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Comics - Ongoing - Batman - Issue #30

BATMAN #30
COVER TAGLINE: None
TITLE: Back to the Big House
STORY ARC: None

COVER DATE: August/September, 1945

WRITER: Don Cameron
ARTIST: Dick Sprang
INKER: Dick Sprang
EDITORS: Jack Schiff
COVER: Dick Sprang

PRICE: $.10 U.S.

CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Penguin

PLOT:
Penguin escapes jail and successfully pulls off his first robbery. Batman plans a trap for Penguin by luring him to the zoo. The trap fails to net the Penguin, but Batman finds a clue to the Penguin's next crime. When the Caped Crusaders try to stop the crook, they are surprised by Penguin's henchmen. They escape a death-trap, then track down Penguin and successfully apprehend him.


TITLE: While the City Sleeps

WRITER: Bill Finger
ARTIST: Dick Sprang
INKER: Dick Sprang
EDITORS: Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)

PLOT:
While on patrol, Batman and Robin interrupt Joe Jones, a former crook, returning his stolen loot to the owners. Joe admits to stealing the money, but he has been convinced to go straight by his girl friend. Batman is pleased that Joe had reformed, but Joe's former boss Hush-Hush Bodin tries to take back the loot. Joe is shot in the fight, so Batman takes him to the hospital.

Batman promises Joe to return the rest of the stolen loot, but Hush-Hush strikes again. He takes the money from Batman, then tries to finish off Joe. Batman and Robin stop Hush-Hush and his gang, and finally return all the stolen money.

TITLE: Adventures of Alfred - Alias the Baron

WRITER: n/a
ARTIST: Jerry Robinson
INKER: George Roussos
EDITORS: Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Alfred Beagle

PLOT:
Crooks wait at the Gotham train station for an out-of-town mobster named the Baron to arrive. The Baron has double-crosses his partners in Hub City, so the local mobsters intend to capture him. Alfred is at the station and is mistaken for the Baron. The crooks take Alfred into the country to kill him. However, the real Baron has followed the crooks. He gets into a shootout with them. With a bit of luck, Alfred avoids harm and helps capture the gang.

TITLE: Ally Babble and the Fourteen Peeves

WRITER: Bill Finger
ARTIST: Dick Sprang
INKER: Dick Sprang
EDITORS: Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon

PLOT:
Millionaire Jasper Quinch meets a talkative troublemaker named Ally Babble. Ally quiets one of Quinch's noisy neighbors, so Quinch hires Babble to handle some of his other pet peeves. Ally travels around town working on Quinch's list. Authorities, including Batman, think Babble is a lunatic. Two crooks named Hoiman and Shoiman use the chaos Babble creates as a distraction for their robberies. Batman nabs the crooks and stops Babble's activities. Quinch apologizes for hiring Babble, who has become his latest pet peeve.

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