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Issue: Batman #1

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Publication Date: January 1940

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Detail

Issues: #1 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Cover Number with Period

Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

Brand: A DC Publication

Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.

On Sale Date: 04/24/1940

Volume: none

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 17 (9 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)

Notes: The on-sale date 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. On-sale on April 25th per house ad in Detective Comics #39.

Indicia: Batman No. 1 * Spring 1940 Issue
Published quarterly by DETECTIVE COMICS, INC. 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y.

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Format

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:

Variants2

4 Batman #1 [Cover Number with Period]

Batman #1 [Cover Number without Period]

Reprinted In64

15 Content Items

reprinted 64 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From2

1 Content Item
- The Legend of the Batman--Who He Is and How He Came to Be! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2

reprinted 2 times from a Content Item in another Issue.

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Content Items

Title	Penciller(s)	Inker(s)	Colorist(s)
[untitled] Illustration on Cover, Front			?
Boys! G-Man Outfit Advertisement on Interior Page(s)	?	?
The Legend of the Batman--Who He Is and How He Came to Be! Story on Interior Page(s)			?
The Joker Story on Interior Page(s)			?
[untitled] Story on Interior Page(s)	Paul Gustavson (signed)	Paul Gustavson (signed)	?
The Giants of Hugo Strange Story on Interior Page(s)			?
Strictly Publicity Text Story on Interior Page(s)
Meet the Artist! Text Article on Interior Page(s)	? (photo)	? (photo)	? (photo shaded in magenta)
The Cat Story on Interior Page(s)			?
The 'Big Six' Comics Magazines Still Lead the Field! Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)	? (various)	? (various)	?
Two Aces Text Story on Interior Page(s)
[untitled] Story on Interior Page(s)	Bob Kane [as Ted Raye] (signed)	Bob Kane [as Ted Raye] (signed)	?
[untitled] Cartoon on Interior Page(s)	George Papp [as Geo. Papp] (signed)	George Papp [as Geo. Papp] (signed)	?
The Joker Returns Story on Interior Page(s)			?
Detective Comics! Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)			?
Charlie Barnet Uses Home Recordo! Advertisement on Interior Page(s)	?	?
[untitled] Illustration on Interior Page(s)			?