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BATMAN #1
Cover Date: Spring 1940
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-04-24
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Bob Kane
Inks: Jerry Robinson
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Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Art | Bob Kane |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Lettering | Jerry Robinson |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Joker (first appearance; last in flashback in Detective Comics #168)
- Brute Nelson (first appearance; a crook who tries to kill the Joker; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Henry Clayridge, Jay Wilde, Judge Drake (first appearance for all; victims of the Joker)
Location(s):
- Gotham City (presumed)
Story Reprinted in:
- The Great Comic Book Heroes (1965)
- Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (October 1971)
- Famous First Edition #F-5 (December 1974-January 1975)
- The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1989)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #1 (June 1992)
- Millennium Edition: Batman No. 1 (February 2001)
- The Batman Chronicles #1 (2005)
- The Joker: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008)
- The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2014 series) ([July] 2014)
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
- Batman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)
Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Art | Bob Kane |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Lettering | Jerry Robinson |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Hugo Strange (between Detective Comics #36 and #46)
- Strange's Giants (first appearance for all; at least six giants created by Strange; all killed by Batman)
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Metropolis Insane Asylumn
- Wayne Manor
- Manhattan, NY
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #F-5 (December 1974-January 1975)
- The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #1 (June 1992)
- Millennium Edition: Batman No. 1 (February 2001)
- The Batman Chronicles #1 (2005)
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
- Batman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)
Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Art | Bob Kane |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Lettering | Jerry Robinson |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Cat (Selina Kyle; first appearance; a well-known burglar who specializes in diamonds; last in flashback in issue #62)
Location(s):
- A yacht in the Atlantic Ocean
Comment(s):
- Robin operates on his own for the first time in this story, posing as a steward aboard a yacht.
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #F-5 (December 1974-January 1975)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #1 (June 1992)
- Millennium Edition: Batman No. 1 (February 2001)
- The Batman Chronicles #1 (2005)
- Catwoman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2015)
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
- Batman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)
Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Art | Bob Kane |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Lettering | Jerry Robinson |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Joker (last in the first story in this issue)
Location(s):
- Gotham City (presumed)
Story Reprinted in:
- Famous First Edition #F-5 (December 1974-January 1975)
- Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #1 (June 1992)
- Millennium Edition: Batman No. 1 (February 2001)
- The Batman Chronicles #1 (2005)
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
- Batman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)