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Issue Details

Issue #31
Published October-November 1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)

12 page Batman story "Punch and Judy"

Characters Punch [Peter Punch] (Villain; Intro); Judy [Judy Punch] (Villain; Intro)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks George Roussos
Colors George Roussos
Letters Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

4 page Alfred story "Alfred, Armchair Detective"

Characters Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Stubby Stubbs (Villain; Intro)
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron ?; Joe Samachson ?
Pencils Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Letters Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Reprinted in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #417 (November 1971); in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #2

11 page Batman story "Vanishing Village"

Characters Knuckles Donegan (Villain; Intro)
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks George Roussos
Colors George Roussos
Letters Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Reprinted in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #442 (August-September 1974)

Half page Private Pete filler

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

2 page text story "Close Shave"

Genre superhero
Script Eddie Bell
Letters typeset

12 page Batman story "Trade Marks of Crime"

Characters Silver John Staddon (Villain; Intro); Big Tim Stevens (Villain; Intro); Nipper Swarvo (Villain; Intro); Joe Swandi (Villain; Intro); Mamie Dalling (Villain; Intro)
Script Joseph Greene (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks George Roussos
Colors George Roussos
Letters Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-44 (June-July 1976)