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47June-July 1948
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Batman #47

DC · June-July 1948 · on sale 1948-04-12

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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#47
Publication date
June-July 1948
Key date
1948-06-00
On-sale date
1948-04-12
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Origin of Batman!cover1pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Bruce Wayne
2Fashions in Crime!comic story10script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Catwoman [Selina Kyle; also as Madame Moderne] (villain); A. J. Nixon (furrier); Mrs. Van Tyler
5The Chain Gang Crimes!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Whiskers Mob (villains, introduction for all); Warden Beltt (villain, introduction); Sheriff Tobey (introduction)
10Winged Justicetext story2script: Ted Rosen; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond PerryMr. Crane; Charlie Crane; Martha Crane; Nate
12The Origin of the Batman!comic story13script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne] (origin retold in detail); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Thomas Wayne (flashback, death); Martha Wayne (flashback, death); Joe Chill (villain, name revealed in this story, Thomas and Martha Wayne's murderer, death); Feets Borgam (killer, death); Monty Julep (i
14-comic story0.67script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win; letters: Lit-WinDaffy; Doodle
15Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
18-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete

Plus 12 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

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Batman #1981968On eBay ›
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ISBN 0930-289-35-8		1988On eBay ›
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Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes #[nn]1976On eBay ›
Batman in the Forties #[nn]
ISBN 1-4012-0206-3		2004On eBay ›
Batman: Cover to Cover #[nn]
ISBN 1-4012-0659-X		2005On eBay ›
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[1]
ISBN 0930289-39-0; 978-0930289393		1989On eBay ›

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