BATMAN #32

COVER TAGLINE: None TITLE: Rackety-Rax Racket STORY ARC: None COVER DATE: December/January, 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); Joker INTERIOR ART: PLOT: The Joker plans a new series of jewel capers, using college initiations pranks as a theme. When Batman intervenes, the Caped Crusader is captured. Robin is then forced to undergo humiliating initiation pranks in order to save Batman's life. Eventually Batman frees himself from Joker's clutches. Together, the Dynamic Duo then apprehends the Joker and his men.

TITLE: Adventures of Alfred - In the Soup WRITER: Joe Samachson ARTIST: Jerry Robinson INKER: Jerry Robinson EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Alfred Beagle PLOT: Alfred hears a cry for help while walking a dog as a favor to one of Bruce Wayne's friend. He stumbles across a robbery at Sambell's soup factory. The thieves escape with cans of expensive turtle soup. Alfred deduces that they must work for a rival soup company. He leads the police to the thieves, which results in their capture. Bruce and Dick don't believe Alfred solved the case on his own. They think it was just a lucky accident.

TITLE: All for One, One for All WRITER: Don Cameron ARTIST: Dick Sprang INKER: Dick Sprang EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Carter Nichols PLOT: Professor Carter Nichols uses hypnosis to transport Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson 300 years into the past. They arrive in Paris where they chance upon meeting D'Artagnan and the Three Museketeers. D'Artagnan is injured during a fight with Richelieu's guards, so Batman takes his place. Batman then rescues the lady Constance and prevents her from being poisoned to death as was recorded by history. When D'Artagnan recovers, Batman abandons his disguise and returns with Robin to his own time.

TITLE: Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder WRITER: Bill Finger ARTIST: Dick Sprang INKER: Dick Sprang EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon PLOT: After Batman helps Dick Grayson earn his vengeance by captured the killers responsible for the death of the Flying Graysons, Batman plans to send Dick back to the circus. Dick pleads to continue on as Robin. Batman gives him a chance to prove himself. Robin's chance comes when Stick-Up Sidney and his gang begin a crime spree. Batman and Robin track down the gang, but Robin is taken hostage. Batman is forced to surrender the fight. Robin is released when the police close in, but Batman remains the prisoner of the gang. On his own, Robin examines clues at the crime scene to track down the gang. When he finds their hide-out, he uses a distraction which allows him the opportunity to release Batman. Together Batman and Robin apprehend the gang. Robin believes he has failed because he made a mistake, but Batman commends him for rectifying the error. Robin is then rewarded by becoming Batman's permanent partner. NOTE: This story inaccurately shows Batman working with the police during a time when he was still considered an illegal vigilante.

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