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CATALOG RECORD

Batman #34

DC · Series began 1940 · April-May 1946

Dates

Cover date
April-May 1946
On sale
February 11, 1946
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Dick Sprang, Roland Coe, Phil Berube, Lit-Win, Jerry Robinsoninks: Dick Sprang, Roland Coe, Phil Berube, Lit-Win, Jerry Robinsonletters: Ira Schnapp, Phil Berube, George Roussosscript: Bill Finger, Phil Berube, Lit-Win, Tom Patrick

Stories

  • The Marathon of Menace! · 12 pages

    Racer Marty Steele is banned from racing when doctors discover he has a bad heart. But he has plans to compete anyway under another name, whilst his erstwhile opponent is a blind scientist. The prize for the winner is $250,000, a sum that Roy Damon hopes to take home in order to allow others who are blind to build new and better lives for themselves.

  • Ally Babble and the Four Tea Leaves! · 12 pages

    Ally visits Madame Patio for a free tea leaf reading and explains to him the meaning of the four tea leaves of fate: money, a girl, a ship's deck, and happy faces. By a quirk of fate, these all come true, but not the way Ally imagined.

  • Nobody Knows · 1.67 pages
  • Tired Tracks · The Adventures of Alfred · 4 pages

    Alfred makes a study of tires and the tracks they make. Too bad for him the car he is examining belongs to crooks!

  • The Master vs. the Pupil! · 12 pages

    Robin's bragging about his prowess in crook hunting leads Batman to disguise himself as a jewel thief and have Robin attempt to track him down.

Publisher’s description

It's high-speed adventure for Batman and Robin in "Marathon of Menace."

Reprinted in

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

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