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Publisher: DC

Title: Batman
Issue: 23
Page Count: 52
Publish Date: June-July 1944
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Batman 23
Owner: XPhile

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Batman 23
Owner: changerchanger

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


Story Title: Editorial Advisory Board - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - public service announcement
Pages:0.67
Genre:advocacy


Story Title: The Upside Down Crimes! - comic story
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Leegaf (Hindu Prince); Mrs. Van Sneed [also as Greta Garbo]; Nan Winslow [also as Katharine Hepburn]; Miss Latham [also as Ginger Rogers]; ? [also as Charlie Chaplin]; ? [also as Shirley Temple]; The Joker (villain); Muggsy Mulligan (villain); Snipes (villain)
Synopsis: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.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Life's Little Laffs
Pages:1
Genre:humor


Story Title: Escape from Two-Way Death! - comics-form advertising
Features:Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
Pages:1
Genre:adventure; military
Characters:Quickie; Hoot Gibson


Story Title: Damsel in Distress! - comic story
Pages:12
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Marjory Davenport (Dick's love interest, introduction); Dr. Davenport (Marjory's father, introduction); Bugs Conklin (villain, introduction); Jitters (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:Dick's crush on a girl leads him and the Batman into a case involving kidnapping and murder.


Story Title: Now on Sale Everywhere - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:1
Characters:Spike; Pee Wee


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Handy Andy
Pages:1
Genre:humor
Characters:Handy Andy; Elmer


Story Title: Borrowed Butler! - comic story
Features:The Adventures of Alfred
Pages:4
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Alfred Pennyworth; Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Mrs. Van Upsitart (Bruce's neighbor); Oswald (Mrs. Van Upsitart's cousin); Mr. Piper (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: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.


Story Title: Accidents Will Happen - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:adventure
Characters:Hardy; Canby; Michele


Story Title: Pelt Plunderers! - comic story
Pages:11
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Skinner Short (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: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.


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


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Charles Atlas
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:humor


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