Unofficial Batman Index

BATMAN #43

Cover Date: October-November 1947
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1947-08-11

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jim Mooney
Inks: Ray Burnley

Story: "The Blackbird of Banditry!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Ray Burnley
Lettering	Ira Schnapp
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon (has brown hair)

Villain(s):

Penguin (in between Detective Comics #126 and #134)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Limited Collectors' Edition #C-37 (August-September 1975)

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 (2018)

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Second Story: "Next Stop -- Danger!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Ray Burnley
Lettering	Ira Schnapp
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Robin

Villain(s):

Jim Brady and Al Rorick (first appearance for both; bank robbers; Rorick dies)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 (2018)

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Third Story: "The Four Horsemen of Crime!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Ray Burnley
Lettering	Ira Schnapp
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon (has brown hair)

Professor Carter Nichols (last in issue #38)

Villain(s):

Martin Bain (first appearance; poses as Carter Nichols and pretends to use a time-ray to bring back four infamous criminals)

Jesse James, Genghis Khan, John Dillinger and Captain Kidd (first appearance for all; four members of Bain's gang dressed as historical villains)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Fort Knox, KY

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 (2018)

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