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Batman 16

BATMAN #16

Cover Date: April-May 1943
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1943-02-06

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jerry Robinson


Story: "The Joker Reforms!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsBob Kane
InksJerry Robinson, George Roussos
LetteringGeorge Roussos
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Joker (gets amnesia and goes straight)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Farr Corners (first appearance; a small town in the Ozark Mountains)

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 (2003)
The Batman Chronicles #9 (2010)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2017)
Batman: The Golden Age #5 (2018)


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Second Story: "The Grade-A Crimes!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRuth Kaufman
ArtJack Burnley
InksRay Burnley
LetteringBetty Bentley
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Winthrop and his gang (first appearance for all; uses a Dairy as a cover to commit crimes})

Location(s):

Gotham City
Wayne Manor
Batcave

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Vol. 1 #260 (January-February 1975)
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 (2003)
The Batman Chronicles #9 (2010)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2017)
Batman: The Golden Age #5 (2018)


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Third Story: "The Adventures of the Branded Tree!!!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRuth Kaufman
ArtJack Burnley
InksRay Burnley
LetteringBetty Bentley
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Three Crooks (first appearance for all; attempt to recover stolen jems)

Location(s):

North Woods

Story Reprinted in:

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 (June 2003)
The Batman Chronicles #9 (2010)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2017)
Batman: The Golden Age #5 (2018)


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Fourth Story: "Here Comes Alfred!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsBob Kane
InksJerry Robinson, George Roussos
LetteringGeorge Roussos
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Alfred (first appearance; son of the Waynes' butler; moves to America to take up his father's old job; accidently learns Batman and Robin's secret identities and promises to aid them in their crimefighting; next in Detective Comics #75)

Villain(s):

Manuel Stilletti and his gang (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Vol. 1 #213 (July-August 1969)
Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies #73-168329 (October 1971)
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #4 (2003)
The Batman Chronicles #9 (2010)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2017)
Batman: The Golden Age #5 (2018)
Batman Allies: Alfred Pennyworth (2020)


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