Batman #16 for Sale - First Appearance of Alfred Beagle - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue: #16
Publication date: April-May 1943
Key date: 1943-04-00
On-sale date: 1943-02-06
Indicia publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Alfred Beagle - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Jerry Robinson	Batman, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
2	The Joker Reforms!	comic story	13	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos	Batman, Dick Grayson, Joker, Robin, Bruce Wayne
3	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Shorty
4	The Winning Team!!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
5	Marmaduke Jones	comic story	1	script: Paul Fung; pencils: Paul Fung; inks: Paul Fung; letters: Paul Fung	Marmaduke Jones; Susie
6	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Silly Willy
7	Bombshell!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
8	The Grade A Crimes!	comic story	13	script: Ruth Kaufman; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley, Ray Burnley; letters: Betty Bentley, Ira Schnapp; editing: Jack Schiff	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
9	The Big Eight!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
10	Ghost Ship!	cartoon	1	pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp
11	The Adventures of the Branded Tree!	comic story	13	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley, Ray Burnley; letters: Betty Bentley	Batman, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
12	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Chief Hot Foot
13	World's Finest Value!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
14	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
15	Motive	text story	1.67	script: Eric Carter	Spencer; Junius; Sheriff Tate
16	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
17	Fast As a Bullet!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
18	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Clancy the Cop
19	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
20	Here Comes Alfred!	comic story	13	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos	Batman, Alfred Beagle First, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Batman #213	1969	On eBay ›
Batman from the 30s to the 70s #[nn]	1972	On eBay ›
Batman #260	1975	On eBay ›
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 ISBN 1-56389-983-3	2003	On eBay ›
The Batman Chronicles #9 ISBN 978-1-4012-2645-9	2010	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-6902-9	2017	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age #5 ISBN 978-1-4012-8461-9	2018	On eBay ›
Batman Allies: Alfred Pennyworth #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-9894-4	2020	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #1516 of 715#17 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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