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Issue: Batman #23
Publication Date: June 1944
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Issues: #23 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/09/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #6 published February 2009
as Batman #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Sprang.
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
First Line: Again, the men, women and children of America...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover
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The Upside Down Crimes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Leegaf (Hindu Prince); Mrs. Van Sneed [also as Greta Garbo]; Nan Winslow [also as Katharine Hepburn]; Miss Latham [also as Ginger Rogers]; ? [also as Charlie Chaplin]; ? [also as Shirley Temple]; The Joker (villain); Muggsy Mulligan (villain); Snipes (villain)
Synopsis: Batman and Robin must stop the Joker's mad schemes, as he commits several "up-side down crimes" that leave the Caped Crusaders literally standing on their heads.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #6 published February 2009
as The Upside Down Crimes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Life's Little Laffs
First Line: Oh, no! This is the garden over here...
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Pages: 1
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Escape from Two-Way Death!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
Character(s): Quickie; Hoot Gibson
First Line: Men, this course is a real test under fire.
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Pages: 1
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Damsel in Distress!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Marjory Davenport (Dick's love interest, introduction); Dr. Davenport (Marjory's father, introduction); Bugs Conklin (villain, introduction); Jitters (villain, introduction)
First Line: Adventure is his daily routine...
Synopsis: Dick's crush on a girl leads him and the Batman into a case involving kidnapping and murder.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #6 published February 2009
as Damsel in Distress! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Sprang and lettering credit confirmed by Roussos.
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Now on Sale Everywhere

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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Spike; Pee Wee
First Line: Stick around fellas...
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Handy Andy
Character(s): Handy Andy; Elmer
First Line: Folks, here's a new notion on 'victory' gardens...
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Pages: 1
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Borrowed Butler!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Adventures of Alfred
Character(s): Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Mrs. Van Upsitart (Bruce's neighbor); Oswald (Mrs. Van Upsitart's cousin); Mr. Piper (villain, introduction)
First Line: When crime becomes a course on a weekend menu, Alfred...
Synopsis: Bruce hires out Alfred to a neighbor who is having week-end guests, and whose butler is sick. Alfred's blind luck allows him to solve yet another case involving an "inside job" at the Upsitart residence.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #6 published February 2009
as Borrowed Butler! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Robinson. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.
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Accidents Will Happen

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Hardy; Canby; Michele
First Line: They had been here a whole week now...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This text story is NOT found in the Archive.
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Pelt Plunderers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Skinner Short (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Batman and Robin head up into the frozen north to assist the Royal Canadian Mounted Police stop a gang of thieves who plunder beaver pelts trapped by locals and who then sell them for big profits, which they plan to spend back in the States.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #6 published February 2009
as Pelt Plunderers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: This story was one of the special "Police Division" stories featured in Batman. Art credits verified by Sprang and lettering credit confirmed by Roussos.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: You're violating the blackout, Sergeant.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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