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Issue Details

Issue	#21
Published	February-March 1944
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	60
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters	Batman; Robin
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Letters	typeset
Notes	Art credits verified by Sprang.
Reprinted	in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)

12 page Batman story "The Streamlined Rustlers!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sheriff Colt; Mr. Kraft; Mr. Cotter; Mr. Brule (villain, introduction, death); Bat-Plane
Synopsis	Batman and Robin head west to see if they can stem the tide of cattle rustling, which has been caused by war-time rationing, and is the source of black market beef.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Letters	George Roussos
Notes	Art credits verified by Sprang and lettering credit verified by Roussos.
Reprinted	in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)

12 page Batman story "Blitzkrieg Bandits!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hannibal Boneparte Brown (introduction); Mr. Dodge; Chopper Gant (villain, introduction)
Synopsis	The Caped Crusaders must stop a criminal mastermind who uses a genius in military science to actually plan crimes for gems and other loot, thinking the crook is writing a series of newspaper articles on him.
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron
Pencils	Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks	Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Letters	George Roussos
Notes	Art credits verified by Sprang and lettering credit verified by Roussos.
Reprinted	in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)

2 page Brother filler

Genre	humor
Script	Paul Fung
Pencils	Paul Fung
Inks	Paul Fung
Notes	This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

11 page Batman story "His Lordship's Double!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. and Mrs. C.L.J. Carruthers; Lord David Hurley Burleigh (introduction); un-named criminal gang (villains)
Synopsis	The Caped Crusaders have to outwit a criminal element which targets a Lord Burleigh, a man who has come to America to interest an American oil company in his discovery of a cheaper process for obtaining rubber from petroleum.
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz
Pencils	Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks	Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Letters	George Roussos
Notes	Alfred has slimmed down by this story. Art credits verified by Sprang and lettering credit verified by Roussos.
Reprinted	in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)

2 page text story "Hero's Mission"

Genre	adventure
Script	George Brandon (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	This text story does NOT appear in the Archive.

1 page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

Characters	Jerry the Jitterbug
Genre	teen humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	This filler does NOT appear in the Archive.

13 page Batman story "The Three Eccentrics!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ebenezer Flint; Gladys Puffe; John White; The Penguin [Oscar Copplepot] (villain); Sam Chizzell (villain); Bat-Plane; Batmobile
Synopsis	Batman must outwit the Penguin, who has invented a small motion picture camera with telescopic lenses, which is precise enough to see combinations to wall safes as they are being opened.
Genre	superhero
Script	Joseph Greene (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Ed Kressy [layouts?]; Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks	Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Letters	George Roussos
Notes	Layout credit and revised inker credit verified by Sprang & added by Craig Delich (November, 2005). Inker credit formerly assigned to Ray Burnley. Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn and lettering credit verified by Roussos.
Reprinted	in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009)