Dates
- Cover date
- April-May 1949
- On sale
- February 9, 1949
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
pencils: Win Mortimer, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Henry Boltinoff, Raymond Perry, Martin Naydelinks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Henry Boltinoff, Raymond Perry, Martin Naydelletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydelscript: Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel
Stories
- The Man with the Automatic Brain! · 12 pages
Bruce Wayne apparently drowns and Alfred is arrested for his murder, but it is all part of a plot to catch the Thinker, who is using a giant electronic brain to try to uncover Batman's secret identity.
- Batman and the Vikings! · 12 pages
When Bruce and Dick visit the Gotham City museum, they note an image of a Viking that looks like Bruce Wayne who is labeled a coward, so they have Professor Nichols send them back in time so that they can discover the truth.
- Fearless Wise Man · 2 pages
- The Happy Victims! · 13 pages
The Joker's latest series of crimes leaves his victims laughing so much that they refuse to press charges against him.
Reprinted in
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Detective Comics (1937), Action Comics (1938), Superman (1947)