Batman #18
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- August-September 1943
- Page count
- 60
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/3105
Credits
- Editing
- Jack Schiff
Whitney Ellsworth (editor-in-chief)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Batman; Robin)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman; Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Adolf Hitler (villain), Hideki Tojo (villain); Benito Mussolini (villain)
Credits
- Pencils
- Ed Kressey
Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye (see note) - Inks
- Dick Sprang
Stan Kaye (see note) - Letters
- typeset
Notes
Batman and Robin figures lifted from page 13 of Detective Comics #84, confirmed by Sprang and Desris. Layouts of Batman and Robin by Ed Kressy with finished art by Dick Sprang.
Hitler, Tojo, and Mussolini figures by Stan Kaye (new art for this cover). These notes by Craig Delich.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Tweedledee [Cousin Deever] (villain); Tweedledum [Cousin Dumfree] (villain); Soup McConell (villain); Legs (villain); Sapper (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Joe Samachson
- Art
- Jerry Robinson [as Bob Kane]
- Letters
- George Roussos
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #443 (October-November 1974) — The Secret of Hunter's Inn!
-
Batman Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #38 ([December 1977?]) — The Secret of Hunter's Inn!
-
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #5 ([November] 2006) — The Secret of Hunter's Inn
Synopsis
Batman and Robin, in their everyday identities as Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson (accompanied by Alfred), are investigating Hunter's Inn, the scene of many robberies of wealthy patrons...and run smack into the infamous Tweed Brothers!
Notes
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.
Art credits verified by Robinson.
Letterer verified by Roussos.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Private Pete
- Genre
- Humor; military
- Characters
- Private Pete
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
3Featuring
- Feature
- Batman With Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dick's school Professor; Spike (villain); Harry (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Letters
- George Roussos
Synopsis
When Dick brings home a miserable report card, Bruce relegates the youngster to studying at home instead of gallivanting about as Robin, the Boy Wonder!
Notes
Script credit by Martin O'Hearn.
Penciler credit confirmed by Jack Burnley.
Inker credit verified by Robinson.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Chief Hot Foot
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Chief Hot Foot
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
5Featuring
- Feature
- Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Sergeant Mead (head of the Emergency Squad, introduction); the Emergency Squad [Bressler; Brannigan; Flannigan; Richards] (introduction); un-named homicidal maniac (villain); Black Market Looters (villain); Two-Gun Fowley (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane]
- Inks
- Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane]
Ray Burnley (backgrounds) - Letters
- Betty Bentley
Synopsis
In the first story of a series, Batman and Robin meet and work with different agencies within the realm of the Police Department: in this story, it's the Police Emergency Squad.
Notes
Script credit by Martin O'Hearn.
Art and letterer credits verified by Burnley.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Good Books Worth Reading
Credits
- Author
- Josette Frank
- Letters
- typeset
Synopsis
Review of "Web Adams" by Willard Temple.
7Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Author
- Tod Lowry
- Letters
- typeset
8Featuring
- Feature
- Batman With Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; un-named prison Warden; The Crime Surgeon [Dr. Thorne] (villain, death); Flop-Ears Bailey (villain); Slick Minder (villain); Tipper (villain); Mocco (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Letters
- George Roussos
Synopsis
The Crime Surgeon, after successfully operating on and saving the life of the Warden at the prison he is incarcerated in, makes good his escape and re-opens his Crime Clinic: an agency that helps crooks to better carry out their crimes!
Notes
Inker credit verified by Robinson.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
Indicia
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