Issue Details

Issue	#13
Published	October-November 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth
Notes	Cover pencils and inks credits verified by Jerry Robinson.

Cover Details

Characters	Batman; Robin.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jerry Robinson
Inks	Jerry Robinson
Letters	typeset
Notes	Cover pencils and inks credits verified by Jerry Robinson.
Reprinted	In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003).

Half page Good Books Worth Reading text article

Synopsis	Review of "The Wonder Book of the Air" by C. B. Allen & Lauren D. Lyman.
Script	Josette Frank [signed]
Letters	typeset

13 page Batman story "The Batman Plays a Lone Hand"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Cinnissioner James Gordon; Villains: The Penguin [cameo], The Thumb (I).
Synopsis	Dick is rudely shocked when Bruce literally kicks him out of the house, not knowing that the Thumb has threatened to kill the Boy Wonder if Batman doesn't lay off.
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron
Pencils	Bob Kane (signed)
Inks	Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
Letters	George Roussos
Notes	Revised writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Previously given to Bill Finger. Revised pencil credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Previously given to Jerry Robinson. Ink credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.
Reprinted	In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003)

2 page Round House Willie filler

Characters	Round House Willie
Genre	humor
Script	Bob Naylor (signed)
Pencils	Bob Naylor (signed)
Inks	Bob Naylor (signed)
Letters	Bob Naylor?
Notes	Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.

Half page Laffs filler

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

13 page Batman story "Comedy of Tears"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Johnny Blake; Joe Brady; Mr. van Gild; Joe DiMaggio [cameo]; Jerry Siegel [cameo]; Villains: The Joker, Bruiser.
Synopsis	The Caped Crusaders are bewildered to discover the reason behind the Joker's new campaign: to make people cry.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bob Kane (signed)
Inks	Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
Letters	George Roussos
Notes	Revised writer credit verified by Jack Schiff. Previously credited to Bill Finger. Revised pencil credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Credit previously given to Jerry Robinson. Ink credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.
Reprinted	In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003).

1 page Tubby filler

Characters	Tubby
Genre	humor
Pencils	George Storm
Inks	George Storm

13 page Batman story "The Story of the Seventeen Stones"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Villains: Rocky Grimes, Lefty Slade,"Fin" Gonzy, Mason (I, D for all).
Synopsis	Once suffering from amnesia, and having served 20 years in jail on the rock pile, criminal Rocky Grimes decides to get back at former members of his mob by using stones.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Jack Burnley [signed as Bob Kane]
Inks	Jack Burnley [signed as Bob Kane]; Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
Letters	Betty Bentley
Notes	Art and letterer credits confirmed by Jack Burnley. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.
Reprinted	In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003).

Half page Clancy the Cop filler

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

2 page text story "Sacrifice"

Genre	adventure
Script	Eric Carter [signed]
Letters	typeset

2 page Flying Jeeps filler

Genre	humor
Pencils	George Storm
Inks	George Storm

Half page Silly Willy filler

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

1 page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

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

13 page Batman story "Destination Unknown"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Detective Guffey; Clyde Clayborn; Miss Hibbs; John Keyes; Ken Thorne; Villians: Trigger Turk (I) Biff Bolton (I).
Synopsis	A couple of criminals board a train, disguised as a doctor and his nurse, in order to get to a man accused of crime being transferred to the gas chamber, and kill him in an iron lung.
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron
Pencils	Bob Kane (signed)
Inks	Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
Letters	George Roussos
Notes	Revised writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn. Credit previously given to Bill Finger. Revised pencil credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Credit previously given to Jerry Robinson. Ink credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-21-08.
Reprinted	In Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (2003).