BATMAN #15

COVER TAGLINE: Keep Those Bullets Flying! Keep On Buying War Bonds & Stamps! TITLE: Your Face is Your Fortune STORY ARC: None COVER DATE: February/March, 1943 WRITER: Jack Schiff ARTIST: Bob Kane INKER: Jerry Robinson EDITORS: Jack Schiff COVER: Jack Burnley PRICE: $.10 U.S. CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Catwoman PLOT: Catwoman goes undercover as a hairdresser to obtain information about her wealthy clients. Batman is tipped off to Catwoman's disguise and intercepts her when she robs a wedding party. Catwoman confesses that she loves Bruce Wayne and wants to reform, so Batman lets her go. Bruce begins dating Catwoman in her Elva Barr disguise. When Bruce's girlfriend Linda Page finds out, she visits Barr's salon. Catwoman then impersonates Linda and meets Bruce. Bruce admits his plan to reform Catwoman. Catwoman is furious that Bruce has tricked her. She goes on a crime spree, but Batman eventually takes her and her gang down.

TITLE: The Boy Who Wanted to Be Robin WRITER: Don Cameron ARTIST: Jack Burnley INKER: Jack Burnley EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon PLOT: Gangster Knuckles Conger decides that in order to be a successful criminal, he will try to use Batman's idea of having a kid partner. Knuckles recruits an orphan named Bobby Deen. He trains the boy in fighting and gymnastics, then tricks him into committing crimes. When Batman and Robin catch up to the pair, Conger claims that they are imposters. Robin is wounded in the fight, and Bobby realizes the truth. He then helps protect Robin. Batman then captures Conger. Bobby is forgiven for his involvment with Conger, and Batman sends the boy to a expensive military academy.

TITLE: The Two Futures WRITER: Don Cameron ARTIST: Jack Burnley INKER: Jack Burnley EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson) PLOT: Batman and Robin visit a university where they ask the professors about the future. One professor tells them what life would be like if the Allies lost World War II. Americans would be placed in concentration camps, while Nazis looted the cities. Batman and Robin aid the prisoners and stage a rescue. However, the people are forced to live on the run in the mountains, while Batman and Robin are executed. Another professor tells of a future where the Allies stay strong. They triumph over the Axis. Batman and Robin help to stop a combined attack on Gotham City. After winning the war, freedom and peace reign. After hearing both tales, Batman and Robin pledge their support to the war effort. They buy war bonds and encourage everyone else to do their part to win the war.

TITLE: The Loneliest Men in the World WRITER: Don Cameron ARTIST: Bob Kane INKER: Jerry Robinson EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon PLOT: Batman and Robin decide to bring Christmas cheer to the loneliest men in Gotham City. Before they leave they visit Commissioner Gordon, who is releasing gangster Dirk Dagner due to lack of evidence. Dagner overhears Batman's plans and makes some of his own. Batman visits Ben Botts, the doorman at a swanky club. Batman invites him in to a party and his boss gives him a raise. Dagner shows up to rob the party guests. Botts lends an assist to Batman and Robin, but the crooks escape. Next Batman drops in on humorist Link Chesney. Chesney feels that his fans forget him and is lonely. Dagner again drops in and captures both Dagner and Batman. He leaves them in a deathtrap, then leaves for another robbery. Batman escapes the trap, then arranges a phone call for Chesney and his fans. Batman leaves for a lighthouse where Dagner has gone. The crook has shut off the light, so a cargo ship will crash on the rocks. Batman arrives in time to stop Dagner and save the ship. He then brings good cheer to the lighthouse keeper Tom Wicks.

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