COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The Penguin's Nest
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
August/September, 1946
WRITER:
Alvin Schwartz
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Ray Burnley
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Dick Sprang
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon;
Alfred Beagle; Penguin
PLOT:
The Penguin opens a restaurant in an upscale section of Gotham City. When rich people dine in the restaurant, he gets copies of their signatures. Then he tries to have himself arrested. Batman deduces that the Penguin is trying to have the signatures forged by an incarcerated criminal. Batman and Commissioner Gordon conspire to keep the Penguin out of jail, until Batman tricks the Penguin with a phony signature. When Penguin finally gets his forgery made, the signature is incorrect, so he is arrested for fraud.
TITLE:
Stand-In for Danger
WRITER:
Don Cameron
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Ray Burnley
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Batman and Robin are summoned to Hollywood to apprehend stunt man turned criminal Jerry McGlone. Jerry reenacts several stunts from his latest film, using them to committ robberies. Batman tangles with the stunt man and eventually captures him. He realizes that Jerry was injured during a movie stunt. The head injury caused him to believe he was the crook from the movie script. Batman takes him to a doctor, where Jerry can be rehabilitated.
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TITLE:
Elusive London Eddie
WRITER:
n/a
ARTIST:
Jerry Robinson
INKER:
Jerry Robinson
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Alfred Beagle
PLOT:
Alfred decides to hunt for the english criminal London Eddie. He starts by visiting various english restaurants around Gotham, until he finally sees a man he thinks is Eddie. He enlists the aid of another diner, then uses pepper to make the suspect sneeze. The commotion causes the enlisted diner to trip and fall into a waiter. Alfred helps him up as the police arrive. The man Alfred suspected was not London Eddie, but the man he enlisted was. As a result, Alfred gets credit for the capture.
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TITLE:
Sir Batman at King Arthur's Court
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Ray Burnley
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Carter Nichols
PLOT:
Professor Nichols sends Bruce and Dick back in time to Camelot to discover the secret of Sir Hardi Le Noir. When they arrive, they protect Merlin's niece Aline from Sir Mordred and his men. Batman and Robin are then brought to King Arthur where Batman defeats Mordred in personal combat.
Batman, Robin, Lancelot, and Aline then try to rescue Merlin, who is a prisoner of Morgan Le Fay (a look-alike of Catwoman). Batman's modern science is thought to be wizardry, and he completes the mission, though Le Fay escapes. Afterwards, Arthur awards Batman a knighthood, naming him Sir Hardi Le Noir, the Bold Black Knight.
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