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Batman #23

DC · Series began 1940 · June-July 1944

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Dates

Cover date: June-July 1944
On sale: April 9, 1944
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Dick Sprang, Ray Houlihan, Jack Farr, Jerry Robinson, Louis Priscillainks: Dick Sprang, Gene McDonald, Ray Houlihan, Jack Farr, Jerry Robinson, Louis Priscillascript: Bill Finger, Ray Houlihan, Don C. Cameron, Jack Farr, Ted Udallletters: George Roussos, Ray Houlihan, Jack Farr

Stories

The Upside Down Crimes! · 13 pages
Batman and Robin must stop the Joker's mad schemes, as he commits several "up-side down crimes" that leave the Caped Crusaders literally standing on their heads.
Life's Little Laffs · 1 pages
Damsel in Distress! · 12 pages
Dick's crush on a girl leads him and the Batman into a case involving kidnapping and murder.
Borrowed Butler! · 4 pages
Bruce hires out Alfred to a neighbor who is having week-end guests, and whose butler is sick. Alfred's blind luck allows him to solve yet another case involving an "inside job" at the Upsitart residence.
Accidents Will Happen · 2 pages
Pelt Plunderers! · 11 pages
Batman and Robin head up into the frozen north to assist the Royal Canadian Mounted Police stop a gang of thieves who plunder beaver pelts trapped by locals and who then sell them for big profits, which they plan to spend back in the States.

Reprinted in

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