snithers; Mr. Crimp
Synopsis:
Mr. Nuggins asks for a raise.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

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Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page

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    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Please Excuse Willy This Afternoon
Characters:
Willy

Indexer Notes

3 gags.

Double Trouble for Batman and Robin!!
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Detective Comics; Batman with Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Comedy of Tears!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
George Roussos (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:superhero
  • Feature Logo:Batman with Robin
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Time and again, one man has played the same mocking part on this stage of life.. that arch-fiend of laughter, that master clown... the Joker! Now, the crime clown steps out of his role, dons the mask of tragedy, and stalks...
  • Keywords:Batmobile; Gotham City
    • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Johnny Blake (student); Joe Brady; Mr. van Gild; Artemus Bigby (author); Bruiser (villain); Pretty Boy Dugan (villain)
Synopsis:
The Caped Crusaders are bewildered to discover the reason behind the Joker's new campaign: to make people cry.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Revised writer credit verified by Jack Schiff, previously credited to Bill Finger. Revised penciler credit verified by Craig Delich, previously given to Jerry Robinson. Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.

Dick Grayson gets Jerry Siegel's autograph, referring to him as "the creator of Superman."

We've Pepped 'Em Up...
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More Fun Comics; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Tubby / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
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    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I want my angel to run over to the dry cleaner's...
Characters:
Tubby
Synopsis:
Tubby is sent on an errand to pick up a coat from the dry cleaner.

The Story of the Seventeen Stones!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mason (reformed villain, architect, introduction); Brenner (reformed villain, diamond cutter); Parks (reformed villain); Rocky Grimes (villain, introduction, death); Lefty Slade (villain, introduction, death); "Fin" Gonzy (villain, loan shark, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
Once suffering from amnesia, and having served 20 years in jail on the rock pile, criminal Rocky Grimes decides to get back at former members of his mob by using stones.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Art and letterer credits confirmed by Jack Burnley.

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Clancy the Cop / comic story / 0.22 page

Script:
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Letters:
    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Tut-tut - You gents shouldn't be out so late...
Characters:
Clancy the Cop
Synopsis:
Clancy gives advice to bank robbers.

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advertisement / 0.11 page

DC Comics Give You What You Like!
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Sacrifice
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Eric Carter (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
    Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In the tiny apartment, the short, thin man...
Characters:
Lane Thomas; Little Aussie; Marco Evans

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The Flying Jeeps / comic story / 2 pages

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?
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    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:After a forced landing...

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Silly Willy / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I better hurry before she goes under!
Characters:
Silly Willy

Biggest and Best!
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World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
    Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gosh - What a sore throat...
Characters:
Jerry the Jitterbug

Destination Unknown!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
George Roussos (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Detective Guffey; Commissioner James Gordon; Clyde Clayborn (collector of oddities); Miss Hibbs (Clayborn's Secretary); Mr. Fortesque (man in an iron lung, actually a wax dummy); John Keyes (innocent prisoner); Ken Thorne (President of the railroad); Trigger Turk (villain, introduction); Biff Bolton (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
A couple of criminals board a train, disguised as a doctor and his nurse, in order to get to a man accused of crime being transferred to the gas chamber, and kill him in an iron lung.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Revised writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn, previously given to Bill Finger. Revised penciler credit verified by Craig Delich, previously given to Jerry Robinson. Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.

The Big Eight!
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary / 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. ["Boys and girls!"]
    Good Books Worth Reading
  4. The Batman Plays a Lone Hand!
    Batman and Robin
  5. ["Say, Willie...I need advice..."]
    Round-House Willie
  6. ["Please Excuse Willy This Afternoon"]
    Laffs
  7. Double Trouble for Batman and Robin!!
    Detective Comics; Batman with Robin
  8. Comedy of Tears!
    Batman and Robin
  9. We've Pepped 'Em Up...
    More Fun Comics; Adventure Comics
  10. ["I want my angel to run over to the dry cleaner's..."]
    Tubby
  11. The Story of the Seventeen Stones!
    Batman and Robin
  12. ["Tut-tut - You gents shouldn't be out so late..."]
    Clancy the Cop
  13. [no title indexed]
  14. DC Comics Give You What You Like!
  15. Sacrifice
  16. ["After a forced landing..."]
    The Flying Jeeps
  17. ["I better hurry before she goes under!"]
    Silly Willy
  18. Biggest and Best!
    World's Finest Comics
  19. ["Gosh - What a sore throat..."]
    Jerry the Jitterbug
  20. Destination Unknown!
    Batman and Robin
  21. The Big Eight!
  22. [no title indexed]
    Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary
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  • Del Gruber
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
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