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Batman #21

DC · Series began 1940 · February-March 1944

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Dates

Cover date: February-March 1944
On sale: December 7, 1943
Pages: 60

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Dick Sprang, Paul Fung, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Kressy, C. C. Beckinks: Dick Sprang, Paul Fung, Henry Boltinoff, C. C. Beckscript: Jack Schiff, Don C. Cameron, Paul Fung, Al Schwartz, George Brandon, Henry Boltinoff, Joseph Greene, Rod Reedletters: George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff

Stories

The Streamlined Rustlers! · 12 pages
Batman and Robin head west to see if they can stem the tide of cattle rustling, which has been caused by war-time rationing, and is the source of black market beef.
Blitzkrieg Bandits! · 12 pages
The Caped Crusaders must stop a criminal mastermind who uses a genius in military science to actually plan crimes for gems and other loot, thinking the crook is writing a series of newspaper articles on him.
Brother · 2 pages
His Lordship's Double! · 11 pages
The Caped Crusaders have to outwit a criminal element which targets a Lord Burleigh, a man who has come to America to interest an American oil company in his discovery of a cheaper process for obtaining rubber from petroleum.
Hero's Mission · 1.67 pages
The Three Eccentrics! · 13 pages
Batman must outwit the Penguin, who has invented a small motion picture camera with telescopic lenses, which is precise enough to see combinations to wall safes as they are being opened.

Publisher’s description

The Penguin stars in "The Three Eccentrics" while the classic-looking Alfred makes his debut in "His Lordship's Double"!

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanDick GraysonRobinOswald CobblepotPenguinJerry the JitterbugAlfred BeagleHomer

Reprinted in

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (1992), The Batman Chronicles (2005), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Batman: The Golden Age (2016), Batman: The War Years 1939-1945 (2015)