BATMAN #10

COVER TAGLINE: None TITLE: The Isle That Time Forgot STORY ARC: None COVER DATE: April/May, 1942 WRITER: Joseph Greene ARTIST: Bob Kane INKER: Jerry Robinson EDITORS: Mort Weisinger COVER: Jerry Robinson PRICE: $.10 U.S. CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson) PLOT: Robin receives his own Batplane for his birthday. Together he and Batman take a test flight and find a small island. Robin lands the plane after sighting a dinosaur on the island. On the island, the Dynamic Duo encounter several people, dinosaurs, and a fake-sabertooth tiger. Everyone seems out to get them, until Robin finally exposes director Guy Markham. The island is a movie set and when Batman arrived they began filming his exploits.

TITLE: Report Card Blues WRITER: Joseph Greene ARTIST: Bob Kane INKER: Jerry Robinson EDITORS: Mort Weisinger CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson) PLOT: Young Tommy Trent runs away from home fearing he will receive a bad report card. He is picked up by some crooks fleeing the police and Batman. The crooks use Tommy to get past a roadblock, then take him to their hideout. Batman and Robin track the gang thanks to a trail left by Tommy. The Dynamic Duo is able to disrupt the plans of the crooks and their boss Milo. Tommy even joins in to help them. After the crooks are defeated, Tommy returns home with a new attitude.

TITLE: The Princess of Plunder WRITER: Jack Schiff ARTIST: Jerry Robinson INKER: Jerry Robinson EDITORS: Mort Weisinger CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Catwoman PLOT: Margerite Tone, a society woman, holds a party and conducts a scavenger hunt for entertainment. Tone is really the Cat-Woman, and the hunt is a ruse to allow her gang to commit thefts from rich people. Batman and Robin catch the crooks, but Tone gives them alibis forcing the Caped Crusaders to release the thieves. Cat-Woman then continues to conduct her society scams. Batman and Robin eventually catch up to her and stop her gang, but Batman allows the Cat-Woman to escape after she kisses him.

TITLE: The Sheriff of Ghost Town WRITER: Bill Finger ARTIST: Bob Kane INKER: Jerry Robinson EDITORS: Mort Weisinger CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson) PLOT: Two drifters settle in an abandoned ghost town. Soon the town begins growing and the founder, Cactus Tom, is elected Mayor. A gang of crooks arrive in town soon after, led by Five Aces Frogel. The crooks plunder the town, forcing the citizens to make a plea to Batman for help. Batman and Robin arrive in town and take over as sheriff and deputy. Frogel pretends to go straight, but then robs a stagecoach, kills Cactus Tom, and kidnaps Robin. Batman organizes a posse and pursues the gang, frees Robin, and restores order to Sunshine City.

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