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BATMAN #5

Cover Date: Spring 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-04-15

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Cover Credits:
Art: Bob Kane (signed)


Story: "The Riddle of the Missing Card!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtBob Kane
InksJerry Robinson, George Roussos
LetteringGeorge Roussos
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Joker (in brief flashback following last issue; next in issue #7)
Black Queen (Queenie; first appearance; head of a group of smugglers; joins up with the Joker; figures out Batman's identity; dies)
Jack of Diamonds (Jack Deegan; member of a gang of smugglers; joins up with the Joker; dies)
King of Clubs (Clubsy; member of a gang of smugglers; joins up with the Joker)

Location(s):

Gotham City (presumed)
Bruce Wayne's Gotham City Apartment

Comment(s):

There is a two month break in this story.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #2 (June 1995)
The Batman Chronicles #3 (2007)
The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years (2014)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
Batman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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Second Story: "Book of Enchantment" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtBob Kane
InksJerry Robinson, George Roussos
LetteringGeorge Roussos
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Two thieves (first appearance for both)
Black Witch and her minions (first appearance for all)
Burn and Freeze (first appearance for both; two magical minions; both die)

Other Character(s):

Professor Anderson (first appearance; builds a machine that sends Batman and Robin to Fairyland)

Location(s):

Fairyland

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #2 (1995)
The Batman Chronicles #3 (2007)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
Batman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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Third Story: "The Case of the Honest Crook!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtBob Kane
InksJerry Robinson, George Roussos
LetteringGeorge Roussos
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Smiley Sikes and his gang (first appearance for all)
Matty Link (first appearance)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman #241 (May 1972)
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #2 (June 1995)
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (2005)
The Batman Chronicles #3 (2007)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
Batman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtBob Kane
InksJerry Robinson, George Roussos
LetteringGeorge Roussos
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman (also as Trigger Burns)
Robin

Villain(s):

Mike Grogan and his gang (first appearance for all; bank robbers; dies)

Other Character(s):

Linda Page (first appearance; former society friend of Bruce's; quit the night life and became a nurse; next in Detective Comics #54)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #2 (June 1995)
The Batman Chronicles #3 (2007)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
Batman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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