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Issue: Batman #26
Publication Date: December 1944
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Issues: #26 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: 10/07/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (6 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 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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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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]; Alfred Pennyworth
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #7 published February 2010
as Batman #26 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson.
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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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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Only in a Superman DC publication...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Twenty Ton Robbery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jeff (fish market owner); Mike (fish store owner); The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake; aka Albert Foster] (villain)
Synopsis: The Cavalier returns in disguise to acquire a new mob that he plans to use to rob the city blind, but the theft of a whale undoes his plans.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLäderlappen #10/1976 published October 1976
In Content Item: FlagBatman #258 published September 1974
as Twenty-Ton Robbery! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #10/1976 published October 1976
as Tonn-kuppet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #10/1976 published October 1976
as Tjugotonsstölden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #7 published February 2010
as Twenty-Ton Robbery! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.
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Capturing the Counterfeiters

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
Character(s): Quickie; R.C.
First Line: Say, Quickie, let's go in this store a minute.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Recipe for Revenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): The Adventures of Alfred
Character(s): Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Pierre (master chef); Watson (villain, brother of gangster Knocky Watson, introduction)
First Line: Look at you, Mawster Bruce!
Synopsis: Alfred criticizes Bruce and Dick for not eating healthy meals, because of the crime-fighting activities, so he heads to the market to stock up on "good" food and runs headlong into a case he thinks that only he can solve.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Family #9 published January 1977
as Recipe for Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #11/1979 published January 1979
as Gallamiddagen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #11/1979 published October 1979
as Recept på hämnd [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Album #37 published October 1979
as Recipe for Revenge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #7 published February 2010
as Recipe for Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit verified by George Roussos.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Double" Decker
Character(s): Double Decker
First Line: Oh, stop yelling at me...
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: If you fellows would all eat Wheaties, I'd feel better about our chances!
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Pages: 1
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The Year 3000!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman of 3000 [Brane] (introduction, origin); Robin of 3000 [Ricky]; Loral (Brane's sweetheart); Fura (villain, a Saturnian warlord, introduction, death)
Synopsis: In the year 3000, a man, who is the direct descendant of Bruce Wayne, and his son, run across a time capsule containing the exploits of Batman and Robin, and don those guises in order to fight and rally support against a warlord named Fura.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Family #3 published January 1976
as The Year 3000! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #7 published February 2010
as The Year 3000! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.

The real Batman and Robin only appear on film from the time capsule in two panels.
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Flying Models of Famous Fighter Planes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Night Rider

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This text story does NOT appear in the Archive.
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Capt. Tootsie and the Toy Cannon

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Narsty (villain)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art does not appear to be by C. C. Beck or Pete Costanza.
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Crime Comes to Lost Mesa!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tolto (Indian Chief); Nachee (Indian boy); Monk Bardo (villain, introduction); Randy Roose (villain, introduction); Mordu (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Guarded by impassable cliffs, roofed with...
Synopsis: Two criminals enlist the aid of an Indian medicine man as a cover to allow them to rob the tribal temple of its riches.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #7 published February 2010
as Crime Comes to Lost Mesa! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Dick Sprang. Letterer credit verified by George 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): Metro Publications
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Pages: 1
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An Important Message to the Boys and Girls of America!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): General H. H. Arnold
Synopsis: Encourages pre-military age children who have been working summer war jobs to return to school in the fall.
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Miscellaneous
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, military
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: It just comes natural to me, sir...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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