COVER TAGLINE:
The Winning Team!
TITLE:
Wanted: Practical Jokers
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
October/November, 1941
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Jerry Robinson
EDITORS:
Mort Weisinger
COVER:
Bob Kane
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon;
Joker
PLOT:
The Joker recruits several practical jokers and blackmails them into working for him. The pranksters pull pranks which distract police and Batman from the Joker’s real crimes. The Clown Prince of Crime can’t resist gloating though and gives Batman a clue to his next job. The Dynamic Duo solve Joker’s riddle and manage to stop the crook, but once again Joker escapes incarceration by falling to his apparent death.
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TITLE:
The Trouble Trap
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Jerry Robinson
EDITORS:
Mort Weisinger
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Batman and Robin uncover a blackmail scheme conducted by a phony swami. Batman phones Commissioner Gordon to alert him of the illegal activity, but Gordon’s search turns up no evidence. Granda the swami is angered with Batman, so he has Linda Page kidnapped. Batman foils the plan, then infiltrates the swami’s men. Gordon arrives again, this time catching Granda in the act. Batman and Gordon part on friendly terms for perhaps the first time.
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TITLE:
The North Woods Mystery
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Jerry Robinson
EDITORS:
Mort Weisinger
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Nora Powell, a friend of Bruce Wayne, inherits part of her murdered uncle’s lumber company. Bruce and Nora visit the company and meet the other new owner of the company, Mr. Powell’s adopted son, Jack Clayton.
A series of accidents which nearly kill Nora lead Bruce to believe Clayton is trying to kill her. He investigates as Batman and eventually uncovers a plot by Asher, head of a rival lumber company, to take control of Powell Lumber. Asher had Nora’s uncle killed and was blackmailing Clayton into giving up his share of the company. With the scheme exposed, Clayton is cleared, then he and Nora get together as partners and lovers.
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