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Publisher: DC

Title: Batman
Issue: 5
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: Spring 1941
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Batman 5 (1st Linda Page)
Owner: changerchanger

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Batman 5 (1st Linda Page)
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Detailed information about the issue is listed below.

Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Wilson Chem Co.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Riddle of the Missing Card! - comic story
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); Jack of Diamonds [Diamond Jack Duggan] (villain, introduction, death); Black Queen (villain, introduction, death); King of Clubs (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:With the help of some new partners in crime, the Joker sets up a gambling ship for the rich and wealthy, hoping to get them drunk so that they can be pumped for information about their valuable jewels.


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Features:True-isms..
Pages:1
Genre:non-fiction


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Features:Quiz Box
Pages:1
Genre:non-fiction


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Features:Sports Shorts
Pages:0.5
Genre:non-fiction; sports


Story Title: World's Best Value! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:World's Best Comics
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Book of Enchantment - comic story
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Anderson (inventor); Enid Anderson (the Professor's daughter); Father Time; Simple Simon; Humpty Dumpty; Gruel the Black Witch (villain); Burn (villain, the Man of Fire, death); Freeze (villain, the Man of Ice, death); a dragon (villain, death); a cyclops (villain); a giant (villain)
Synopsis:Batman and Robin are sent to Fairyland by an inventor's strange machine that allows people to actually enter into the scenario of a book they are reading in order to try to locate his daughter he had sent there a few days earlier and return her safely.


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Features:Jungle Fun
Pages:1
Genre:humor


Story Title: The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Case of the Honest Crook! - comic story
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joseph Sands (introduction); Ann Sands [nee Ann Davis] (Joe's wife, introduction); un-named shopkeeper; un-named doctor; Smiley Sikes (villain, introduction); Matty Link (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:Batman helps out a young convict released from prison who is having trouble getting an honest job to support his new, but sick wife. The Caped Crusaders then vow to help track down the rats who set him up to be arrested originally, but Robin is nearly beaten to death, and the Batman swears vengeance on those responsible.


Story Title: The Justice Society of America Proudly Presents All-Star No. 5! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:All-Star Comics
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Too Much Knowledge - text story
Pages:1.5
Letters:typeset
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:James Stoms; Miss Stoms; John Burton; Mr. Eggleton; Richard Bemin
Synopsis:Detective Burton solves the murder of Harold Stoms.


Story Title: Here's That Man Again! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Superman
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset
Characters:Superman


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Features:Jest Jokin'
Pages:1
Genre:humor


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Features:Curios..
Pages:1
Genre:non-fiction


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Detective Comics
Pages:1


Story Title: Crime Does Not Pay - comic story
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Trigger Burns]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page (introduction); Mrs. Grogan (Tommy's mother); Tommy Grogan; Mike Grogan (villain, Tommy's brother, introduction, death); Joe (villain)
Synopsis:Batman finds it very odd that a bank robber he is fighting with comes to the aid of another until he realizes that they are brothers. And he must rescue Linda Page from the clutches of one of the gangsters in order to save his brother from a life of crime.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Spencer Fireworks Co.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Home Recording Co.
Pages:1


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:1


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