Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1943-08-07
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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Batman Makes a Deadline; Atlantis Goes to War; The Case of the Timid Lion; Collector of Millionaires
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Sprang.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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

America's Fighting Planes in Action by Reed Kinert
(Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page

Script:
Josette Frank (credited)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset
    Genre:non-fiction; aviation

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover. Review of "America's Fighting Planes in Action" by Reed Kinert.

Batman Makes a Deadline!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed newspaper City Editor; Larry Spade (newspaper reporter, death); unnamed toy shop proprietor; Big Ben Bolling (villain, introduction, death); Skylark Skelly (villain, death); Legs Lascomb (villain, death); Rattler (villain, death)
Synopsis:
After witnessing the fatal injuries to a top notch newspaper reporter who was kidnapped by a gang wanting to keep him silent about their activities, Batman and Robin decide to take over the story and bring the gang to justice.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Sprang. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.

Power Start
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Atlantis Goes to War!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ben Stunsel (introduction, death); Taro (Ruler of Atlantis, introduction); Lanya (Empress of Atlantis, Taro's sister, introduction); Kano (Atlantean High Priest, introduction); other unnamed Atlanteans; Admiral Von Buntz (villain, introduction); Captain Kurt Fritzl (villain, U-Boat Captain, introduction); unnamed Nazis (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin decide to get involved in a case where a Nazi submarine attacks Allied shipping and then disappears without a trace. But they are in for a shock when they discover the secret Nazi sub base is located in lost Atlantis!
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Art credits verified by Sprang. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.

[no title indexed]
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Private Pete / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Advance into those woods!
Characters:
Private Pete

The Case of the Timid Lion!
(Table of Contents: 7)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed zoo attendant; The Joker (villain); Mr. Lyon (villain)
Synopsis:
One Mr. Lyon decides to perpetrate "jokes" and robberies, using the Joker's calling card to implicate the Jester of Crime...something the Joker doesn't find amusing---nor do Batman and Robin!
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Sprang. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.

[no title indexed]
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Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Jerry the Jitterbug
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It sure was swell of Homer to lend me his boss's dress suit...
Characters:
Jerry the Jitterbug

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

Dramatic Fragment
(Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Ted Allenby (credited)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
    Genre:adventure
Characters:
Joseph Jefferson; Abraham Lincoln

Collector of Millionaires
(Table of Contents: 11)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Joe Samachson ? (probably)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Judge Tower; Ronnie Tower (the Judge's son); Carol Tower (Ronnie's sister, the Judge's daughter); Howard Prescott (millionaire); Miles Rockley (millionaire); Reginald Van Astor (millionaire); Ali (villain, introduction); Ali's gang of impersonators (villains)
Synopsis:
After handling a particular heart-rending situation between a friend of his and his wife, Bruce Wayne decides it's time for a vacation. But when "Bruce" returns from that vacation, he literally treats Dick Grayson like dirt. But before he, in the guise of Robin, confronts the man, he gets a radio call from the real Wayne, who has been kidnapped by a lunatic, imprisoning millionaires and sending out lookalikes to further his interests.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Sprang.

[no title indexed]
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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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"Wonders of Living Things" Book and Microscope / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Batman Makes a Deadline; Atlantis Goes to War; The Case of the Timid Lion; Collector of Millionaires
    Batman and Robin
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. America's Fighting Planes in Action by Reed Kinert
    Good Books Worth Reading
  4. Batman Makes a Deadline!
    Batman and Robin
  5. Power Start
    Wheaties
  6. Atlantis Goes to War!
    Batman and Robin
  7. ["Advance into those woods!"]
    Private Pete
  8. The Case of the Timid Lion!
    Batman and Robin
  9. ["It sure was swell of Homer to lend me his boss's dress suit..."]
    Jerry the Jitterbug
  10. The Big Eight!
  11. Dramatic Fragment
  12. Collector of Millionaires
    Batman and Robin
  13. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  14. [no title indexed]
    "Wonders of Living Things" Book and Microscope
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