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Issue Details

Issue #11
Published June-July 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth
Notes Cover credits per BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT ARCHIVES (DC, 1992 hardcover series) #3 (August 2000). Jerry Robinson confirmed to Arnie Grieves on June 17, 2007, that he penciled and inked the cover.

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin; V: the Joker.
Genre superhero
Pencils Fred Ray (layouts); Jerry Robinson (finishes)
Inks Jerry Robinson
Letters typeset
Notes Cover credits per BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT ARCHIVES (DC, 1992 hardcover series) #3 (August 2000). Jerry Robinson confirmed to Arnie Grieves on June 17, 2007, that he penciled and inked the cover.
Reprinted In Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329; in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #3 (2000); in Untold Legend of the Batman, The [MPI Audio Edition] (DC, 1980 series) #2

Half page Good Books Worth Reading text article

Synopsis Review of "Jerry and the Pony Express" by Sanford Tousey.
Genre fact
Script Josette Frank (signed)
Letters typeset

13 page Batman story "The Joker's Advertising Campaign"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: the Joker.
Synopsis The Joker escapes from prison and places ads each day in the newspaper to advertize to Batman and Robin his latest criminal pursuit.
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 12-18-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #3 (2000).

1 page Clancy the Cop filler

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

13 page Batman story "Payment In Full"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; District Attorney Lee Benson; V: Joe Dolan (D).
Synopsis Batman discovers that the D.A. faces one of the most difficult decisions of his life: to presecute and send to the chair a criminal who once saved his life.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils 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).

Half page Gran'pa filler

Characters Gran'pa
Genre gag

1 page Rollin' Stone filler

Genre humor
Script Ray McGill
Pencils Ray McGill
Inks Ray McGill
Letters Ray McGill
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 12-18-08.

13 page Batman story "Bandits In Toyland"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tom Willard; Grandma Drew; Villains: Henry Burton, Muscles Malone, Patsy Day, Johnny Teal.
Synopsis Bruce Wayne is called to immediate jury duty and discovers that the defendant has been framed. Unable to convince other panel member's of the man's innocence, Batman must now gain the evidence to prove it.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
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 12-18-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #3 (2000).

2 page text story "All the Angles"

Genre adventure
Script Edgar Wilton (signed)
Letters typeset

2 page Grandpa Peters filler

Characters Grandpa Peters
Genre humor
Script Tom McNamara
Pencils Tom McNamara
Inks Tom McNamara
Letters Tom McNamara
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 12-18-08.

13 page Batman story "Four Birds of a Feather"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Villains: The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot], Buzzard Benny, Joe Crow, The Canary.
Synopsis The Penguin joins in a financial enterprise with some "old friends" of his to open a night club called The Bird House in Florida....with gambling as the real racket.
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 12-18-08.
Reprinted In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #3 (2000).