Issue | #24 |
Published | August-September 1944 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Characters | Batman; Robin |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Dick Sprang |
Inks | Dick Sprang |
Letters | George Roussos |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Dick Sprang; lettering credit confirmed by George Roussos. |
Reprinted | in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Prof. Carter Nichols (introduction); the Jester (a Roman clown, introduction); Gito; Calvus (Roman gladiator); Publius Malchio (villain; introduction) |
Synopsis | Bruce Wayne is sent back to the time of the ancient Romans and runs afoul of a high official as Batman, so Robin must also make the journey back to help the Caped Crusader get out of the jam he is in. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Samachson |
Pencils | Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Inks | Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Letters | George Roussos |
Notes | 1st time-travel story. Writer credit confirmed by Martin O'Hearn, art credits confirmed by Sprang, and lettering credit confirmed by Roussos. |
Reprinted | in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
Genre | fact |
Script | Jack Farr |
Pencils | Jack Farr |
Inks | Jack Farr |
Letters | Jack Farr |
Notes | This filler is NOT found in the Archive. |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Sam Caldwin (banker, villain) |
Synopsis | Bruce Wayne allows himself to come under investigation by the District Attorney for juggling the books in order to ferret out a clever gang that, for a price, makes wealthy suspicious men like Wayne to "disappear" from prosecution. |
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 confirmed by Sprang and lettering credit confirmed by Roussos. |
Reprinted | in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
Characters | Gee-Man |
Genre | humor |
Script | Ray McGill (signed) |
Pencils | Ray McGill (signed) |
Inks | Ray McGill (signed) |
Letters | Ray McGill |
Notes | This filler is NOT found in the Archive. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Tex Palmer (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | This text story is NOT found in the Archive. |
Characters | Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Alfred Pennyworth; Cincinnati Red (villain); Toots Rollston (villain); Ronnie the Rat (villain); Pokerface (villain); Lop-Ear (villain) |
Synopsis | Alfred attends a Police line-up in order to sharpen his visual recognition skills, something that nearly backfires on him. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Don Cameron?; Joe Samachson? |
Pencils | Jerry Robinson |
Inks | Jerry Robinson |
Letters | George Roussos |
Notes | Art credits confirmed by Jerry Robinson; letters credit confirmed by George Roussos. |
Reprinted | in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #421 (March 1972); in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #5/1976; in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tweedledum [Deever Tweed](villain); Tweedledee [Dumfree Tweed] (villain); Louie (villain); Spike (villain) |
Synopsis | The Caped Crusaders must save the people of Yonville from a gold swindle, but they have to break out of jail to accomplish it! |
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 confirmed by Sprang and lettering credit confirmed by Roussos. |
Reprinted | in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
Characters | Private Pete |
Genre | military humor |
Script | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | This filler is NOT found in the Archive. |