#1

Synopsis

Ad for winning prizes from the Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., Springfield Ohio.

Notes

Reprinted from

• Detective Comics #33— first two pages only
• Detective Comics #34— splash panel
• Detective Comics #40

Reprinted in

• The Great Comic Book Heroes #[nn]
• Batman #D2939 [1]— first 2 pages, as modified for Batman #1
• Batman from the 30s to the 70s #[nn]
• The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn]
• The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn]
• Famous First Edition #F-6 (F-5)— in this form
• Millennium Edition: Batman No. 1 #[nn]— story in this form
• Detective Comics Special Reprint [Toys 'R' Us Special Replica Edition] #38
• Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #1— story in this form
• Batman #D2939
• Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes #[nn]
• The Batman Chronicles #1
• The Batman Chronicles #2
• Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn]
• The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn]
• The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[1]
• The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #2
• Lynvingen #6/1976
• The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn]
• The Joker: The Greatest Stories Ever Told #[nn]
• The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #2
• Klassiker der Comic-Literatur #7
• The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn]
• Caped Crusader Classics! #1
• Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn]
• The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn]
• Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1
• Catwoman: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn]
• DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes #[nn]
• Batman: The Golden Age #1

Credits

Script

Bill Finger, Paul Gustavson, Guy Monroe, Whitney Ellsworth, George Shute, Bob Kane, George Papp

Pencils

Bob Kane, Paul Gustavson, Raymond Perry, George Papp

Inks

Bob Kane, Paul Gustavson, Raymond Perry, George Papp, Jerry Robinson

Colours

Strauss Engraving Company, Raymond Perry

Letters

Sheldon Moldoff, Jerry Robinson, Paul Gustavson, Bob Kane

Backgrounds

Jerry Robinson, Sheldon Moldoff

Editor - original series

Whitney Ellsworth

Logo design

Jerry Robinson

See notes

Jerry Robinson

Characters

• Joe Chill
• Martha Wayne
• Thomas Wayne
• Batman
• Bruce Wayne
• Robin
• Dick Grayson
• Joker
• Hugo Strange
• Bob Kane
• The Cat
• Clark Kent
• Superman
• The Flash
• The Spectre
• Jay Garrick
• Wesley Dodds
• Ultra-Man
• Jim Corrigan
• The Sandman
• Commissioner James Gordon
• Clayface
• Basil Karlo

Other printings & variants

• Cover Number with Period
• Cover Number without Period
• Facsimile Edition
• Facsimile Edition (Foil Cardstock Cover)
• Facsimile Edition
• Facsimile Edition (Blank Cardstock Cover)
• Facsimile Edition (Foil Cardstock Cover)