Unofficial Batman Index

BATMAN #8

Cover Date: December-January 1940-1
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-10-07

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Fred Ray
Inks: Jerry Robinson

Story: "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Art	Bob Kane
Inks	Jerry Robinson
Lettering	Jerry Robinson
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman (poses as Paul "Killer" Sikes)

Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Big Mike Russo and his gang (first appearance; a crime czar; takes over prison)

Location(s):

Gotham City (presumed)

North Island Prison

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #2 (1995)

The Batman Chronicles #5 (2008)

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)

Batman: The Golden Age #3 (2017)

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Second Story: "The Strange Case of Professor Radium!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Art	Bob Kane
Inks	Jerry Robinson, George Roussos
Lettering	George Roussos
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Professor Radium (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Mary Lamont (first appearance; Ross' fiancee; dies)

Location(s):

Gotham City (presumed)

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #2 (1995)

The Batman Chronicles #5 (2008)

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)

Batman: The Golden Age #3 (2017)

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Third Story: "The Superstition Murders!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Art	Bob Kane
Inks	Jerry Robinson, George Roussos
Lettering	George Roussos
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Johnny Glim (first appearance; a play author who kills cast of play to get rights back)

Location(s):

Gotham City (presumed)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the late spring or early summer.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #2 (1995)

The Batman Chronicles #5 (2008)

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)

Batman: The Golden Age #3 (2017)

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Fourth Story: "The Cross Country Crimes" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Art	Bob Kane
Inks	Jerry Robinson, George Roussos
Lettering	George Roussos
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Robin

Villain(s):

Joker (next in Detective Comics #60)

Other Character(s):

G. Henry Mover (first appearance; "head of FBI")

Location(s):

Gotham City (presumed)

Washington, DC

New Jersey

Ohio

Kansas

Delaware

Rhode Island

Story Reprinted in:

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

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #2 (1995)

Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #5 (2008)

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)

Batman: The Golden Age #3 (2017)

The Joker: His Greatest Jokes (2019)

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