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Issue Details

Issue #14
Published December 1942-January 1943
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth
Notes Cover pencils and inks credits confirmed by Robinson.

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin; V: the Penguin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jerry Robinson
Inks Jerry Robinson
Letters typeset
Notes Cover pencils and inks credits confirmed by Robinson.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003).

13 page Batman story "The Case Batman Failed To Solve!!!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dana Drye (D); Sheriff Ezra Plunkett; Dr. Tsu; Grace Seers; Sir John Bart.
Synopsis Batman is among a handful of famed detectives that are invited to a conference, during which famed detective, Dana Drye, is shot and killed before their eyes.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Jerry Robinson
Inks Jerry Robinson
Letters George Roussos
Notes Writer credit revised & verified by Martin O'Hearn (Nov. 2005). Credit previously given to Joe Samachson. Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Robinson. Letters credit confirmed by Roussos. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003).

Half page Good Books Worth Reading text article

Synopsis Review of "Sons of the Hurricane" by John J. Floherty.
Script Josette Frank (signed)
Letters typeset

13 page Batman story "Prescription For Happiness"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; A. B. Chalmers; Lucy; Patton; Alphonse Gibbs; Rickey; Roy; Mary Miller; Dr. Ainslee; V: Pills Matson (I).
Synopsis Old Doc Chalmers, after spending a lifetime helping other people, loses just about everything in his place of business when a group of crooks use his shop as a base, and it is destroyed in a melee.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Bob Kane
Inks Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
Letters George Roussos
Notes Revised pencil credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Previously credit was given to Jerry Robinson. Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Ink credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letters credit confirmed by Roussos. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003).

2 page Wee Willie Winkie filler

Characters Wee Willie Winkie
Genre humor
Script Bob Naylor (signed)
Pencils Bob Naylor (signed)
Inks Bob Naylor (signed)
Letters Bob Naylor?
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.

13 page Batman story "Swastika Over the White House"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. McCoy; Matt Carson; Tom Starr; J. Peerless Morton; Villains: Count Felix (I), Fritz Hoffner [a.k.a. Fred Hopper].
Synopsis The Nazis succeed in getting one of their undercover men hired into a position as a photographer in order to infiltrate defense plants and take secret photos that will be used to sabotage America's war efforts.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Jack Burnley [signed as Bob Kane]
Inks Jack Burnley [signed as Bob Kane]; Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
Letters Betty Bentley
Notes Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Pencils, inks, and letters credits confirmed by Jack Burnley. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003).

2 page Flying Jeeps filler

Genre humor
Pencils George Storm
Inks George Storm

2 page text story "Foolish Business"

Genre adventure
Script Ben Warren (signed)
Letters typeset

13 page Batman story "Bargains In Banditry"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Villains: The Penguin [Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot], Torchy Blaize [D], Hairless Harry [D], Slippery Elmer.
Synopsis The Penguin decides to go into business for himself by offering to the underworld pre-planned crimes at cut rate prices! Unknown to them, he takes 100% of their profits....and their lives! To counter this, Batman poses as "Bad News" Brewster and offers the underworld pre-planned crimes of his own....at cheaper rates.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Jack Burnley [signed as Bob Kane]
Inks Jack Burnley [signed as Bob Kane]; Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
Letters Betty Bentley
Notes Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Pencils, inks, and letters credits confirmed by Jack Burnley. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003).