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27February-March 1945
$0.10

Batman #27

DC · February-March 1945 · on sale 1944-12-11

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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#27
Publication date
February-March 1945
Key date
1945-02-00
On-sale date
1944-12-11
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Santa Claus
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Buzzypromo (ad from the publisher)0.67Buzzy
3The Penguin's Apprentice!comic story12script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jerry Robinson; letters: George RoussosBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; William Shakespeare (image); unnamed young author; The Penguin [Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot; as Q. T. Beezlum] (villain); Snipe (villain, a counterfeiter); Louis (villain)
5Son of His Fathertext story2script: Eddie BellKang; Brimstone Engelbert; Wan Ho
6The Pearl of Peril!comic story4script: Don C. Cameron, Joe Samachson; pencils: Jerry Robinson; inks: Jerry Robinson; letters: George RoussosAlfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne (cameo); Dick Grayson (cameo); Pistol-Packin' Pete (villain, introduction)
9Voyage Into Villainy!comic story12script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jerry Robinson; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Skinner (Explorer's Club member); Pierce (Explorer's Club member); McCoy (Explorer's Club member); Challoner (Explorer Club member, death); Felix Landry (villain, Explorer's Club member, introduction); Puddler Powers (villain, introduction); Rusty (villain
11-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
12-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
14A Christmas Peril!comic story12script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Jerry Robinson; inks: Jerry Robinson; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Scranton Loring (richest boy in the world, introduction); Timothy Scranton [as Santa Claus] (introduction); Joe Meeker (introduction); Eggers (villain, attorney, introduction); Gulliver (villain, Loring's butler, introduction); Happy Hoggsby (villain, intr

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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