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BATMAN #14

Cover Date: December-January 1942-3
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-10-10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jerry Robinson


Story: "The Case Batman Failed to Solve!!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtJerry Robinson
LetteringGeorge Roussos
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Red Rip and his gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Dana Drye (first appearance; a famous detective of the 19th and early 20th Century; deduces Batman is Bruce Wayne; commits suicide)
Sheriff Ezra Plunkett (first appearance; a famous sheriff of the Western US)
Dr. Tsu (first appearance; a famous detective from San Francisco)
Grace Seers (first appearance; a famous detective writer)
Sir John Bart (first appearance; a famous detective of Scotland Yard)

Location(s):

Gotham City (presumed)

Comment(s):

This story begins a few days before November 18th, 1942.
Drye deduces Batman's true identity on January 26th, 1940.
The general plot of this story is used again in Detective Comics #500.

Story Reprinted in:

Limited Collectors' Edition #C-25 (April-May 1974)
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 (2003)
The Batman Chronicles #8 (2009)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)
Batman: The Golden Age #4 (2018)


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Second Story: "Prescription for Happiness!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtBob Kane
InksJerry Robinson, George Roussos
LetteringGeorge Roussos
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Pills Mattson and his gang (first appearance for all; a gangster who dresses up as Blackbeard and kidnaps a yacht full of rich people)

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 (2003)
The Batman Chronicles #8 (2009)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)
Batman: The Golden Age #4 (2018)


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Third Story: "Swastika Over The White House" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtJack Burnley (as Bob Kane)
InksRay Burnley
LetteringBetty Bentley
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Count Felix and his thugs (first appearance; head of a Nazi fifth column)
Fritz Hoffner (first appearance; undercover as Fred Hopper, a newsreel cameraman)

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 (2003)
The Batman Chronicles #8 (2009)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)
Batman: The Golden Age #4 (2018)


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Fourth Story: "Bargains in Banditry!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtJack Burnley (as Bob Kane)
InksRay Burnley
LetteringBetty Bentley
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Penguin and his gang (creates crime plans for a fee; then steals all the loot)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Wayne Manor

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 (2003)
The Batman Chronicles #8 (2009)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)
Batman: The Golden Age #4 (2018)


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