| Issue | #38 |
| Published | April 1940 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Bob Kane (signed) |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Reprinted | In Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329; in The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990); in The Batman Gallery (DC) #1 (1992); in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #12/1975; In Batman Chronicles, The (DC, 2005 series) #1 |
| Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (Intro; Origin); John Grayson (Intro; Death); Mary Grayson (Intro; Death); Mr. Haly; Boss Zucco [Anthony Zucco](villain; Intro); Blade (villain; Death) |
| Synopsis | Dick Grayson watches his parents die and overhears the killers confessing the point, and he decides to tip off the Police. However, the Batman intervenes to save the boy's life, and trains him to become his partner, Robin the Boy Wonder. Then the duo head out to gather evidence needed to put the criminals behind bars. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Bob Kane (signed) |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Letters | Jerry Robinson |
| Notes | Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-13-09. |
| Reprinted | in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990); in Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329; in Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #7 (October-November 1974); in Detective Comics Special Reprint (DC, 1995 series) #38; in Batman Chronicles, The (DC, 2005 series) #1 |
| Characters | Bart Regan |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Maurice Kashuba (signed) |
| Inks | Maurice Kashuba (signed) |
| Characters | Red Logan; Dr. Hydkil [villain]. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Ken Ernst |
| Inks | Ken Ernst |
| Characters | The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jack Lehti (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Lehti (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Lehti (signed) |
| Genre | fact |
| Characters | Speed Saunders |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer |
| Letters | Fred Guardineer |
| Notes | Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 38 (2000 series) lists the writer as being Fred Guardineer. Fred Guardineer never wrote this strip, fact added by Craig Delich 2-13-09. |
| Characters | Steve Malone |
| Genre | detective |
| Pencils | Don Lynch (signed) |
| Inks | Don Lynch (signed) |
| Characters | Cliff Crosby |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Chad Grothkopf |
| Pencils | Chad Grothkopf |
| Inks | Chad Grothkopf |
| Letters | Chad Grothkopf |
| Genre | mystery |
| Script | Richard Martin (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan. |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Dennis Neville (signed) |
| Inks | Dennis Neville (signed) |