| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Darwyn Cooke; inks: Darwyn Cooke; colors: Darwyn Cooke | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 1 | - | insert or dust jacket | 0 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 2 | Title Page | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 3 | Title and Credits | illustration | 2 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 4 | - | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane, Fred Ray; inks: Bob Kane, Fred Ray | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 5 | Table of contents | table of contents | 3 | pencils: Jack Burnley, Bob Kane; inks: Jack Burnley, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 6 | Foreword | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 3 | script: Dennis O'Neil; pencils: Bob Kane, Fred Ray; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, Fred Ray | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 7 | Detective Comics #27 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 8 | The Case of the Chemical Syndicate | comic story | 6 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Bob Kane | The Bat-Man [Bruce Wayne] (introduction); Commissioner James Gordon (introduction); Mr. Lambert (introduction, death); Lambert (introduction, Mr. Lambert's son); un-named Police Sergeant (introduction); Steven Crane (introduction, death); Crane's butler (introduction); Paul Rogers (introduction); Al |
| 9 | Detective Comics #28 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer | |
| 10 | Frenchy Blake's Jewel Gang | comic story | 6 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Bob Kane | The Bat-Man [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Gimpy (Police stool pigeon); Kelly (Policeman); Frenchy Blake (villain); Blake's gang [Slick; others un-named] (villains); jewel thieves (villains) |
| 11 | Detective Comics #29 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dr. Death |
| 12 | The Batman Meets Doctor Death | comic story | 10 | script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; John P. van Smith; Doctor Death (villain, introduction); Jabah (villain, Death's assistant, introduction, death); Dr. Death's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| 13 | Detective Comics #30 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer | |
| 14 | The Return of Doctor Death | comic story | 10 | script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mrs. Jones; Mrs. Jone's maid; Doctor Death [as Ivan Herd] (villain); Mikhail (villain, Dr. Death's assistant, death) |
| 15 | Detective Comics #31 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Julie Madison; The Monk |
| 16 | Batman vs. the Vampire, Part 1 | comic story | 10 | script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Julie Madison (Bruce's fiancée, introduction); Dr. Trent; the Monk (villain, introduction) |
| 17 | Detective Comics #32 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer | The Batman [Bruce Wayne] (inset) |
| 18 | Batman vs. the Vampire, Part 2 | comic story | 10 | script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Julie Madison; the Monk (villain, death); Dala (villain, vampire, introduction, death) |
| 19 | Detective Comics #33 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 20 | The Batman Wars against the Dirigible of Doom | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger, Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Thomas Wayne (Bruce's father, death); Martha Wayne (Bruce's mother, death); Joe Chill (villain, un-named); Professor/Dr. Carl Kruger (villain, death); The Scarlet Horde (villains, all scientists, all die); Mr. Bixley (villain, death); Napoleon Bonaparte (villain, image |
| 21 | Detective Comics #34 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel | The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] |
| 22 | Peril in Paris | comic story | 10 | script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Charles Maire (Karel's brother); Karel Maire; Duc D'orterre (villain, master of the Apaches, introduction, death); some Apaches (villains) |
| 23 | Detective Comics #35 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Duc D'orterre |
| 24 | The Case of the Ruby Idol | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Weldon (curio collector); Joe; Mike; Wong; Sin Fang [Sheldon Lenox] (villain, explorer, introduction, death); followers of Kila (villains) |
| 25 | Detective Comics #36 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 26 | Professor Hugo Strange | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; John Davis (G-Man, death); Henry Jenkins (electrical engineer); Clancy (Policeman); Professor Hugo Strange (villain, introduction); Strange's gang (villains) |
| 27 | Detective Comics #37 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 28 | The Spies | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joey (death); Al (villain, grocery store owner); Elias Turg [aka "The Head"] [also as Count Grutt] (villain, death); Carl (villain) |
| 29 | Detective Comics #38 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 30 | Introducing Robin, the Boy Wonder | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (introduction, origin); John Grayson (introduction, Dick's father, death); Mary Grayson (introduction, Dick's mother, death); Mr. Haly (Haly Circus owner); Boss Zucco [Anthony Zucco] (villain, introduction); Blade (villain, death) |
| 31 | Batman #1 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 32 | The Legend of the Batman--Who He Is and How He Came to Be! | comic story | 2 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Sheldon Moldoff | Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Thomas Wayne (Bruce's father, death, flashback); Martha Wayne (Bruce's mother, death, flashback); Joe Chill (villain, un-named) |
| 33 | The Joker | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Henry (radio listener); Henry Claridge (millionaire, death); Mrs. Claridge (Henry's wife); un-named Police Chief; Jay Wilde (death); Judge Drake (death); Otto Drexel (mention only); The Joker (villain, introduction); Brute Nelson (villain, death) |
| 34 | Professor Hugo Strange and the Monsters | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Professor Hugo Strange (villain); un-named monsters (villains, all die) |
| 35 | The Cat | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; John Travers; Martha Travers; Dr. Wallace; un-named ship steward; un-named Captain (of "The Dolphin"); The Cat [Selina Kyle] [as Miss Peggs] (villain, introduction); Denny (villain) |
| 36 | The Joker Returns | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Chief of Police Chalmers (death); Edgar Martin (a political reformer, death); The Joker (villain) |
| 37 | Batman and Robin pin-up | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 38 | Detective Comics #39 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 39 | The Horde of the Green Dragon! | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Julie Madison (cameo); Henry Crandall (millionaire); John Cobb (millionaire); Cobb's chauffeur (death); Wong (unofficial Mayor of Chinatown, death); The Green Dragon (villains) |
| 40 | Detective Comics #40 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Clayface [Basil Karlo] |
| 41 | Beware of Clayface | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Julie Madison; Kenneth Todd [as "The Terror"] (movie star); Mr. Bentley (movie director); Ned Norton (former movie actor); Lorna Dane (movie star, death); Fred Walker (Lorna's old sweetheart, death); Clayface [Basil Karlo] (villain, introduction); Roxy Bre |
| 42 | Detective Comics #41 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 43 | A Master Murderer | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ted Spencer (student at a boy's school); Principal Blake (Principal of a boy's school, death); Mr. Greer (former school teacher); Mr. Hodges (History teacher); escaped maniac (villain); Mr. Graves [aka The Masked Man] (villain, Art teacher) |
| 44 | Batman #2 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 45 | Joker Meets Cat-Woman | 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; E. S. Arthur (wealthy gem collector, death); Johnny (newsboy); Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (villain); the Crime Syndicate, Inc. [The Joker; Weasel; Mugface; Circus Charlie (poses as Batman, death); others unnamed] (villains, introduct |
| 46 | Wolf, the Crime Master | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Cyrus Craig (museum owner); Adam Lamb [aka Wolf] (villain, Craig's museum custodian, introduction, death); the Wolf's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| 47 | The Case of the Clubfoot Murders | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Harley Storme (millionaire, death); Portia (Harley Storme's niece); Abel Storme (Harley's brother, death); Carl Storme (Harley's brother); Roger Storme (Harley's son, death); Clubfoot (introduction); Ward [as Clubfoot] (villain, |
| 48 | The Case of the Missing Link | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Drake (death); Goliath (prehistoric man, death); pygmies (villains, some die); Hackett (villain, circus owner, introduction); Snead (villain, circus owner, introduction); Grimes (villain, introduction, death) |
| 49 | New York World's Fair Comics #[2] 1940 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley | Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 50 | Batman and Robin Visit the 1940 New York World's Fair | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Travers (President of Travers Engineers); Ann (Vreekill's niece); Dr. Hugo Vreekill (villain, introduction, death); Joey (villain); Limpy (villain) |
| 51 | Detective Comics #42 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 52 | The Case of the Prophetic Pictures | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; letters: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jim; Antal Ryder (an artist); Mikoff (an artist); Mr. Drake (socialite); Carmen Largo (opera singer, death); Mr. Vangild (death); Mr. Warren (death); Mr. Tavers; Mr. Bleek (Wiley's agent and manager); Mr. Wiley (villain, painting |
| 53 | Detective Comics #43 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 54 | The Case of the City of Terror | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ryder; Carter; Mayor Harliss Greer (villain, former City Council President); "Bugs" Norton (villain); Norton's gang [Blackie; others un-named] (villains) |
| 55 | Detective Comics #44 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 56 | The Land behind the Light! | 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]; Dr. Marko (inventor); Gorl (villain, official hunter to the King); un-named King (villain) |
| 57 | Batman #3 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 58 | The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Craig (scientist); The Puppet Master [Dmitri] (villain, introduction); Dmitri's assistants (villains, introduction for all) |
| 59 | The Ugliest Man in the World | 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; Detective McGonigle; Harvey Dodge (Wayne's friend, victim of ugly condition); Carter (victim of ugly condition); Dr. Ekhart; John Tyler; Mrs. Tyler; Carlson [as Larry Larrimore] (villain, leader of the Ugly Horde, introduction, d |
| 60 | The Crime School for Boys!! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tommy (reformed villain); Eddie (reformed villain); Big Boy Daniels (villain, introduction); Daniel's mob (villains, introduction for all); "Pockets" (villain, crime school instructor, introduction, death) |
| 61 | The Batman vs. the Cat-Woman! | 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; Detective McGonigle; Jerry; The Diamond Syndicate [D. Calvert (Syndicate Secretary, death); Mr. Darr; Mr. Blake; Mr. Hoffer; Mr. Darrel]; The Cat-Woman [aka The Cat] [Selina Kyle] (villain); Hoffer (villain); Blake (villain); Mr. |
| 62 | The Batman Says | public service announcement | 1 | script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley; letters: Betty Bentley | The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 63 | Detective Comics #45 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Bruce Wayne] |
| 64 | The Case of the Laughing Death! | 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]; museum caretaker; District Attorney Carter (death); The Joker [also as A. Rekoj] (villain); Joker's gang (villains) |
| 65 | Detective Comics #46 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 66 | 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) |
| 67 | Detective Comics #47 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 68 | 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 husband) |
| 69 | Batman #4 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 70 | 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] |
| 71 | 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) |
| 72 | 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) |
| 73 | 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) |
| 74 | 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) |
| 75 | Detective Comics #48 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 76 | 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) |
| 77 | Detective Comics #49 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 78 | 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) |
| 79 | Detective Comics #50 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 80 | 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) |
| 81 | Batman #5 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 82 | 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) |
| 83 | 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); |
| 84 | 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) |
| 85 | 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) |
| 86 | 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] |
| 87 | 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) |
| 88 | Detective Comics #51 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 89 | 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) |
| 90 | Detective Comics #52 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Loo Chung |
| 91 | 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) |
| 92 | Detective Comics #53 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 93 | 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) |
| 94 | 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] |
| 95 | The Man Who Couldn't Remember! | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, 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) |
| 96 | Detective Comics #54 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 97 | 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) |
| 98 | Batman #6 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 99 | 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) |
| 100 | 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 |
| 101 | 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) |
| 102 | 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, |
| 103 | Detective Comics #55 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 104 | 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) |
| 105 | Detective Comics #56 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 106 | 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) |
| 107 | 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] |
| 108 | Riddle of the Human Scarecrow | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; inks: George Roussos; colors: 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) |
| 109 | Batman #7 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 110 | 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) |
| 111 | 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) |
| 112 | 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) |
| 113 | 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) |
| 114 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 115 | Title Page at end of volume | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 116 | Biographies | insert or dust jacket | 0 | letters: typeset | |
| 117 | Back Cover | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 118 | Spine of Book | illustration | 0 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |