Batman #12
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- August-September 1942
- Page count
- 68
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/2371
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Batman; Robin)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman; Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
George Roussos - Letters
- George Roussos
Notes
Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson. Roussos inker credit by Craig Delich with Roussos verifing that he did the typography and hand-lettering for the cover.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Good Books Worth Reading
- Genre
- Non-fiction; western-frontier
Credits
- Author
- Josette Frank
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Review of "Kit Carson: Trail Blazer and Scout" by Shannon Zarst.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman With Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-868
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Rafferty Brothers [Peter (death); Steve (death); Mike (death)] (villains)
Credits
- Script
- Don Cameron
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane]
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane]
George Roussos (backgrounds) - Letters
- George Roussos
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #256 (May-June 1974) — Brothers in Crime!
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #30 ([1975]) — Brothers in Crime!
- From GCD
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #12 (August-September, 1942)
Synopsis
While visiting their trophy room, the Caped Crusaders come across a bullet-proof vest, a keepsake from a case invoving the Rafferty Brothers, who unwittingly implicated their brother Peter in a murder.
Notes
Penciler and inker credits verified by Robinson, background and lettering credits verified by Roussos.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Buddy
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Buddy
Credits
- Art
- George Storm
4Featuring
- Feature
- Gee-Man
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Gee-Man
Credits
- Script
- Ray McGill
- Art
- Ray McGill
- Letters
- Ray McGill
5Featuring
- Feature
- Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; un-namewd banker; un-named District Attorney; un-named Mayor; the Joker (villain); Slapsy (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Letters
- George Roussos
Synopsis
Batman must once again battle the Harlequin of Hate, who, this time, decides to carry out, word for word, the slang words that people use every day in order to commit his crimes.
Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, inker credit verified by Robinson, and letterer credit verified by Roussos.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Windy Watkins
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Windy Watkins
Credits
- Script
- Russell Cole [as Alger]
- Art
- Russell Cole [as Alger]
- Letters
- Russell Cole
Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 12-19-08.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ben "Fearless" Ford (stunt man); Nan Ford Ben's wife); Tommy Ford (Ben and Nan's son); Joe Kirk (villain); Duke (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane]
- Inks
- Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane]
Ray Burnley (backgrounds) - Letters
- Betty Bentley
Synopsis
Batman must battle a gang of criminals who are trying to blackmail professional stuntmen.
Notes
Script, art and lettering credits confirmed by Jack Burnley.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Gags
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Notes
3 gags.
9Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure; crime
Credits
- Author
- Sam Case
- Letters
- typeset
10Featuring
- Feature
- Busy Bill
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Busy Bill
Credits
- Art
- George Storm
11Featuring
- Feature
- Funnyboners
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Art
- Lou Paige [as G. Paige]
Notes
6 gags.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Batman With Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; un-named Mayor of Gotham City; Mr. Hodge (art connoisseur); Frankie (little boy with infantile paralysis); Margie (villain); "Heist" Andrews (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Letters
- George Roussos
Synopsis
Gotham City celebrates "Batman Day", honoring all of the Caped Crusader's amazing accomplishments. And the events leading up to that day also helps Bruce Wayne complete the last chapter of a book he is writing.
Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, inker credit verified by Robinson, and letterer credit verified by Roussos.
Indicia
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