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Publisher: DC

Title: Batman
Issue: 20
Page Count: 60
Publish Date: December 1943-January 1944
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Batman 20
Owner: entalmighty

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Daisy Air Rifles
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Centuries of Crime! - comic story
Pages:12
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Percival Pruitt; The Joker (villain); Professor Ecla Tate (villain, fraudulent scientist); Swami Meera Kell (villain, crooked crystal gazer); Kid Glove Mixter (villain, bank robber)
Synopsis:The Joker enlists the aid of a fraudulent scientist and swami, convincing them that they can successfully carry out their "fleecings" of victims: in the past and the future!


Story Title: Get Going! - advertisement
Features:Wheaties
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Big Eight! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:1
Genre:humor; teen
Characters:Jerry the Jitterbug


Story Title: The Trial of Titus Keyes! - comic story
Pages:12
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed District Attorney; James Stoney (night watchman); Jack Paley (laundry owner); Nick (shoe-shine boy); Titus Keyes (ex-con, introduction); Chief Detective Flam; Patrolman Patrick Francis Aloysius Michael O'Brien; Slick Fingers [as George Collins] (villain); Noodle Nolan (villain)
Synopsis:Batman and Robin, figuring that the case in court against Titus Keyes is much too pat, investigate and discover the real culprit: the cell-mate of Keyes when he was in prison.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Hectic History
Pages:1
Genre:humor
Characters:Diogenes


Story Title: The Lawmen of the Sea! - comic story
Pages:12
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; "Whittling" Willie Binger (wheelman); Spinner Powell (former All-American quarterback); Sergeant Daniels; Shark Hawkey [aka The Shark] (villain, introduction); Hawkey's river-pirate gang (villains, introdction for all)
Synopsis:In the 2nd story of a series involving various police divisions, Batman and Robin team-up with the Harbor Patrol to track down harbor pirates!


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:0.5
Genre:humor
Characters:Clancy the Cop


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:The Batman
Pages:0.5


Story Title: Convoy Sighted - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:adventure
Characters:Ensign Tracy; Capt. Blaney; Brown


Story Title: Bruce Wayne Loses the Guardianship of Dick Grayson! - comic story
Pages:12
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; unnamed Judge; George Grayson (villain, Dick Grayson's uncle, introduction); Clara Grayson (villain, Dick Grayson's aunt, introduction); Fatso Foley (villain, racketeer, introduction); The Joker (villain, image)
Synopsis:One day a couple show up at the Wayne mansion claiming to be the Aunt and Uncle of Dick Grayson, and they successfully get custody of the boy. But Batman smells a rat when the couple call up Bruce Wayne and offer him the opportunity to "buy" Dick back!


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Invention Co.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:National Radio Institute
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Metro Publications
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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