Characters |
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mrs. Van Landorpf; The Joker (villain); the Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot](villain) |
Synopsis |
Batman's attempt to set a trap to catch the Penguin and the Joker backfires and the two criminals form a partnership to commit crimes and outwit the Caped Crusaders. |
Genre |
superhero |
Script |
Don Cameron (credit by O'Hearn) |
Pencils |
Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Inks |
Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Letters |
George Roussos |
Notes |
This was the first team up of the Joker and Penguin. Writer credit confirmed by Martin O'Hearn, art credits confirmed by Jack Burnley, and lettering credit confirmed by Roussos. |
Reprinted |
in Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #2 (September-October 1972); in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1988 series) #nn [1]; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn [1]; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (Warner Books, 1989 series) #nn; in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
Characters |
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Ali Ka-Bada; Sheik Sidi Ben Hassen; Omar El Kobra (villain, introduction) |
Synopsis |
An evil, former Sheik in Bagdad (sic) learns that the true Sheik, once thought dead, is alive and well, living in exile in Gotham City as a cab driver, so he travels to Gotham to find this man and kill him. But when the real Sheik is injured and taken to a hospital, Batman takes over driving the man's cab in disguise and is taken prisoner by the evil Omar El Kobra, who believes Bruce Wayne to be the man they are after. |
Genre |
superhero |
Script |
Alvin Schwartz |
Pencils |
Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Inks |
Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Letters |
George Roussos |
Notes |
Writer credit confirmed by Schwartz and Martin O'Hearn, art credits confirmed by Burnley and lettering credit confirmed by Roussos. |
Reprinted |
in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
Characters |
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jack; Alex; Commissioner James Gordon; Matty Coyle (villain, introduction, death) |
Synopsis |
The Caped Crusaders are sent to investigate the thefts of valuable copper wire from the Rocky Dam Light and Power Company, which is erecting a power cable into a new territory. |
Genre |
superhero |
Script |
Bill Finger |
Pencils |
Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Inks |
Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Letters |
George Roussos |
Notes |
Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn, art credits verified by Burnley and lettering credit verified by Roussos. |
Reprinted |
in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |