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33February-March 1946
$0.10

Batman #33

DC · February-March 1946 · on sale 1945-12-10

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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#33
Publication date
February-March 1946
Key date
1946-02-00
On-sale date
1945-12-10
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick SprangBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2E Is for Elephantpromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
3Crime on the Wing!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Pete Pike (musician); Fire Chief Brody; Mr. Lee (importer); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Ralph the Rook (villain); Rook's Mob [Melancholy Mike; Willie the Wag] (villains); Sidecar (villain, tavern barkeep)
5-comic story1script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-WinDaffy; Doodle
7The Looters!comic story13pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Dense "Solid" Jackson]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Professor Dorry Leaf [aka Dormeus Leaf] (orphan, world's authority on earthquakes, introduction); Leaf's mother and father (both die, flashback); The Jackal (villain, introduction); the Looters (villains,
8Double Troubletext story2script: Blair BoltonSkip Barton; Louie Potter; Dan O'Connor
9-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffChief Hot Foot
11Kaflopposcomic story1pencils: Jack Callahan; inks: Jack CallahanCurly; Little Lulu
13Scuffy the Trampcomic story0.5script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-WinScuffy the Tramp
15The Search for Santa Claus!comic story12pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mrs. Mulligan (boardinghouse landlord); Mr. Arden; James Jocelyn (reformed villain, introduction); Anthony Jocelyn (villain, wild spendthrift, introduction); Raymond Jocelyn (villain, introduction); Frank Jocelyn (villain, introduction)

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #8
ISBN 978-1-4012-3744-8		2013On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4
ISBN 978-1-4012-7359-0		2018On eBay ›

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Series context

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