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| 1 | Title Page | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Michael Cho; inks: Michael Cho | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 2 | Creator Credits | credits, title page | 1 | | |
| 3 | 2nd title Page | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Michael Cho; inks: Michael Cho | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 4 | Indicia and Publisher information | credits, title page | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 5 | Table of Contents | table of contents | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 6 | Detective Comics #46 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 7 | Professor Strange's Fear Dust | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Hugo Strange (villain); Carstairs (villain, racketeer); Carstair's gang (villains) |
| 8 | Detective Comics #47 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 9 | Money Can't Buy Happiness | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Harvey Midas (Bruce's banker); Mrs. Midas; Roger Midas (Harvey's son, musician); Diane Midas (Harvey's daughter); Jupkins (the Midas butler); Johnny Brown (a clerk, Diane's sweetheart); Danny Moore (newsboy); Count Alexis (villain, Diane's wife) |
| 10 | Batman #4 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 11 | Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker; Clayface [Basil Karlo] |
| 12 | The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; C. R. Darcey; Mr. Morganbilt; The Joker (villain); the Crime Circus (villains) |
| 13 | Blackbeard's Crew and the Yacht Society | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Horn; Stanley (Horn's Secretary); Elaine; Mr. Cowden; Henry; un-named Yacht Captain (death); Blackbeard [Thatch] (villain, introduction) |
| 14 | Public Enemy No. 1 | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy "Red" McCoy (villain, introduction, death), "Big" Costello (villain, introduction, death) |
| 15 | Victory for the Dynamic Duo | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Stockton]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tim Bannon (Coach of the Panthers); Stockton; Stacy (villain, introduction); Stacy's mob (villains, introduction for all, all die) |
| 16 | Detective Comics #48 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 17 | The Secret Cavern | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Lewis (singer, Henry's daughter); Henry Lewis surveyor); Renaldo (villain, club owner); Nick (villain); Blackie (villain) |
| 18 | Detective Comics #49 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 19 | Clayface Walks Again! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Julie Madison [as Portia Storme] [also briefly as Robin]; owner of a movie make-up supply store (death, cameo); un-named Fire Chief; Gabby; Mr. Bentley (head of Argus Pictures); Clayface [Basil Karlo] (villain) |
| 20 | Detective Comics #50 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 21 | The Case of the Three Devils! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Officer Riley; Frankie the Fence (villain); Mike (villain); Trigger (villain); Joe (villain); Three Devils (villains, former circus acrobats, all die) |
| 22 | Batman #5 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 23 | The Riddle of the Missing Card! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); Jack of Diamonds [Diamond Jack Duggan] (villain, introduction, death); Black Queen (villain, introduction, death); King of Clubs (villain, introduction) |
| 24 | Book of Enchantment | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Anderson (inventor); Enid Anderson (the Professor's daughter); Father Time; Simple Simon; Humpty Dumpty; Gruel the Black Witch (villain); Burn (villain, the Man of Fire, death); Freeze (villain, the Man of Ice, death); a dragon (villain, death); |
| 25 | The Case of the Honest Crook! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joseph Sands (introduction); Ann Sands [nee Ann Davis] (Joe's wife, introduction); un-named shopkeeper; un-named doctor; Smiley Sikes (villain, introduction); Matty Link (villain, introduction, death) |
| 26 | Crime Does Not Pay | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Trigger Burns]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page (introduction); Mrs. Grogan (Tommy's mother); Tommy Grogan; Mike Grogan (villain, Tommy's brother, introduction, death); Joe (villain) |
| 27 | World's Best Comics #1 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 28 | The Witch and the Manuscript of Doom! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Erik Dorne (introduction, death); Dorne's butler; Joshua Grimm (introduction, publisher); Melissa Brunt (introduction, Dorne's Aunt); Jane Ware (introduction, actress); The Witch [Mr. Wright] (villain, introduction) |
| 29 | Detective Comics #51 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 30 | The Case of the Mystery Carnival | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Colonel Dawes (amusement park owner); un-named wax museum caretaker; Charlie [as Colonel Dawes] (villain); "Mouse" Docker (villain); Joey (villain); Mindy (villain) |
| 31 | Detective Comics #52 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Loo Chung |
| 32 | The Secret of the Jade Box | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Achmed; Mr. Potter (death); Thomas (Potter's butler); Achmed (curio shop owner); Thomas; Loo Chung (villain, unofficial Mayor of the Oriental Quarter); Chung's gang (villains); Ghengis Khan (villain, flashback) |
| 33 | Detective Comics #53 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 34 | Viola Vane | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Viola Vane (actress); Jim Daly (friend of Wayne); Mack (newspaper editor); Mr. Robinson (newspaper owner); Viola's mother; Viola's father; Toothy (villain) |
| 35 | World's Finest Comics #2 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 36 | The Man Who Couldn't Remember! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; William Kendrick; Big Tim Bannon (introduction); Mr. Graves (villain); Ambrose Taylor (villain, introduction, death); Frankie (villain, death); Mitch Mason (villain, introduction); Trig Cooler (villain, introduction) |
| 37 | Detective Comics #54 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 38 | Hook Morgan and his Harbor Pirates | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Mr. Sale (store owner); Hook Morgan (villain); Mr. Conroy (villain, merchadise store owner) |
| 39 | Batman #6 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 40 | Murder on Parole | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne][also as Marty Loden]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Chick Miller (ex-con); The Parole Boss (villain, member of the prison parole board, introduction, death), Shoulders (villain); Slink Daniels (villain); Marty Loden (villain) |
| 41 | The Clock Maker! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Henry Decker (clock company stockholder, introduction, death); Peter Selby (banker); Mitch Keating (clock company stockholder, introduction, death); Atkins (villain, clock company stockholder, introduction, death); Elias Brock (v |
| 42 | The Secret of the Iron Jungle | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; un-named New York representative for Page Oil; Tom Page (Linda Page's father, introduction); Graham Masters (villain, Tom Page's partner, introduction, death); Chuck (villain, Master's strong arm man, death) |
| 43 | Suicide Beat! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Police Commissioner James Gordon; Grogan (Policeman, death); Kelly (Policeman, death); Jimmy Kelly (Policeman, Kelly's son); Anna (little girl); Anna's un-named father; Fancy Dan (villain); Alderman Skigg (villain, crooked political boss); Henry (villain, |
| 44 | Detective Comics #55 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 45 | The Brain Burglar! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Dr. Mason]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Professor Jon Henry (scientist); Professor Dodge; Dr. Mason (scientsist); Dr. Deker (villain); Deker's gang (villains); un-named Zeppelin Commander (villain, death); Zeppelin crew (villains, all die) |
| 46 | Detective Comics #56 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 47 | The Stone Idol! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ghost Gulch Mayor; Mad Mack (villain, death); The Iron Idol (villain, circus strongman) |
| 48 | World's Finest Comics #3 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 49 | The Riddle of the Human Scarecrow | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; inks: George Roussos; colors: George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Martin; Frank Kendrick (businessman, introduction); Paul Herold (introduction, death); Richard Dodge (introduction); The Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain, introduction, Psychology college teacher, origin) |
| 50 | Batman #7 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 51 | Wanted: Practical Jokers! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Duke Micheal; The Joker [aka Henry Verne] [aka I. Rekoj] [aka Duke Micheal] (villain); Joker's gang (villains) |
| 52 | The Trouble Trap! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Kelly (Policeman); Linda Page; Henry Abbot (death); Carl Dwyer (Wayne's friend); Granda the Mystic (villain, a Swami, introduction); Hindu giants (villains); Joe (villain) |
| 53 | The North Woods Mystery | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Nora Powell (society lady); Matthew Powell (Nora's father, lumber company owner, death); Jack Clayton (Matthew's adopted son, ex-con); Woody Joe (villain, lumberjack, death); Asher (villain, lumber company competitor, introduction) |
| 54 | The People vs. the Batman | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Horatio Delmar (villain, racket leader, introduction, death); Weasel Venner (villain, introduction, death); Freddie Hill (villain); Joe (villain); Al (villain) |
| 55 | Complete Your Collection With These Other Golden and Silver Age Trade Paperbacks | promo (ad from the publisher) | 2 | pencils: Darwyn Cooke, Michael Cho; inks: Darwyn Cooke, Michael Cho | |
| 56 | Title Page at rear of book | illustration | 1 | | |
| 57 | Back Cover | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |