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Issue: Batman #31
Publication Date: October 1945
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Issues: #31 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: 08/07/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (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]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #7 published February 2010
as Batman #31 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.

The cover features an infinity bat emblem masthead.
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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A Is for Antelope

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Punch and Judy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Punch [Peter Punch] (villain, introduction); Judy [Judy Punch] (villain, introduction); Grift (villain)
Synopsis: Punch and Judy are using a carnival to bilk residents of Gotham City and the Caped Crusaders see to it that the grafters working the concessions and games are removed from the grounds. However, Punch and Judy decide to strike back by having Batman and Robin join the carnival to put on a death-defying aerial stunt...and then proceed to kill them "by accident".
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #7 published February 2010
as Punch and Judy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from original script owned by Jerry Robinson. Pencil credits verified by Jerry Robinson. Batman appears in and uses his glider costume in this story.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
First Line: Just a minute, sarge...
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Pages: 1
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Your Coach: Bernie Bierman

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Alfred, Armchair Detective!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Adventures of Alfred
Character(s): Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne (cameo); Dick Grayson (cameo); Stubby Stubbs (villain, introduction); Willie (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Alfred is surprised to learn that what he read in a book about a case being solved by an "armchair detective", which he considers impossible, proves to be true on a chair he accidentally gets involved in...and he's tied to that armchair!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #417 published November 1971
as Alfred, Armchair Detective! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #8/1976 published January 1976
as Rånet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #8/1976 published August 1976
as Lenestol-detektiven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #2 published November 1979
as Alfred, Armchair Detective! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Forties #[nn] published May 2004
as Alfred, Armchair Detective! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #7 published February 2010
as Alfred, Armchair Detective! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Vanishing Village!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Knuckles Donegan]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Knuckles Donegan (villain, introduction); Weasel (villain, introduction); Slick (villain, introduction)
First Line: Crooks disappear! Well, that's nothing new!
Synopsis: Batman and Robin are surprised to learn that an abandoned village in Florida, patterned after a Turkish village named Alhambra, has vanished, which is also the home of many a master criminal who has also disappeared.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #442 published August 1974
as Vanishing Village! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored, renewed
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #3/1976 published January 1976
as Byn som försvann [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #3/1976 published March 1976
as Landsbyen som forsvant! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #7 published February 2010
as Vanishing Village! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Pencil credit verified by Jerry Robinson.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Volto unleashes his magnetic powers...
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Private Pete
First Line: The Colonel's reviewing us tomorrow...
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: This sequence does NOT appear in the Archive.
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First Line: Come on!
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
First Line: Boy! What an improvement...
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Pages: 1
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Close Shave

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Second page on inside back cover. This text story does NOT appear in the Archive.
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Trade Marks of Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Police Officer Ryan; John Staddon [also as Silver John Staddon] (villain, introduction); Big Tim Stevens (villain, introduction); Nipper Swarvo (villain, introduction); Joe Swandi (villain, introduction); Mamie Dalling (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Batman must solve a strange case in which someone is cleverly forging the burglary trademarks of various criminals, all of which pinpoint the jobs to the wrong criminal!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLimited Collectors' Edition #C-44 published June 1976
as Trade Marks of Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #7 published February 2010
as Trade Marks of Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Pencil credit verified by Jerry Robinson.
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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How Thom McAn Saved the Flaming "40"

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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