Batman #7
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- October-November 1941
- Page count
- 68
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/1749
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
- Art
- Bob Kane
- Letters
- typeset
1Featuring
- Feature
- Batman With Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Duke Micheal; The Joker [aka Henry Verne] [aka I. Rekoj] [aka Duke Micheal] (villain); Joker's gang (villains)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
George Roussos (backgrounds) - Letters
- George Roussos
Synopsis
The Joker organizes a new gang by advertising for practical jokers in the newspaper, and when they show up, they touch objects used in major crimes, thereby implicating themselves.....and forcing them to work for the Crime Prince of Crime!
Notes
Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Funnies
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Notes
5 gags.
3Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Author
- Eric Carter
- Letters
- typeset
4Featuring
- Feature
- Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Kelly (Policeman); Linda Page; Henry Abbot (death); Carl Dwyer (Wayne's friend); Granda the Mystic (villain, a Swami, introduction); Hindu giants (villains); Joe (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson: George Roussos (backgrounds)
- Letters
- George Roussos
Synopsis
Batman must battle a swami who has hynotized individuals, made records of conversations that he had with them, then later demands blackmail money or the records will be made public. However, one of the mystic's clients wants the secret of Batman's identity, thus Linda Page is kidnapped.
Notes
Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Chief Hot Foot
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Chief Hot Foot
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
6
7Featuring
- Feature
- Batman With Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Nora Powell (society lady); Matthew Powell (Nora's father, lumber company owner, death); Jack Clayton (Matthew's adopted son, ex-con); Woody Joe (villain, lumberjack, death); Asher (villain, lumber company competitor, introduction)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
George Roussos (backgrounds) - Letters
- George Roussos
Synopsis
Nora Powell heads with Bruce Wayne to the big woods to help run a logging operation after her Uncle is murdered, but is puzzled when her partner wants her to sell out to their competition.
Notes
Inkr credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Rollin' Stone
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Ray McGill
- Art
- Ray McGill
- Letters
- Ray McGill ?
9Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Author
- Wilton Weston
- Letters
- typeset
10Featuring
- Feature
- Batman With Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Horatio Delmar (villain, racket leader, introduction, death); Weasel Venner (villain, introduction, death); Freddie Hill (villain); Joe (villain); Al (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
George Roussos (backgrounds) - Letters
- George Roussos
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #242 (June 1972) — The People Vs. the Batman
-
Batman Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #38 ([December 1977?]) — The People vs. The Batman
-
The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #2 (November-December 1979) — The People Vs. the Batman
-
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 (July 1995) — The People Vs. the Batman
Synopsis
Weasel Venner wants to make sure that a fellow criminal doesn't make public the fact that he is the head racketeer in Gotham City, so he arranges for someone to be set up for the murder of Horatio Delmar: that someone being Bruce Wayne!
Notes
Batman finally receives official police sanction in this story.
Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos.
Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
Notes
Not all fillers may be listed for this book.
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.