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Title: | Batman |
Issue: | 1 |
Page Count: | 68 |
Publish Date: | Spring 1940 |
Volume: |
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Batman #1
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2.5
CGC
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6.0
CGC
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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] |
View this comic at comics.org. Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
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