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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published April-May 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters Btaman; Robin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Fred Ray (layouts); Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #3 (2000).

Half page Good Books Worth Reading text article

Synopsis Review of "Smoke Eater" by Howard M. Brier.
Genre fact
Script Josette Frank (signed)
Letters typeset
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

12 page Batman story "The Isle That Time Forgot"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dolores; Professor Moloff, Dan; Guy Markham.
Synopsis For his birthday, Dick received his own version of the Bat-Plane, and while aloft, he and Batman run into a storm, which forces them to make an emergency landing on an island inhabited by prehistoric creatures.
Genre superhero
Script Joseph Greene (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson), George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-18-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #3 (2000).

2 page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

Characters Jerry
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

13 page Batman story "Report Card Blues"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tommy Trent and his family; Villains: L. Milo. Muggsey.
Synopsis Fearing that he will get a bad report at school, little Tommy runs away from home and smack dab into trouble, until the Batman rescues him and Tommy sees the light and decides to go home.
Genre superhero
Script Joseph Greene (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson); George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Synopsisd added by Craig Delich 12-18-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #3 (2000).

Half page Laffs filler

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

13 page Batman story "The Princess of Plunder"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Villain: Catwoman [uses Marguerite Tone alias; Selina Kyle].
Synopsis Guests to a high society function don't know that their host is actually the Cat-Woman, who sends her guests out on a scavenger hunt at the same time that she sends her gang members out on one. Batman intervenes to stop that hunt before it's too late.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Fred Ray (layouts); Jerry Robinson (finished pencils) [signed as Bob Kane]
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson); George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-18-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #3 (2000).

2 page text story "The Way Home"

Genre adventure
Script Norman Goss (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page Rollin' Stone filler

Genre humor
Script Ray McGill (signed)
Pencils Ray McGill (signed)
Inks Ray McGill (signed)
Letters Ray McGill

2 page Gee-Man filler

Genre gag
Script Ray McGill (signed)
Pencils Ray McGill (signed)
Inks Ray McGill (signed)
Letters Ray McGill

13 page Batman story "The Sheriff of Ghost Town"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Cactus Tom [D]; Joe Jeffers; Villains: "Five-Aces" Frogel, Blackie.
Synopsis The prospect of hidden gold brings a gang of criminals to the newly ressurected ghost town now called Sunshine City, but the pleas of a young boy brings Batman & Robin to town to clean house.....as the newly elected Sheriff!
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson); George Roussos (backgrounds, verified by Roussos)
Letters George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-18-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #3 (2000).