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44December 1947-January 1948
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Batman #44

DC · December 1947-January 1948 · on sale 1947-10-13

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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#44
Publication date
December 1947-January 1948
Key date
1947-12-00
On-sale date
1947-10-13
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
2Gamble with Doom!comic story12pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain)
4Gang Busterspromo (ad from the publisher)1
5Born for Adventure!comic story13script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Globetrotter (villain, introduction)
6-comic story0.5script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube; letters: Phil BerubeGoofy Ozzie
8Strange Territorytext story2script: M. G. Pattington
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
11The First American Detective!comic story13script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Silas Wayne (Bruce Wayne's ancestor, introduction); Benjamin Franklin
13-comic story1script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit Win; inks: Lit Win; letters: Lit-WinDaffy; Doodle

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

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Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5
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Series context

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