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Issue: Batman #20
Publication Date: December 1943
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Issues: #20 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/09/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1971
as Batman No. 20 Dec-Jan 1943-44 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Untold Legend of the Batman [Batman Cereal Edition] #2 published January 1989
as Batman #20 Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Untold Legend of the Batman [MPI Audio Edition] #2 published June 1989
as Batman #20 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #5 published January 2006
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #5 published January 2006
as Cover - Batman #20 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #5 published January 2006
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Centuries of Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Percival Pruitt; The Joker (villain); Professor Ecla Tate (villain, fraudulent scientist); Swami Meera Kell (villain, crooked crystal gazer); Kid Glove Mixter (villain, bank robber)
Synopsis: The Joker enlists the aid of a fraudulent scientist and swami, convincing them that they can successfully carry out their "fleecings" of victims: in the past and the future!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #5 published January 2006
as The Centuries of Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Get Going!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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The Big Eight!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jerry the Jitterbug
First Line: Say - I should be a big hit tonight at the mask ball in this outfit!
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Pages: 1
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The Trial of Titus Keyes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed District Attorney; James Stoney (night watchman); Jack Paley (laundry owner); Nick (shoe-shine boy); Titus Keyes (ex-con, introduction); Chief Detective Flam; Patrolman Patrick Francis Aloysius Michael O'Brien; Slick Fingers [as George Collins] (villain); Noodle Nolan (villain)
Synopsis: Batman and Robin, figuring that the case in court against Titus Keyes is much too pat, investigate and discover the real culprit: the cell-mate of Keyes when he was in prison.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #5 published January 2006
as The Trial of Titus Keyes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hectic History
Character(s): Diogenes
First Line: Clearing up pertinent points in history...
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Pages: 1
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The Lawmen of the Sea!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; "Whittling" Willie Binger (wheelman); Spinner Powell (former All-American quarterback); Sergeant Daniels; Shark Hawkey [aka The Shark] (villain, introduction); Hawkey's river-pirate gang (villains, introdction for all)
Synopsis: In the 2nd story of a series involving various police divisions, Batman and Robin team-up with the Harbor Patrol to track down harbor pirates!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #5 published January 2006
as The Lawmen of the Sea [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Clancy the Cop
First Line: There goes the siren for the practise blackout...
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Feature(s): The Batman
First Line: Now! Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder in the movies...
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Convoy Sighted

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ensign Tracy; Capt. Blaney; Brown
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes listing of Editorial Advisory Board of the Superman DC Comics Magazines.
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Bruce Wayne Loses the Guardianship of Dick Grayson!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; unnamed Judge; George Grayson (villain, Dick Grayson's uncle, introduction); Clara Grayson (villain, Dick Grayson's aunt, introduction); Fatso Foley (villain, racketeer, introduction); The Joker (villain, image)
Synopsis: One day a couple show up at the Wayne mansion claiming to be the Aunt and Uncle of Dick Grayson, and they successfully get custody of the boy. But Batman smells a rat when the couple call up Bruce Wayne and offer him the opportunity to "buy" Dick back!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Family #10 published March 1977
as Bruce Wayne Loses the Guardianship of Dick Grayson! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Album #37 published October 1979
as Bruce Wayne Loses the Guardianship of Dick Grayson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Forties #[nn] published May 2004
as Bruce Wayne Loses the Guardianship of Dick Grayson! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #5 published January 2006
as Bruce Wayne Loses the Guardianship of Dick Grayson [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Invention Co.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Metro Publications
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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