Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1943-02-06
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #16 Edit Cover
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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Letters:
typeset
    Genre:superhero
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

This cover is a reverse scene from the cover to Batman #9.

For notes on the cover credits, see Batman #9.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of February 10 in ad in Detective Comics #73.

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Muscle Power Co. / advertisement / 1 page

The Joker Reforms!
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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:
Sheriff Jeb Johnson; Sam Upson (proprietor of the General Store and post office); Joker's gang [Kite; Sparky; Nitro] (villains)
Synopsis:
After robbing a jewelry store, the Joker crash-lands his escape plane and loses his memory. He stumbles into a town where he becomes a hero...but not to the other members of his gang, who seek the jewels, and come looking for him, as do the Caped Crusaders.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.

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Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gosh - This is better than being on a big boat!
Characters:

The Winning Team!!
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Detective Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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Marmaduke Jones / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm so glad you live here with us, Susie...
Characters:
Marmaduke Jones; Susie

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

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Silly Willy / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'll have to get off by myself to get it done!
Characters:
Silly Willy
Synopsis:
Willy looks for a quiet place to knit.

Bombshell!
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Boy Commandos / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

The Grade A Crimes!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Editing:
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Bill; John Winthrop (villain, introduction); Winthrop's gang [Sparks; rest unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis:
After a series of early-bird robberies, Batman notes the appearances of a milkman and his horse-drawn wagon at the scene of every crime, and makes the connection that it is involved in the heists.
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

Bill Jourdain's article in Alter Ego #27 (August 2003) gives art credits to Dick Sprang (pencils) and Charles Paris (inks). However, Sprang told Craig Delich personally (after being shown the story) that he did NOT do this story, and, later, Jack Burnley verified to Craig in person that he penciled and inked the story, and his brother Ray did backgrounds.

Script credit confirmed by Jack Schiff (the original indexer credited Bill Finger). Story was heavily edited by editor Jack Schiff.

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

[Ghost Ship!]
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Fantastic Facts / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
?
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Colors:
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Letters:
?
    Genre:non-fiction

The Adventures of the Branded Tree!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Scotty (lumberjack); Olaf Yonson (lumberjack, death); Bull Beeton (villain, introduction); Knuckles (villain)
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin track down the secret of a dagger-branded tree that led to the murder of two lumberjacks.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

The 2nd from last panel is patterned after the cover to Batman #8.

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn. Art and letterer credits confirmed by Jack Burnley.

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Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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Colors:
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Letters:
    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Chief Hot Foot is back from vacation!
Characters:

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

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

Motive
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text story / 1.67 pages

Script:
Eric Carter (credited)
Letters:
typeset
    Genre:adventure
Characters:
Spencer; Junius; Sheriff Tate

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Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We had to number 'em...

Indexer Notes

3 gags.

Fast As a Bullet!
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Prize Comics; Headline Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Clancy the Cop / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This headache is killing me!
Characters:
Clancy the Cop

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Here Comes Alfred!
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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:
Jarvis Beagle (Alfred's father who was a butler for Thomas Wayne, mention only); The Duke of Dorian [aka Gaston LeDuc]; Manuel Stiletti (villain, international crook, introduction); Pablo (villain); Tomas (villain)
Synopsis:
Things get very complicated when an English butler, named Alfred, suddenly shows up on the doorstep of Wayne Manor and announces that he is there to attend to their needs in order to fulfill a promise that he made to the original butler for the Wayne family. Then he discovers accidentally that his new masters are in reality Batman and Robin!
Reprints (7)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.

Alfred's last name was revealed in Detective Comics #96.

All reprints of this story were traced.

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Lancaster County Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page

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Wonders of Science Simplified / advertisement / 1 page

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American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  2. [no title indexed]
    Muscle Power Co.
  3. The Joker Reforms!
    Batman and Robin
  4. ["Gosh - This is better than being on a big boat!"]
    Shorty
  5. The Winning Team!!
    Detective Comics
  6. ["I'm so glad you live here with us, Susie..."]
    Marmaduke Jones
  7. ["I'll have to get off by myself to get it done!"]
    Silly Willy
  8. Bombshell!
    Boy Commandos
  9. The Grade A Crimes!
    Batman and Robin
  10. The Big Eight!
  11. [Ghost Ship!]
    Fantastic Facts
  12. The Adventures of the Branded Tree!
    Batman and Robin
  13. ["Chief Hot Foot is back from vacation!"]
    Chief Hot Foot
  14. World's Finest Value!
    World's Finest Comics
  15. Editorial Advisory Board
  16. Motive
  17. ["We had to number 'em..."]
    Laffs
  18. Fast As a Bullet!
    Prize Comics; Headline Comics
  19. ["This headache is killing me!"]
    Clancy the Cop
  20. ["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"]
  21. Here Comes Alfred!
    Batman and Robin
  22. [no title indexed]
    Lancaster County Seed Co.
  23. [no title indexed]
    Wonders of Science Simplified
  24. [no title indexed]
    American Seed Co.
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