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Batman #23

DC · Series began 1940 · June-July 1944

Dates

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

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Editions and covers

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.

Publisher’s description

The Joker stars in "The Upside Down Crimes"! Also includes the stories "Damsel in Distress," "Borrowed Butler," and "Pelt Plunderers"!

Reprinted in

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

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