Batman #22
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- April-May 1944
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/3598
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited)
Issue contents
Cover
The Adventures of Alfred
(Batman with Robin)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth
Credits
- Art
- Dick Sprang
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Art credits verified by Sprang.
1Credits
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2"Look for this trade-mark whenever you buy comics!"
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Notes
Inside front cover.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth [also as Batman]; Commissioner James Gordon; Bottom (Van Houten's butler); The Catwoman [Selina Kyle; also as Belinda (a maid)] (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Alvin Schwartz
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
Synopsis
Alfred is in love, and to impress the fair maid he has designs on, he poses as the Batman, unaware that his "girl" is actually the Catwoman in disguise!
Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn and confirmed by Schwartz. Art credits confirmed by Robinson. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
5Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Hendricks (astronomer); Mike Optik (villain, introduction); the Ghost Gang [Deafy; Egghead] (villains, introduction for all)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
Synopsis
A cleaver gangster and his gang use a powerful telescope to look in on various places of interest, like banks and museums, and discover which places they can carry out profitable heists.
Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Art credits verified by Burnley. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.
6"Shhh! Hep- hep- hep- two three- four -- on to guard duty I must go!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Private Pete
- Genre
- Humor; military
- Characters
- Private Pete
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Notes
This sequence is NOT found in the Archive.
7"We're gonna play Nazi torture-chamber..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Wheaties
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- George Lichty (signed)
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
8Featuring
- Feature
- The Adventures of Alfred
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Professor Dyke (villain, introduction); Butch (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Mort Weisinger
- Art
- Jerry Robinson
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #257 (July-August 1974) — Conversational Clue!
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #257 (July-August 1974)
-
Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1973 series) #116 ([December 1974?]) — Conversational Clue
-
Bumper Batcomic (Murray, 1978 series) #15 ([December 1979?]) — Conversational Clue!
-
Bumper Batcomic (Murray, 1978 series) #15 ([December 1979?])
Synopsis
Overhearing an accidential conversation in the library, Alfred decides to follow it up and it leads him into a life and death situation for him unless he can put the practices into play that he has learned from Batman.
Notes
1st Alfred solo story.
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Art credits verified by Robinson. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.
9"Have you a life problem?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Good Ol' Judge Jollopy
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Judge Jollopy
Credits
- Script
- Jack Farr
- Art
- Jack Farr
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Jack Farr
Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
This sequence is NOT found in the Archive.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Superman; Batman with Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- Jerry Robinson
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Notes
Art credits verified by Robinson. Letterer credit confirmed by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
This PSA is NOT found in the Archive.
11"The correct answer to each kwiz..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Kwiz Kwik
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Jack Farr
- Art
- Jack Farr
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Jack Farr
Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
This sequence is NOT found in the Archive.
12Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Author
- Walt Cochrane (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
This sequence NOT found in the Archive.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jan Meerbrandt; The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake] (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- George Roussos
Synopsis
The Cavalier, still smarting from his previous encounter with the Caped Crusaders, taunts his foes once more as he seeks to add the Meerbrandt model of the Magi Diamond to his "Chamber of Prizes."
Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Art credits verified by Burnley. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.
14Featuring
- Feature
- Illinois Merchandise Mart
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
15Featuring
- Feature
- Charles Atlas
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Notes
Inside back cover.
16Featuring
- Feature
- Baby Ruth
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.