Batman #43 (1947) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Blackbird of Banditry!	cover	1	pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	X Is for Unknown	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
3	The Blackbird of Banditry!	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin (villain)
6	Next Stop -- Danger!	comic story	13	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jim Brady (villain, introduction); Al Rorick (villain, introduction, death)
7	A Date with Judy	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
8	Fast Ball	text story	2	script: Dennis Oliver
9	Prof. Pipp	comic story	2	script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack Farr	Professor Pipp; Joe
11	The Four Horsemen of Crime!	comic story	13	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Martin Bain (villain, introduction); Martin Bain's gang (villain, introduction for all)
14	More Exciting Than Fiction!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-37	1975	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 ISBN 978-1-4012-7870-0	2018	On eBay ›

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