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Issue: Batman #8
Publication Date: December 1941
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Issues: #8 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/07/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of October 10 in ad in Detective Comics #57.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #2 [unnamed variant] published April 1995
as Batman #8 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Forties #[nn] published May 2004
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Penciler credits verified by Fred Ray and Jack Burnley; inker credits verified by Fred Ray and Jerry Robinson.
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Another Message to Our Readers

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Paul "Killer" Sikes]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Warden Higgins; Russo's lawyer; Big Mike Russo (villain, introduction); Al [as Warden Higgins] (villain); Trigger Sherman (villain)
Synopsis: From prison, Big Mike Russo is able to have his gang kidnap the warden, replace him and the guards with a look alike, then use the prison as a base of operations to commit crimes while providing alibis to those committing them! Batman figures that the only way to uncover this scenario is to get put in prison himself, a move that almost costs him his life in the gas chamber!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #2 [unnamed variant] published April 1995
as Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Inks verified by Jerry Robinson, background inks & lettering verified by George Roussos.
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The Winning Team!

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Detective Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Superman Is in the Movies!

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
Character(s): Superman
First Line: I'll be seeing you on the screen...
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Pages: 0.5
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Rescue Mission

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bob Crane; Dr. Scott; Ransom
First Line: This was the first day in three rain hadn't hampered the search.
Synopsis: Bob Crane is sent on a search and rescue mission to find Dr. Scott and his party.
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Pages: 1
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The Strange Case of Professor Radium!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed Coroner; Johnston (Ross' assistant, introduction, death); Mary Lamont (Ross's fiance, introduction, death); Mary's Maid (introduction); Professor Radium [Professor Henry Ross] (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: A scientist finds a way to use radium to bring the dead back to life, and he uses himself as a guinea pig. Although the experiments are successful, the Professor pays dearly for his discovery, for, in the end, as Batman says, it has created a Frankenstein monster when it was only meant for good.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #2 [unnamed variant] published April 1995
as The Strange Case of Professor Radium [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Ink credits verified by Jerry Robinson, and background inks & lettering verified by George Roussos. Batman faced Professor Radium in the Batman daily newspaper strip from September 23, 1946-November 2, 1946. It was written by Bill Finger, pencilled by Bob Kane, inked by Charles Paris and lettered by Ira Schnapp.
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Out in Front!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Star Spangled Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventure Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: Tonight's big drawing... lottum dough at stake!
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Pages: 2
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The Superstition Murders!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Banks (writer); Fred Brooks (show financer, death); Miss Francine (death); Paul Mett; Johnny Glim (villain, play author, introduction)
Synopsis: The cast of a stage production decides to have a "superstition" party, intentionally carrying out every well-known superstition they can think of. But when one of them is killed, Batman and Robin enter the fray to single out the perpetrator of the deed.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #2 [unnamed variant] published April 1995
as The Superstition Murders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Jerry Robinson, and backgrounds & lettering credits verified by George Roussos.
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The "Big Six" Now Becomes the "Big Seven"

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pokey Beezer
Character(s): Pokey Beezer
First Line: Hello, Chief! What's cooking?
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Pages: 4
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Action Stuff

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Johnny Shean; Ben Boyd; Willie Evans; Police Chief Weber
First Line: Johnny Shean put down his megaphone and signaled the...
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Pages: 1
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The Cross Country Crimes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as I. Namtab]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; G. Henry Mover (F.B.I. head); John (play writer); The Joker (villain)
Synopsis: The Caped Crusaders are invited to Washington D.C. to meet with the head of the FBI, but the Joker shows up and shoots the G-Man. Then he heads out cross country to commit crimes, challenging the Batman to catch up with him.
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In Content Item: FlagLimited Collectors' Edition #C-37 published August 1975
as The Cross Country Crimes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #2 [unnamed variant] published April 1995
as The Cross-Country Crimes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Ink credits confirmed by Jerry Robinson, background inks & letterer credits verified by George Roussos.
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Choose Your Prize

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Specialty Co.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Metro Publications
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Red Ryder
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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