| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Evan "Doc" Shaner; inks: Evan "Doc" Shaner | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 1 | - | insert or dust jacket | 0 | pencils: Jim Mooney, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Jim Mooney, Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Theta; Stilts Tyler |
| 2 | Title Page | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris, Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Riddler [Edward Nigma]; Professor Zero |
| 3 | Title and Credits | credits, title page | 2 | pencils: Dick Sprang, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Jim Mooney; inks: Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Jim Mooney | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Scarface Carson; The Treasure Hunter |
| 4 | - | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Dick Sprang, Bob Kane, Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris, Dick Sprang, Jim Mooney | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker |
| 5 | Table of Contents | table of contents | 4 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris, Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jim Durfee |
| 6 | Foreword | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | script: Jim Amash; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Gene McDonald, Stan Kaye | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Gian Trivulao |
| 7 | Detective Comics #133 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Arthur Loom |
| 8 | The Man Who Could See the Future! | comic story | 12 | script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Great Scalini (orchestra conductor, death); Rupert Blamming (millionaire sportsman, death); Arthur Loom (villain, clairvoyant); Loom's thugs (villains) |
| 9 | World's Finest Comics #33 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer | Superman; Batman; Robin |
| 10 | The Five Jewels of Doom! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; James Harmon (curator of gems, death); Mr. Ross (death); Carew (death); Thornley; Marsh |
| 11 | Batman #46 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 12 | "Guileful Greetings!" or "The Joker Sends Regards!" | comic story | 12 | script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Joe Letterese | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); Commissioner James Gordon; Reggie Weems (stockbroker playboy); Sue Wonnie (blues singer); Bugs (Joker's henchman); Slim (Joker's henchman); Lee Ayers (newlywed); Helen Ayers (newlywed) |
| 13 | Big House Chaplain! | comic story | 12 | script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Gene McDonald; letters: Joe Letterese | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alan Channing (prison chaplain, introduction); Mike Tappan (ex-con, introduction); Duke Kite (villain, introduction); Whitey Harlan (villain, introduction); Bull Bergen (villain, introduction); Warden Williams; Commissioner James Gordon; Slips Sanders (con |
| 14 | The Batman That History Forgot! | comic story | 13 | script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Gene McDonald; letters: Joe Letterese | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Leonardo Da Vinci; Enrico (Da Vinci's assistant); Gian Trivulao (villain, introduction) |
| 15 | Detective Comics #134 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 16 | The Umbrellas of Crime! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Hagen (villain) |
| 17 | Detective Comics #135 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer, Bob Kane; inks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ivan |
| 18 | The True Story of Frankenstein! | comic story | 12 | script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Baron Frankenstein; Ivan (villain, Frankenstein's assistant, death); Count Mettern (villain, Frankenstein's cousin, death) |
| 19 | World's Finest Comics #34 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer | |
| 20 | Killer for Hire! | comic story | 13 | script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jim Durfee (killer, intro, death); Mr. Durfee (Jim's father, flashback); Peter Goro (underworld czar, death); Tony the Topper (death); Mopsie Gree (death); Lou Lacey |
| 21 | Batman #47 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bruce Wayne |
| 22 | Fashions in Crime! | comic story | 10 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Catwoman [Selina Kyle; also as Madame Moderne] (villain); A. J. Nixon (furrier); Mrs. Van Tyler |
| 23 | The Chain Gang Crimes! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Whiskers Mob (villains, introduction for all); Warden Beltt (villain, introduction); Sheriff Tobey (introduction) |
| 24 | The Origin of the Batman! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [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 |
| 25 | Detective Comics #136 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Scarface Carson |
| 26 | The Dead Man's Chest! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Mr. Hollis (museum curator); Captain Henry Morgan (villain); pirates (villains) |
| 27 | Detective Comics #137 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne] Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (head view) |
| 28 | The Rebus Crimes! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Crayley (sub-treasury employee); Mr. Millman (millionaire gem collector); The Joker (villain); Joker's gang (villains) |
| 29 | World's Finest Comics #35 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer | |
| 30 | Crime by the Book! | comic story | 12 | script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Paul Cooper; inks: Ray Burnley | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] |
| 31 | Batman #48 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 32 | The Fowls of Fate! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Duke Malliny; Dodds; Commissioner James Gordon |
| 33 | The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wolf Brando (villain, introduction, death); Commissioner James Gordon; Reilly (police officer); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (image); The Joker (image) |
| 34 | Crime from Tomorrow! | comic story | 11 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Morton (villain, introduction); Future-Bandits (introduction); James Lewes (inventor, introduction); Chairman Wilson (chairman of World of the Future Fair, introduction); Commissioner James Gordon (voice on phone) |
| 35 | Detective Comics #138 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (silhouette) |
| 36 | The Invisible Crimes! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Walter Timmin (scientist, introduction); Monty Laird (sports promoter, introduction); Mr. Stacy (magnate, introduction); Mr. Morse (shipping magnate, introduction); The Joker [also as J. O. Kerr] (villain); Joker's gang (villains) |
| 37 | Detective Comics #139 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Shing Far |
| 38 | The Crimes of Jade! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Detective Ling Ho (introduction); Mr. Ho (Ling's father, curio store owner, introduction, death); Shing Far [Nick Baily] (villain, introduction); Ding How (villain, introduction); Wong How (villain, Ding's brother, introduction) |
| 39 | World's Finest Comics #36 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer | Superman; Batman; Robin |
| 40 | Ship of Destiny! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Eve Lundis (movie star); James Rand; Martin Kinn; Mr. Thorn |
| 41 | Batman #49 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Crier (see notes) |
| 42 | The Prison Doctor! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Paul Taber (introduction); John "Lippy" Fabian (arsonist, murderer); Arthur "Boodle" Benson (jewel thief); Jeff "Nitro" Blake (murderer); Ned "Weasel" Harris (smuggler) |
| 43 | The Scoop of the Century! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale (introduction); The Mad Hatter (villain, introduction); Commissioner James Gordon |
| 44 | Batman's Arabian Nights! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; The Crier (introduction); Caliph Haroun-Al-Raschid (villain, introduction) |
| 45 | Detective Comics #140 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Riddler [Edward Nigma] |
| 46 | The Riddler | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed Mayor of Gotham City; Harrison Eagle (millionaire collector, introduction); The Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain, origin, introduction) |
| 47 | Detective Comics #141 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Blackie Nason |
| 48 | The Gallery of Public Heroes! | comic story | 10 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; James Coy [aka Chicago Eddie] (G-Man, introduction); Blackie Nason [aka Mr. Jones] (villain, introduction, death); unnamed underworld surgeon, introduction, death); Lippy (villain, introduction, death) |
| 49 | World's Finest Comics #37 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer | Superman; Batman; Robin |
| 50 | The Underworld's Museum of Crime! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; T-Gun Jones (mobster); Neon Syne (mob boss); Stogie Bevans (mob boss); Cy (curator of the Underworld Museum) |
| 51 | Batman #50 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Two-Face [Wilkins] |
| 52 | Lights-- Camera-- Crime! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (cameo); Dr. Paul Taber (prison doctor); Tom Macon (ex-con, death); Stilts Tyler (racketeer); Shiv |
| 53 | The Return of Two-Face! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Harvey Dent [formerly Two-Face]; Gilda Dent; Two-Face [Wilkins] (villain, impersonates Two-Face, introduction); Boss Moroni [referred to as "Lucky" Morony] (flashback) |
| 54 | The Second Boy Wonder! | comic story | 13 | pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne] Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (flashback); Frankenstein monster (flashback); Jimmy (introduction); Gloves (villain, introduction); Waxey Wilson (death); Commissioner James Gordon |
| 55 | Detective Comics #142 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Riddler [Edward Nigma] |
| 56 | Crime's Puzzle Contest! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain) |
| 57 | Detective Comics #143 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Pied Piper |
| 58 | The Pied Piper of Peril! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Pied Piper (villain); Pied Piper's gang (villains) |
| 59 | World's Finest Comics #38 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer | Superman; Batman; Robin |
| 60 | The Impossible People! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Folklore Society [Jack Frost; Father Time; Mother Goose; Father Neptune; King Arthur; Robin Hood; Paul Bunyan] (actors playing roles, intro for all); Hank (janitor) |
| 61 | Batman #51 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Wimble |
| 62 | Pee-Wee, the Talking Penguin! | comic story | 13 | pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Sad-Eyes (criminal); Mope (criminal) |
| 63 | The Stars of Yesterday! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Rufus Lane (villain, introduction); Mr. Rolfe; Toto (actor); Harmac the Magician; the Flying Carrolls (acrobats); Trigger (criminal) |
| 64 | The Wonderful Mr. Wimble! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Wimble (introduction); Terrible Toby (villain, introduction); The Joker (wax figure); Penguin (wax figure); Catwoman (wax figure); Warts (villain, introduction); Glossy (villain, introduction); Dirty Dan (criminal, in Wimble's dream) |
| 65 | Detective Comics #144 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kay Kyser |
| 66 | Kay Kyser's Mystery Broadcast! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kay Kyser (bandleader); Eddie Blinn (Kyser's saxophonist); Big Jack Bancroft (villain, robber); Buggsy Malone (villain) |
| 67 | Detective Comics #145 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 68 | Robin, the Boy Failure! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain, cameo); The Crime Surgeon [Steve Travers] (villain, cameo); The Yellow Masks (villains, introduc tion for all) |
| 69 | World's Finest Comics #39 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer | Superman; Batman; Robin |
| 70 | The Conquest of Batman's Identity! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; J. J. Jason (detective story writer, intro); Commissioner James Gordon |
| 71 | Batman #52 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker |
| 72 | The Man with the Automatic Brain! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Thinker (villain, introduction, not the Flash villain); Vicki Vale; Alfred Pennyworth; Detective Joe Mulligan |
| 73 | Batman and the Vikings! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Olaf Erickson (introduction); other unnamed Vikings (introduction); Indians (villains) |
| 74 | The Happy Victims! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); Alfred Pennyworth; Mrs. Carlin; Mr. Stark; Nick Weston |
| 75 | Detective Comics #146 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Numbers [Carl C. Cave] |
| 76 | Three's a Crime! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Numbers [Carl C. Cave] (villain); Jack Fasset (villain, a fence); Pete (villain) |
| 77 | Detective Comics #147 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tiger Shark [Dr. Gaige] |
| 78 | Tiger Shark! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robert "Alps" Evans (mountain climber); "Jet" Fuller (pilot); Tiger Shark [Dr. Gaige] (villain, oceanographer, introduction); Tiger Shark's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| 79 | World's Finest Comics #40 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 80 | 4 Killers Against Fate! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jumpy Peters; Sailor Roggs; Careful Kyle; Angles Manson; Boss Barry |
| 81 | Batman #53 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 82 | A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, a Hole in the Ground! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); Lefty (Joker henchman); Commissioner James Gordon; Maharajah of Nimpah |
| 83 | The Portrait of Doom! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Dapper Bandit [Frank Fabian] (villain, introduction); Carl Marlin (artist); Greta Marlin (Carl's wife); Commissioner James Gordon |
| 84 | Batman Under the Sea! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Phaeton (villain, introduction); Stack Hawley (villain, introduction); Theta (introduction, mermaid scientist); Sarin (introduction, ruler of the sea people) |
| 85 | Detective Comics #148 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Zero |
| 86 | The Experiment of Professor Zero | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Carlyle (banker); Mr. Gresham (financier); Mr. Parnell (automobile magnate); Professor Zero (villain, introduction, death); Beefy (villain, death) |
| 87 | Detective Comics #149 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker |
| 88 | The Sound-Effect Crimes! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); Joker's gang (villains) |
| 89 | World's Finest Comics #41 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer | Superman; Batman; Robin |
| 90 | The Man with the Fatal Hands! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Charles Albrek; Edgar Albrek; Commissioner James Gordon |
| 91 | Batman #54 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 92 | The Treasure Hunter! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mister Jennings; The Treasure Hunter [Charles] (villain, introduction); C. C. Weede; Mister Peters; Jim Gade |
| 93 | The Door Without a Key! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Paul Delion; John Delion (possibly Juan Ponce de Leon, introduction); Ugo (butler, death); Delion's family (flashback); Dan Morgan (villain, introduction) |
| 94 | The Amazing Masquerade! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; George C. Hudson (introduction, death); John Foster (villain, introduction); Fellows (butler, introduction); Martha (introduction); the Human Spider Mob (villains, introduction for all) |
| 95 | Detective Comics #150 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 96 | The Ghost of Gotham City! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Judge Whipple; District Attorney Robert J. Pierce; Judge Whipple; Dr. Paul Visio [as Rifle Rafferty] (villain, introduction); Lefty (villain) |
| 97 | Detective Comics #151 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 98 | I.O.U. My Life! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Peter Chaney (architect); Mr. Jenkins (butler for Davis, death); Ben Kole; Homer Davis [also as Mr. Jenkins] (villain, banker) |
| 99 | World's Finest Comics #42 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Wayne Boring, Win Mortimer, Howard Sherman; inks: Stan Kaye, Win Mortimer, Howard Sherman; letters: Ira Schnapp | Superman; Batman; Robin; the Wyoming Kid |
| 100 | The Amazing Adventure of Batman and Marco Polo! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Marco Polo; Chung Lum; Bahung; Kubla Khan; Wong Tso (advisor to Kubla Khan) |
| 101 | Batman #55 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker |
| 102 | The Case of the 48 Jokers! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Joe Letterese | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); the Joker Syndicate (villains, introduction for all); Commissioner James Gordon; Duke Wilson |
| 103 | Bruce Wayne, Rookie Policeman! | comic story | 13 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Johnson; Mike Granite (death); Jack Bennett; The Longshoreman Kid (villain, introduction); Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth |
| 104 | The Bandit of the Bells! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Bob Kane, Charles Paris; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Gong [Ed Peale] (villain, introduction); Henry Morton |
| 105 | Detective Comics #152 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale |
| 106 | The Goblin of Gotham City! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale; unnamed Editor of Picture Magazine; Joe Baily (dynamiter for a road building company); Edwin Cole (owner of key manufacturing company); The Goblin [Martin Tate] (villain, owner of a jewelry company); The Joker (villain, cameo); The Penguin [Osw |
| 107 | Detective Comics #153 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 108 | The Flying Batman! | comic story | 12 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Carl Wilde (authority on bats); Slits Danton (villain) |
| 109 | Biographies | text article | 6 | pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Dick Sprang, Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris, Dick Sprang | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale; Stilts Tyler; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; The Joker; The Dapper Bandit [Frank Fabian] |
| 110 | Complete Your Collection with These Other Classic Comics Omnibuses | insert or dust jacket | 0 | pencils: Darwyn Cooke, J. Bone, Evan "Doc" Shaner; inks: Darwyn Cooke, J. Bone, Evan "Doc" Shaner | Superman [Clark Kent]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] |
| 111 | Back Cover | illustration | 1 | pencils: Dick Sprang, Paul Cooper; inks: Charles Paris, Ray Burnley | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Riddler [Edward Nigma]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] |
| 112 | Spine of Book | insert or dust jacket | 0 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |