BATMAN #19

COVER TAGLINE: None TITLE: Batman Makes a Deadline STORY ARC: None COVER DATE: October/November, 1943 WRITER: n/a ARTIST: Dick Sprang INKER: Dick Sprang EDITORS: Jack Schiff COVER: Dick Sprang PRICE: $.10 U.S. CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson) PLOT: Batman rescues reporter Larry Spade from a gang of hitmen. Spade is injured, so Batman helps him by tracking down a lead on his latest story. In the hospital Spade recovers enough to write his expose of a racketeering ring. The crooks again try to silence him, but Batman is waiting for them. Spade's story is published putting an end to the racketeering ring. Spade lives long enough to see the story printed before passing away.

TITLE: Atlantis Goes to War WRITER: Don Cameron ARTIST: Dick Sprang INKER: Dick Sprang EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson) PLOT: Batman and Robin search for a hidden Nazi submarine base. Instead they locate a passage to the sunken city of Atlantis. The Nazis have befriended the Atlanteans with lies. Batman is set to be executed, but Robin replaces the emperor and gives him a stay of execution. The Nazis rebel and show that they are just using the Atlanteans. With Batman's help the Atlanteans defeat the Nazis. Batman and Robin leave the city with the promise not to reveal its location to anyone.

TITLE: The Case of the Timid Lion WRITER: n/a ARTIST: Dick Sprang INKER: Dick Sprang EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Joker PLOT: The Joker is framed for putting men with animal names into cages. Mr. Lyon receives a threat, forcing him to hire a bodyguard. However, Lyon is the man behind the crimes and is using the threat to enable him to commit a robbery. Joker becomes angry over the frame-up, so he follows Lyon. Batman also follows Mr. Lyon and runs into the Joker. Both Joker and Lyon get away the first time, but Batman tries again. During their next encounter Joker captures Batman and Lyon and puts them into a lion cage. Batman escapes, and both Joker and Lyon are apprehended.

TITLE: Collector of Millionaires WRITER: Joe Samachson ARTIST: Dick Sprang INKER: Norman Fallon EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson) PLOT: Bruce Wayne is kidnapped at a resort, and an imposter replaces him. He is able to get a message to Robin, who breaks him loose. Together the Dynamic Duo stop several other imposters, who have replaced other millionaires. They finish by capturing Ali, the leader of the operation, and by rescuing the kidnapped millionaires.

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