Batman #38 (1946) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
2	Peril in Greece!	comic story	12	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Byrus (villain, introduction)
5	The Carbon Copy Crimes!	comic story	11	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Pierre Antal; unnamed psychologist (villain, introduction, death); The Joker (villain, image only)
6	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
7	N Is for Newfoundland	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
8	Memo to a Murderer	text story	2	script: Blair Bolton
10	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
11	Knothead Norman	comic story	0.5	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube; letters: Phil Berube	Knothead Norman
13	The Penguin on Parole!	comic story	13	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain)
15	-	comic story	1	script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win	Daffy; Doodle

Plus 9.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Detective Comics #441	1974	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 ISBN 978-1-4012-7870-0	2018	On eBay ›

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