Issue | #22 |
Published | April-May 1944 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Characters | Batman; Robin; Alfred Pennyworth |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Dick Sprang |
Inks | Dick Sprang |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Art credits verified by Sprang. |
Reprinted | in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Bottom (a butler); The Catwoman [Selina Kyle, as Belinda, a maid](villain) |
Synopsis | Alfred is in love, and to impress the fair maid he has designs on, he poses as the Batman, unaware that his "girl" is actually the Catwoman in disguise! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Alvin Schwartz |
Pencils | Bob Kane |
Inks | Jerry Robinson |
Letters | George Roussos |
Notes | Writer credit confirmed by Martin O'Hearn and Schwartz, art credits confirmed by Robinson, and lettering credit verified by Roussos. |
Reprinted | in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #255 (March-April, 1974); in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Hendricks; Mike Optik (villain, introduction); the Ghost Gang [Deafy; Egghead](villains, introduction); Batmobile |
Synopsis | A cleaver gangster and his gang use a powerful telescope to look in on various places of interest, like banks and museums, and discover which places they can carry out profitable heists. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Inks | Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane] (signed) |
Letters | George Roussos |
Notes | Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn, art credits verified by Burnley and lettering credit conformed by Roussos. |
Reprinted | in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
Characters | Pvt. Pete |
Genre | humor |
Script | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | This filler is NOT found in the Archive. |
Characters | Alfred Pennyworth; Guest Stars: Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Professor Dyke (villain, introduction) |
Synopsis | Overhearing an accidential conversation in the library, Alfred decides to follow it up and it leads him into a life and death situation for him unless he can put the practices into play that he has learned from Batman. |
Genre | detective |
Script | Mort Weisinger |
Pencils | Jerry Robinson |
Inks | Jerry Robinson |
Letters | George Roussos |
Notes | 1st Alfred solo story. Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn, art credits verified by Robinson and letterer credit confirmed by Roussos. |
Reprinted | in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #257 (July-August, 1974); in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |
Characters | Judge Jollopy |
Genre | humor |
Script | Jack Farr |
Pencils | Jack Farr |
Inks | Jack Farr |
Letters | Jack Farr |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-1-15. This filler is NOT found in the Archive. |
Characters | Guest Stars: Superman; Batman; Robin |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jack Schiff |
Pencils | Jerry Robinson |
Inks | Jerry Robinson |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Notes | Art credits verified by Robinson, letterer credit confirmed by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris. This PSA is NOT found in the Archive. |
Script | Jack Farr |
Pencils | Jack Farr |
Inks | Jack Farr |
Letters | Jack Farr |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-1-15. This filler is NOT found in the Archive. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Walt Cochrane (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jan Meerbrandt; The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake](villain) |
Synopsis | The Cavalier, still smarting from his previous encounter with the Caped Crusaders, taunts his foes once more as he seeks to add the Meerbrandt model of the Magi Diamond to his "Chamber of Prizes." |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Jack Burnley |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Letters | George Roussos |
Notes | Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn, art credits verified by Burnley and lettering credit confirmed by Roussos. |
Reprinted | in Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #6 (2009) |