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Comics - Ongoing - Batman - Issue #34

BATMAN #34
COVER TAGLINE: None
TITLE: The Marathon of Menace
STORY ARC: None

COVER DATE: April/May, 1946

WRITER: Bill Finger
ARTIST: Dick Sprang
INKER: Dick Sprang
EDITORS: Jack Schiff
COVER: Dick Sprang

PRICE: $.10 U.S.

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

PLOT:
Marty Steele has set many speed records throughout his life. Now that he is older, he sponsors a race across the country by land, sea, and air. Batman and Robin decide to use the race to test new equipment, thought they don't officially enter. George Kale, the president of Lightning Motors, hires men to sabotage the other contestants, allowing his niece to win. Batman helps the stricken drivers and stops the saboteurs. A masked contestant, who turns out to be Marty Steele, wins the race. He awards the money to the second place finisher, a blind man, Roy Damon.

TITLE: Ally Babble and the Four Tea Leaves

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

PLOT:
Ally Babble has his fortune read from tea leaves by Madame Patio. Believing the fortune will come true Ally allows the leaves to blow in the wind to lead him to his destiny. The first leaf brings him fortune, when he comes across a trolley robbery. He creates a commotion which attracts Batman, who stops the crime.

Next Ally finds love, but the girl is ugly and Ally doesn't like her. Then he interrupts a radium robbery, once again bringing him to the attention of Batman. His final fortune is to make his friends happy. This is completed when he loses his voice, making everyone around grateful.

TITLE: Adventures of Alfred - Tired Tracks

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

PLOT:
Alfred studies the tires on cars, so that he can identify tire tracks. He then spots two crooks acting as look-outs. He follows them to where they meet a third man, whom Alfred believes is their boss. Then, he accidentally falls from a tree, landing on them. The third man is really a district attorney, and Alfred's action prevented the man from being robbed.

TITLE: The Master Vs. the Pupil

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

PLOT:
One day Robin appears to be getting cocky, so Batman challenges him to a game. Batman pretends to be a thief, and Robin must find him. Robin successfully follows clues that Batman has left behind, but Batman captures him. Batman places Robin in a cage, but Robin breaks loose. He then captures Batman and proves himself.

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