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Issue Details

Issue #39
Published May 1940
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson
Letters typeset
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990).

12 page The Batman story "The Horde of the Green Dragon"

Characters The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Julie Madison (cameo); Henry Crandall; John Cobb; Wong (D); The Green Dragon (villains).
Synopsis The kidnapping of two millionaires and the murder [with a hatchet] of a chauffeur leads the Batman into Chinatown to battle the Green Dragon and their dealings in opium.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Bob Kane (signed), Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)
Letters Jerry Robinson
Notes Strip titled in this issue as "The Sensation Adventures of the Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder." The last panel at the end of ther story touts the next villain for the Batman: Clayface! Notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-13-09.
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990).

6 page Spy story "The Chauffeur Spy"

Characters Bart Regan
Genre adventure
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Maurice Kashuba (signed)
Inks Maurice Kashuba (signed)

5 page Red Logan story "Cobra on the Loose"

Characters Red Logan
Genre adventure
Pencils Ken Ernst
Inks Ken Ernst

6 page The Crimson Avenger story "Switch the Switch"

Characters The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Lehti
Pencils Jack Lehti
Inks Jack Lehti

1 page Monthly Book Review promo (ad from the publisher)

Genre fact

6 page Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator story "The Case of the Siva Statue"

Characters Speed Saunders
Genre detective
Script Gardner F. Fox?
Pencils Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks Fred Guardineer (signed)
Letters Fred Guardineer

6 page Steve Malone, District Attorney story "Morton Hijacking & Co."

Characters Steve Malone
Genre detective
Pencils Don Lynch
Inks Don Lynch

6 page Cliff Crosby story "Larson's Boy Gets Kidnapped"

Characters Cliff Crosby
Genre adventure
Script Chad Grothkopf
Pencils Chad Grothkopf
Inks Chad Grothkopf
Letters Chad Grothkopf

2 page text story "White Trap"

Genre adventure
Script Whitney Ellsworth [signed as Fredric Wells]
Letters typeset
Notes Writer's true name verified by Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005).

10 page Slam Bradley story "The French Impersonation"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre detective
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Dennis Neville (signed)
Inks Dennis Neville (signed)

1 page Batman advertisement "Batman #1"

Characters Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)
Letters typeset
Notes Full page promotional house ad, with cover, for Batman #1 (Spring, 1940).