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Batman 2

BATMAN #2

Cover Date: Summer 1940
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-07-19

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Bob Kane
Inks: Jerry Robinson


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Joker
The Cat (also called Cat-Woman)
Crime Syndicate, Inc. (first appearance for all; free the Joker from his prison hospital; Weasel named)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #1 (June 1992)
The Batman Chronicles #2 (2006)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
Batman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)


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Second Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtBob Kane
InksJerry Robinson
LetteringJerry Robinson
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Wolf (Adam Lamb; first appearance; after a head injury becomes a vicious master criminal; dies)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Manhattan, NY

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #1 (June 1992)
The Batman Chronicles #2 (2006)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
Batman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)


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Third Story: "The Case of the Clubfoot Murderers" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtBob Kane
InksJerry Robinson
LetteringJerry Robinson (pg 3-13)
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Clubfoot (Ward; first appearance; a lawyer for the Storme family; tries to steal their inheritance)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #1 (June 1992)
The Batman Chronicles #2 (2006)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
Batman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)


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Fourth Story: "The Case of the Missing Link" (13 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

A tribe of Pygmies (first appearance)
Hackett and Snead (first appearance; two crooked circus owners; kill Drake)

Other Character(s):

Professor Drake (first appearance; finds Goliath)
Goliath (first appearance; a large "missing link" worshipped by a tribe of Pygmies; dies)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #1 (June 1992)
The Batman Chronicles #2 (2005)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
Batman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)


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