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15February-March 1943
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Batman #15

DC · February-March 1943 · on sale 1942-12-08

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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#15
Publication date
February-March 1943
Key date
1943-02-00
On-sale date
1942-12-08
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack BurnleyBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2-in-house column0.67script: Josette Frank
3Your Face Is Your Fortune!comic story13script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George RoussosBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Miss Lord (salon customer); Mrs. Gild (salon customer); The Catwoman [Selina Kyle; a.k.a. Elva Barr; also as Mrs. Arnold; also as Mrs. Leroy] (villain); Deadshot Mike [aka Jim Jones] (villain)
4Gagscartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5Is It Legal to Kill Batman?promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6Lucky-Buckycomic story2script: Bob Naylor; pencils: Bob Naylor; inks: Bob Naylor; letters: Bob NaylorLucky-Bucky
7The Boy Who Wanted to Be Robin!comic story13script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley, Ray Burnley; letters: Betty BentleyBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Bobby Deen (homeless bootblack); Knuckles Conger (villain, introduction); Spike (villain)
8The Big Eight!promo (ad from the publisher)1
9J. Rushem Quickly, Esq.comic story1script: Paul Fung; pencils: Paul Fung; inks: Paul FungJ. Rushem Quickly
10The Two Futurescomic story13script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley, Ray Burnley; letters: Betty BentleyBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Rainier (historian); Professor Proe; Professor Con; Bobby Logan; The Nazis (villains); The Japanese (villains)
11Baldycomic story0.44script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Whitney Ellsworth; inks: Whitney EllsworthBaldy
14A Lucky Breaktext story2script: Dan Darcy
15How Can They Do It??promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
16Brand New!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
17-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
18-promo (ad from the publisher)1
19Life's Little Laffscartoon1script: Ray Houlihan; pencils: Ray Houlihan; inks: Ray Houlihan
20The Loneliest Men in the Worldcomic story13script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George RoussosBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Santa Claus; Ben Botts (doorman); Mr. Rockmaker; Mr. Zang (owner of the Crane Club); Link Chesney (radio humorist); Tom Wick (lighthouse keeper); Dirk Dagner (villain, introduction); Spike (villain)

Plus 2.56 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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