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BATMAN #19

Cover Date: October-November 1943
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1943-08-07

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Cover Credits:
Art: Dick Sprang


Story: "Batman Makes a Deadline!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

ArtDick Sprang (as Bob Kane)
LetteringGeorge Roussos
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Big Ben Rollings and his gang (first appearance for all; a racketeering gang)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

This story takes place in June, 1943.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #5 (2007)
The Batman Chronicles #10 (2011)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2017)
Batman: The Golden Age #5 (2018)


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Second Story: "Atlantis Goes to War!'" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtDick Sprang
LetteringGeorge Roussos
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Captain Kurt Fritzl and his crew (first appearance for all; U-Boat captain and crew)

Other Character(s):

Kano (first appearance; High Priest of the Atlanteans)
Taro (first appearance; child emperor of the Atlanteans)
Lanya (first appearance; child empress of the Atlanteans)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Wayne Manor
"Atlantis" (first appearance; an Atlantis outpost preserved by a force field)

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #5 (2007)
The Batman Chronicles #10 (2011)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2017)
Batman: The Golden Age #5 (2018)


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Third Story: "The Case of the Timid Lion" (12 Pages)

Credits:

ArtDick Sprang
LetteringGeorge Roussos
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Mr. Lyon and his gang (first appearance for all; commits pranks to implicate being stalked by the Joker)
Joker and his gang (last in Detective Comics #76)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #5 (2007)
The Batman Chronicles #10 (2011)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2017)
Batman: The Golden Age #5 (2018)


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Fourth Story: "Collectors of Millionaires" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
PencilsDick Sprang
InksNorman Fallon
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Ali and his gang (first appearance for all; kidnap millionaires and replace them with imposters)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #5 (2007)
The Batman Chronicles #10 (2010)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2017)
Batman: The Golden Age #5 (2018)


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