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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published Winter 1941
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "More Whirlwind Adventures of Batman and Robin"

Characters The Batman; Robin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Letters typeset
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1.

1 page Batman illustration "The Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder"

Characters Batman; Robin; the Joker; Clayface.
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters ?; some typeset
Notes Collage of panels from various stories.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1.

13 page Batman story "The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; C. R. Darcey; V: The Joker, the Crime Circus (I).
Synopsis The Joker organizes a crime circus that performs at the homes of wealthy patrons to size up the joint, then later robs them.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-1-08.
Reprinted In The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) #nn ([December] 1988); in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1.

Half page filler "Oddities"

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page filler "False Alarms"

Genre humor
Pencils Lou Paige (signed as G. Paige)
Inks Lou Paige (signed as G. Paige)

13 page Batman story "Blackbeard's Crew and the Yacht Society"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Horn; Stanley; Elaine; Mr. Cowden; Henry; V: Blackbeard (Thatch, I).
Synopsis When an exclusive yacht is taken over by a band of pirates led by the immortal Blackbeard himself, the Batman and Robin come aboard to swab the decks with them.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-1-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1.

13 page Batman story "Public Enemy No. 1"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Jimmy "Red" McCoy (I, D), "Big" Costello (I, D).
Synopsis Batman must contend with Jimmie McCoy, a young bully who claws his way up through the ranks until he becomes the overlord of crime, but ends up being deserted by his mob, hunted by the Police and killed in a gutter.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-1-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1.

2 page text story "Code of the Glove"

Genre adventure
Script Clem Gordon (signed)
Pencils Raymond Perry
Inks Raymond Perry
Letters typeset

2 page Ginger Snap filler

Characters Ginger Snap
Genre humor
Script Bob Kane (signed as Lou Reed)
Pencils Bob Kane (signed as Lou Reed)
Inks Bob Kane (signed as Lou Reed)
Letters Bob Kane?
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 11-1-08.

13 page Batman story "Touchdown For Justice"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tim Bannon; Stockton; Villains: Stacy and his mob (I, D).
Synopsis The Caped Crusader doubles as a star football player, who has been kidnapped in order that his team will lose and criminals will gain big time from the bets they have made.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes The splash to this story became the cover for Batman #5. Jerry Robinson's first name appears on page 1, panel 2, on a sport shop. Batman uses a gun in this story. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-1-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #1.