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Batman #13

DC · Series began 1940 · October-November 1942

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Dates

Cover date: October-November 1942
On sale: August 8, 1942
Pages: 68

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Jerry Robinson, Bob Kane, Bob Naylor, Henry Boltinoff, George Storm, Jack Burnleyinks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, Bob Naylor, Henry Boltinoff, George Storm, Jack Burnley, Ray Burnleyscript: Josette Frank, Don C. Cameron, Bob Naylor, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff, Bill Finger, Eric Carterletters: George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff, Betty Bentley

Stories

The Batman Plays a Lone Hand! · 13 pages
Dick is rudely shocked when Bruce literally kicks him out of the house, not knowing that the Thumb has threatened to kill the Boy Wonder if Batman doesn't lay off.
Round-House Willie · 2 pages
Mr. Nuggins asks for a raise.
Comedy of Tears! · 13 pages
The Caped Crusaders are bewildered to discover the reason behind the Joker's new campaign: to make people cry.
Tubby · 1 pages
Tubby is sent on an errand to pick up a coat from the dry cleaner.
The Story of the Seventeen Stones! · 13 pages
Once suffering from amnesia, and having served 20 years in jail on the rock pile, criminal Rocky Grimes decides to get back at former members of his mob by using stones.
Untitled · 0.22 pages
Clancy gives advice to bank robbers.
Sacrifice · 2 pages
The Flying Jeeps · 2 pages
Destination Unknown! · 13 pages
A couple of criminals board a train, disguised as a doctor and his nurse, in order to get to a man accused of crime being transferred to the gas chamber, and kill him in an iron lung.

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanDick GraysonRobinJokerCommissioner James GordonJerry SiegelJoe DiMaggio

Reprinted in

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (1992), The Batman Chronicles (2005), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Batman: The Golden Age (2016)