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| 1 | Title Page | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Michael Cho; inks: Michael Cho | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 2 | Creator Credits | credits, title page | 1 | | |
| 3 | 2nd title Page | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Michael Cho; inks: Michael Cho | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 4 | Indicia and Publisher information | credits, title page | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 5 | Table of Contents | table of contents | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 6 | Detective Comics #27 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 7 | The Case of the Chemical Syndicate | comic story | 6 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Bob Kane | The Bat-Man [Bruce Wayne] (introduction); Commissioner James Gordon (introduction); Mr. Lambert (introduction, death); Lambert (introduction, Mr. Lambert's son); un-named Police Sergeant (introduction); Steven Crane (introduction, death); Crane's butler (introduction); Paul Rogers (introduction); Al |
| 8 | Detective Comics #28 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer | |
| 9 | Frenchy Blake's Jewel Gang | comic story | 6 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Bob Kane | The Bat-Man [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Gimpy (Police stool pigeon); Kelly (Policeman); Frenchy Blake (villain); Blake's gang [Slick; others un-named] (villains); jewel thieves (villains) |
| 10 | Detective Comics #29 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dr. Death |
| 11 | The Batman Meets Doctor Death | comic story | 10 | script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; John P. van Smith; Doctor Death (villain, introduction); Jabah (villain, Death's assistant, introduction, death); Dr. Death's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| 12 | Detective Comics #30 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer | |
| 13 | The Return of Doctor Death | comic story | 10 | script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mrs. Jones; Mrs. Jone's maid; Doctor Death [as Ivan Herd] (villain); Mikhail (villain, Dr. Death's assistant, death) |
| 14 | Detective Comics #31 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Julie Madison; The Monk |
| 15 | Batman vs. the Vampire, Part 1 | comic story | 10 | script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Julie Madison (Bruce's fiancée, introduction); Dr. Trent; the Monk (villain, introduction) |
| 16 | Detective Comics #32 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer | The Batman [Bruce Wayne] (inset) |
| 17 | Batman vs. the Vampire, Part 2 | comic story | 10 | script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Julie Madison; the Monk (villain, death); Dala (villain, vampire, introduction, death) |
| 18 | Detective Comics #33 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 19 | The Batman Wars against the Dirigible of Doom | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger, Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Thomas Wayne (Bruce's father, death); Martha Wayne (Bruce's mother, death); Joe Chill (villain, un-named); Professor/Dr. Carl Kruger (villain, death); The Scarlet Horde (villains, all scientists, all die); Mr. Bixley (villain, death); Napoleon Bonaparte (villain, image |
| 20 | Detective Comics #34 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel | The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] |
| 21 | Peril in Paris | comic story | 10 | script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Charles Maire (Karel's brother); Karel Maire; Duc D'orterre (villain, master of the Apaches, introduction, death); some Apaches (villains) |
| 22 | Detective Comics #35 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Duc D'orterre |
| 23 | The Case of the Ruby Idol | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Weldon (curio collector); Joe; Mike; Wong; Sin Fang [Sheldon Lenox] (villain, explorer, introduction, death); followers of Kila (villains) |
| 24 | Detective Comics #36 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 25 | Professor Hugo Strange | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; John Davis (G-Man, death); Henry Jenkins (electrical engineer); Clancy (Policeman); Professor Hugo Strange (villain, introduction); Strange's gang (villains) |
| 26 | Detective Comics #37 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 27 | The Spies | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joey (death); Al (villain, grocery store owner); Elias Turg [aka "The Head"] [also as Count Grutt] (villain, death); Carl (villain) |
| 28 | Detective Comics #38 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 29 | Introducing Robin, the Boy Wonder | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (introduction, origin); John Grayson (introduction, Dick's father, death); Mary Grayson (introduction, Dick's mother, death); Mr. Haly (Haly Circus owner); Boss Zucco [Anthony Zucco] (villain, introduction); Blade (villain, death) |
| 30 | Batman #1 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 31 | The Legend of the Batman--Who He Is and How He Came to Be! | comic story | 2 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Thomas Wayne (Bruce's father, death, flashback); Martha Wayne (Bruce's mother, death, flashback); Joe Chill (villain, un-named) |
| 32 | The Joker | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Henry (radio listener); Henry Claridge (millionaire, death); Mrs. Claridge (Henry's wife); un-named Police Chief; Jay Wilde (death); Judge Drake (death); Otto Drexel (mention only); The Joker (villain, introduction); Brute Nelson (villain, death) |
| 33 | Professor Hugo Strange and the Monsters | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Professor Hugo Strange (villain); un-named monsters (villains, all die) |
| 34 | The Cat | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; John Travers; Martha Travers; Dr. Wallace; un-named ship steward; un-named Captain (of "The Dolphin"); The Cat [Selina Kyle] [as Miss Peggs] (villain, introduction); Denny (villain) |
| 35 | The Joker Returns | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Chief of Police Chalmers (death); Edgar Martin (a political reformer, death); The Joker (villain) |
| 36 | Batman and Robin pin-up | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 37 | Detective Comics #39 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 38 | The Horde of the Green Dragon! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Julie Madison (cameo); Henry Crandall (millionaire); John Cobb (millionaire); Cobb's chauffeur (death); Wong (unofficial Mayor of Chinatown, death); The Green Dragon (villains) |
| 39 | Detective Comics #40 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Clayface [Basil Karlo] |
| 40 | Beware of Clayface | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Julie Madison; Kenneth Todd [as "The Terror"] (movie star); Mr. Bentley (movie director); Ned Norton (former movie actor); Lorna Dane (movie star, death); Fred Walker (Lorna's old sweetheart, death); Clayface [Basil Karlo] (villain, introduction); Roxy Bre |
| 41 | Detective Comics #41 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 42 | A Master Murderer | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ted Spencer (student at a boy's school); Principal Blake (Principal of a boy's school, death); Mr. Greer (former school teacher); Mr. Hodges (History teacher); escaped maniac (villain); Mr. Graves [aka The Masked Man] (villain, Art teacher) |
| 43 | Batman #2 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 44 | Joker Meets the Cat-Woman | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; E. S. Arthur (wealthy gem collector, death); Johnny (newsboy); Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (villain); the Crime Syndicate, Inc. [The Joker; Weasel; Mugface; Circus Charlie (poses as Batman, death); others unnamed] (villains, introduct |
| 45 | Wolf, the Crime Master | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Cyrus Craig (museum owner); Adam Lamb [aka Wolf] (villain, Craig's museum custodian, introduction, death); the Wolf's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| 46 | The Case of the Clubfoot Murders | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Harley Storme (millionaire, death); Portia (Harley Storme's niece); Abel Storme (Harley's brother, death); Carl Storme (Harley's brother); Roger Storme (Harley's son, death); Clubfoot (introduction); Ward [as Clubfoot] (villain, |
| 47 | The Case of the Missing Link | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Drake (death); Goliath (prehistoric man, death); pygmies (villains, some die); Hackett (villain, circus owner, introduction); Snead (villain, circus owner, introduction); Grimes (villain, introduction, death) |
| 48 | New York World's Fair Comics #[2] 1940 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 49 | Batman and Robin Visit the 1940 New York World's Fair | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Travers (President of Travers Engineers); Ann (Vreekill's niece); Dr. Hugo Vreekill (villain, introduction, death); Joey (villain); Limpy (villain) |
| 50 | Detective Comics #42 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 51 | The Case of the Prophetic Pictures | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jim; Antal Ryder (an artist); Mikoff (an artist); Mr. Drake (socialite); Carmen Largo (opera singer, death); Mr. Vangild (death); Mr. Warren (death); Mr. Tavers; Mr. Bleek (Wiley's agent and manager); Mr. Wiley (villain, painting |
| 52 | Detective Comics #43 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 53 | The Case of the City of Terror | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ryder; Carter; Mayor Harliss Greer (villain, former City Council President); "Bugs" Norton (villain); Norton's gang [Blackie; others un-named] (villains) |
| 54 | Detective Comics #44 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 55 | The Land behind the Light! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Marko (inventor); Gorl (villain, official hunter to the King); un-named King (villain) |
| 56 | Batman #3 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 57 | The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Craig (scientist); The Puppet Master [Dmitri] (villain, introduction); Dmitri's assistants (villains, introduction for all) |
| 58 | The Ugliest Man in the World | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Detective McGonigle; Harvey Dodge (Wayne's friend, victim of ugly condition); Carter (victim of ugly condition); Dr. Ekhart; John Tyler; Mrs. Tyler; Carlson [as Larry Larrimore] (villain, leader of the Ugly Horde, introduction, d |
| 59 | The Crime School for Boys!! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tommy (reformed villain); Eddie (reformed villain); Big Boy Daniels (villain, introduction); Daniel's mob (villains, introduction for all); "Pockets" (villain, crime school instructor, introduction, death) |
| 60 | The Batman Vs. the Cat-Woman! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Detective McGonigle; Jerry; The Diamond Syndicate [D. Calvert (Syndicate Secretary, death); Mr. Darr; Mr. Blake; Mr. Hoffer; Mr. Darrel]; The Cat-Woman [aka The Cat] [Selina Kyle] (villain); Hoffer (villain); Blake (villain); Mr. |
| 61 | The Batman Says | public service announcement | 1 | script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley; letters: Betty Bentley | The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 62 | Detective Comics #45 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Bruce Wayne] |
| 63 | The Case of the Laughing Death! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; museum caretaker; District Attorney Carter (death); The Joker [also as A. Rekoj] (villain); Joker's gang (villains) |
| 64 | Biographies | text article | 5 | letters: typeset | |
| 65 | Back Cover | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |