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Batman #1
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Spring 1940 · 0.10 USD · 68 pages
On sale 1940-04-25
Synopsis
Ad for winning prizes from the Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., Springfield Ohio.
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
- Logo design
- Jerry Robinson
- See notes
- Jerry Robinson
- Uncredited
- Whitney Ellsworth
Characters
Notes
The On-sale Date of April 25th is per a promotional house advertisement in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #39 (May 1940). April 24th is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 455005 page 142.
Indicia: Batman No. 1 * Spring 1940 Issue Published quarterly by DETECTIVE COMICS, INC. 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Reprinted from
- Detective Comics #33— first two pages only
- Detective Comics #34— splash panel
- Detective Comics #40
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