Batman (1940) 275

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Cover art by Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua). Hostess Twinkies ad starring Captain Marvel, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Vince Colletta. "The Ferry Blows at Midnight!", script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua), inks by Tex Blaisdell; The North American team of the Underworld Olympics draws its assignment, but it has an unforeseen complication; The caper is supposed to end up on the midnight ferry boat to Tompkinsville, which has been cut off from late-night service for a month; To get it back on track, the team heists a million dollars from Gotham's numbers runners, and gives it anonymously to the city to start the ferry's late-night run anew; In days to come, Gotham is plagued by unusual crimes: the theft of the key to the city, the robbery of a soccer ball while the game is underway, and the stealing of a bronze insignia plague from an antique fire engine; Batman encounters the crooks, but he does not manage to halt their robberies; However, he does see the gang members on the Tompkinville ferry, boards the boat, captures them, and stops them from blowing up the ferry with a bomb buoy. Statement of ownership; average # of copies sold previous year: 154,000. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.