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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published Spring 1941
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth
Notes Not all fillers may be listed for this book; the cover is roughly taken from Batman #4's last story splash.

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Bob Kane (signed)
Notes Not all fillers may be listed for this book; the cover is roughly taken from Batman #4's last story splash.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 (1995).

13 page Batman story "The Riddle of the Missing Card"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Villains: The Joker, Jack of Diamonds (I, D; Diamond Jack Duggan), Black Queen (I, D; Queenie), King of Clubs (I, D?; Clubsy).
Synopsis With the help of some new partners in crime, the Joker sets up a gambling ship for the rich and wealthy, hoping to get them drunk so that they can be pumped for information about their valuable jewels.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-20-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 (1995).

1 page True-isms filler

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Quiz Box activity

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

Half page Sports Shorts filler

Genre sports
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

13 page Batman story "Book of Enchantment"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Anderson; Enid Anderson; V: Gruel the Black Witch, Burn, Freeze, and a dragon (all I, D); Father Time and other inhabitants of Fairyland [I].
Synopsis Batman and Robin are sent to Fairyland by an inventor's strange machine that allows people to actually enter into the scenario of a book they are reading in order to try to locate his daughter he had sent there a few days earlier and return her safely.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-20-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 (1995).

1 page Jungle Fun story

Genre humor
Pencils Bill Carney (signed)
Inks Bill Carney (signed)

13 page Batman story "The Case of the Honest Crook!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joseph Sands [I]; Ann Sands [I]; Villains: Smiley Sikes (I), Matty Link [D].
Synopsis Batman helps out a young convict released from prison who is having trouble getting an honest job to support his new, but sick wife. The Caped Crusaders then vow to help track down the rats who set him up to be arrested originally, but Robin is nearly beaten to death, and the Batman swears vengeance on those responsible.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-20-08.
Reprinted In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #241 (May 1972); in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 (1995).

2 page text story "Too Much Knowledge"

Genre adventure
Script Clem Gordon (signed)
Pencils Cliff Young (signed)
Inks Cliff Young (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page Jest Jokin' filler

Genre gags
Script Ray McGill (signed)
Pencils Ray McGill (signed)
Inks Ray McGill (signed)
Letters Ray McGill?

1 page Curios filler

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

13 page Batman story "Crime Does Not Pay"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; I: Linda Page; Mrs. Grogan; Tommy Grogan; V: Mike Grogan (I, D).
Synopsis Batman finds it very odd that a bank robber he is fighting with comes to the aid of another until he realizes that they are brothers. And he must rescue Linda Page from the clutches of one of the gangsters in order to save his brother from a life of crime.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds & inks, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-20-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 (1995).