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Issue: Batman #34
Publication Date: April 1946
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Issues: #34 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: 02/11/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Marathon of Menace

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Issue: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #8 published March 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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G Is for Gazelle

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Marathon of Menace!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Marty Steele [aka John Doe] (race car driver); Roy Damon (blind scientist); Glenda West (Kale's niece); George Kale [aka Kayle] (villain, President of Lightning Motors, introduction)
Synopsis: Racer Marty Steele is banned from racing when doctors discover he has a bad heart. But he has plans to compete anyway under another name, whilst his erstwhile opponent is a blind scientist. The prize for the winner is $250,000, a sum that Roy Damon hopes to take home in order to allow others who are blind to build new and better lives for themselves.
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In Issue: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #8 published March 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: On his personal production log sheet for 1945, Dick Sprang recorded that he delivered this story’s pages in pencil, and he verified that credit.

Upon careful investigation of the art, it is believed Roussos was the inker for this story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
First Line: Been an awful lot of champion athletes...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Willie
Character(s): Willie
First Line: I see all the games...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Not found in the Archive edition.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Ally Babble and the Four Tea Leaves!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ally Babble; Madame Patio (fortune teller, introduction); Chissum (President of a bond company, introduction); Doctor Peters (introduction); Newsie Newts (villain)
Synopsis: Ally visits Madame Patio for a free tea leaf reading and explains to him the meaning of the four tea leaves of fate: money, a girl, a ship's deck, and happy faces. By a quirk of fate, these all come true, but not the way Ally imagined.
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In Issue: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #8 published March 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: On his personal production log sheet for 1945, Dick Sprang recorded that he delivered this story’s pages in pencil, and also verified his pencil credit.

Upn careful researching the art for this story, it is believed Roussos was the inker.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Volto
First Line: His strange magnetic powers save him from being torn to bits...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
Character(s): Daffy; Doodle
First Line: Furs! Furs!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: This sequence is NOT found in the Archive edition.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fleers
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Pages: 0.5
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Nobody Knows

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: This text story is NOT found in the Archive edition.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Tired Tracks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Adventures of Alfred
Character(s): Bruce Wayne (cameo); Dick Grayson (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth; unnamed Police Chief; Shifty (villain, introduction); Slinky (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Alfred makes a study of tires and the tracks they make. Too bad for him the car he is examining belongs to crooks!
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In Issue: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #8 published March 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit verified by George Roussos.
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Byron Nelson

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Master vs. the Pupil!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Mr. DuBois]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain, cameo); The Joker (villain, cameo)
First Line: No thrill in life surpasses that of the manhunt - yet few...
Synopsis: Robin's bragging about his prowess in crook hunting leads Batman to disguise himself as a jewel thief and have Robin attempt to track him down.
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In Issue: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #8 published March 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: On his personal production log sheet for 1945, Dick Sprang recorded that he delivered this story’s pages in pencil, and verified the pencil credit.

Upon careful research into the art for this story, it is believed George Roussos did the inks.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Weather Man
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Cool Under Fire!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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