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Issue: Batman #13
Publication Date: October 1942
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Issues: #13 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/08/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of August 12 in ad in Detective Comics #67.
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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): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 published September 2003
as Batman #13 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 published September 2003
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson.
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
First Line: Boys and girls!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Review of "The Wonder Book of the Air" by C. B. Allen & Lauren D. Lyman.
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The Batman Plays a Lone Hand!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain, cameo); The Joker (villain, cameo); The Thumb (villain, introduction); Thumb's henchmen (villains)
First Line: What is the greatest crime-crushing combination of all time?
Synopsis: Dick is rudely shocked when Bruce literally kicks him out of the house, not knowing that the Thumb has threatened to kill the Boy Wonder if Batman doesn't lay off.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 published September 2003
as The Batman Plays a Lone Hand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Ink credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Round-House Willie
Character(s): Round-House Willie; Mr. Nuggins; Mr. Snithers; Mr. Crimp
First Line: Say, Willie...I need advice...
Synopsis: Mr. Nuggins asks for a raise.
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Pages: 2
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
Character(s): Willy
First Line: Please Excuse Willy This Afternoon
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: 3 gags.
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Double Trouble for Batman and Robin!!

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Detective Comics; Batman with Robin
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Pages: 0.5
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Comedy of Tears!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Johnny Blake (student); Joe Brady; Mr. van Gild; Joe DiMaggio (cameo); Jerry Siegel (cameo); Artemus Bigby (author)The Joker (villain); Bruiser (villain); Pretty Boy Dugan (villain)
Synopsis: The Caped Crusaders are bewildered to discover the reason behind the Joker's new campaign: to make people cry.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 published September 2003
as Comedy of Tears [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Writer credit verified by Jack Schiff. Ink credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.
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We've Pepped 'Em Up...

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): More Fun Comics; Adventure Comics
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tubby
Character(s): Tubby
First Line: I want my angel to run over to the dry cleaner's...
Synopsis: Tubby is sent on an errand to pick up a coat from the dry cleaner.
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Pages: 1
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The Story of the Seventeen Stones!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mason (reformed villain, architect, introduction); Brenner (reformed villain, diamond cutter); Parks (reformed villain); Rocky Grimes (villain, introduction, death); Lefty Slade (villain, introduction, death); "Fin" Gonzy (villain, loan shark, introduction, death)
First Line: What's a stone?
Synopsis: Once suffering from amnesia, and having served 20 years in jail on the rock pile, criminal Rocky Grimes decides to get back at former members of his mob by using stones.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 published September 2003
as The Story of the Seventeen Stones [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Art and letterer credits confirmed by Jack Burnley.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Clancy the Cop
First Line: Tut-tut - You gents shouldn't be out so late...
Synopsis: Clancy gives advice to bank robbers.
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Pages: 0.22
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.11
Disclose Notes: A pair of small ads.
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DC Comics Give You What You Like!

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Pages: 0.67
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Sacrifice

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Lane Thomas; Little Aussie; Marco Evans
First Line: In the tiny apartment, the short, thin man...
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Flying Jeeps
First Line: After a forced landing...
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Silly Willy
Character(s): Silly Willy
First Line: I better hurry before she goes under!
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Pages: 0.5
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Biggest and Best!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jerry the Jitterbug
First Line: Gosh - What a sore throat...
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Pages: 1
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Destination Unknown!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Detective Guffey; Commissioner James Gordon; Clyde Clayborn (collector of oddities); Miss Hibbs (Clayborn's Secretary); Mr. Fortesque (man in an iron lung, actually a wax dummy); John Keyes (innocent prisoner); Ken Thorne (President of the railroad); Trigger Turk (villain, introduction); Biff Bolton (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: A couple of criminals board a train, disguised as a doctor and his nurse, in order to get to a man accused of crime being transferred to the gas chamber, and kill him in an iron lung.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 published September 2003
as Destination Unknown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Ink credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.
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The Big Eight!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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