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Publisher: DC

Title: Batman
Issue: 1
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: Spring 1940
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Batman #1
Owner: GA Collectibles

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Batman #1
Owner: RedFury

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Inside This Issue:

Detailed information about the issue is listed below.

Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero


Story Title: Boys! G-Man Outfit - advertisement
Features:The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Ad for winning prizes from the Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., Springfield Ohio.


Story Title: The Legend of the Batman--Who He Is and How He Came to Be! - comic story
Pages:2
Genre:superhero
Characters:Thomas Wayne (Bruce's father, death, flashback); Martha Wayne (Bruce's mother, death, flashback); Joe Chill (villain, un-named)
Synopsis:Bruce Wayne's parents are murdered by a cheap crook, and young Bruce vows to avenge their deaths by warring on all criminals.


Story Title: The Joker - comic story
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Henry (radio listener); Henry Claridge (millionaire, death); Mrs. Claridge (Henry's wife); un-named Police Chief; Jay Wilde (death); Judge Drake (death); Otto Drexel (mention only); The Joker (villain, introduction); Brute Nelson (villain, death)
Synopsis:Batman faces a new criminal who succeeds in killing famous men and stealing their prized possessions, leaving them all with a smile on their face.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Major Bigsbe an' Botts
Pages:2
Genre:humor; western-frontier
Characters:Major Bigsbe; Botts; unnamed Sheriff
Synopsis:Having bought the Bar Q Ranch, Major Bigsbe decides to celebrate by shootin' off his pistols and lands in jail.


Story Title: The Giants of Hugo Strange - comic story
Pages:12
Genre:superhero
Characters:Professor Hugo Strange (villain); Monster Men (villains, all die)
Synopsis:The Batman faces an arch criminal who has invented a serum to create a race of giant monsters and nearly becomes one of them himself.


Story Title: Strictly Publicity - text story
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:crime
Characters:The Chief; Terry Gallant
Synopsis:Detective Terry Gallant proves to his Chief that the late Barton Barlow had killed himself with a gun in a most mysterious way.


Story Title: Meet the Artist! - text article
Pages:1
Pencils:? (photo)
Inks:? (photo)
Colors:? (photo shaded in magenta)
Letters:typeset
Genre:biography
Characters:Bob Kane (photo)


Story Title: The Cat - comic story
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:John Travers; Martha Travers; Dr. Wallace; un-named ship steward; un-named Captain (of "The Dolphin"); The Cat [Selina Kyle, Miss Peggs] (villain, introduction, see notes); Denny (villain)
Synopsis:Batman and Robin take a trip aboard an exclusive yacht in order to prevent the theft of the Travers necklace at the hands of the Cat.


Story Title: The 'Big Six' Comics Magazines Still Lead the Field! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Pencils:? (various)
Inks:? (various)
Letters:typeset
Genre:science fiction; superhero
Characters:Superman [Clark Kent]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Ultra-Man; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Synopsis:Illustrated promotional ad for Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Detective Comics, More Fun Comics, Flash Comics, and All-American Comics, and their headline features.


Story Title: Two Aces - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:adventure
Characters:Lt. Bill Wayne; Doctor Synce; von Berket (villain, death)
Synopsis:Inventor Doctor Synce gets Navy flier Wayne to fly secret plans from Pensacola, Florida to the coast, when the pilot runs up against an old adversary and ace from years before.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:2
Genre:humor
Characters:Ginger Snap; Uncle Zep; un-named soda jerk
Synopsis:Uncle Zep takes Ginger to the soda shop for a soda, but ends up drinking way too many himself!


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Features:Fantastic Facts
Pages:1
Genre:non-fiction
Characters:Jack Dempsey
Synopsis:Contains facts about boxer Jack Dempsey, kangaroos and "greetings and salutations."


Story Title: The Joker Returns - comic story
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Chief of Police Chalmers (death); Edgar Martin (a political reformer, death)
Synopsis:The Joker escapes from prison to continue his rampage of death and to steal the famed Cleopatra necklace and Fire Ruby.


Story Title: Detective Comics! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Detective Comics
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Clayface
Synopsis:Promotional ad for Detective Comics #40, whose cover is reproduced.


Story Title: Charlie Barnet Uses Home Recordo! - advertisement
Features:Home Recording Co.
Pages:1
Letters:?; typeset
Characters:Larry Taylor (photography); Charlie Barnet (photography); Bill May (photography); Bob


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


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