Batman (1940) #34

DC 1940–2011 series Vol. 1 Cover date Apr 1946

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

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About this issue

Batman #34 (1940) is issue #34 of DC's Batman (1940–2011), with a cover date of April 1946. Written by Phil Berube, Bill Finger and Lit-Win and drawn by Phil Berube, Lit-Win, Jerry Robinson and others.

Creators

Writers: Phil Berube, Bill Finger, Lit-Win
Pencillers: Phil Berube, Lit-Win, Jerry Robinson, Dick Sprang
Inkers: Phil Berube, Lit-Win, Jerry Robinson
Letterers: Phil Berube, George Roussos
Cover artist: Dick Sprang

The stories

“The Marathon of Menace!”

Racer Marty Steele is banned from racing when doctors discover he has a bad heart. But he has plans to compete anyway under another name, whilst his erstwhile opponent is a blind scientist. The prize for the winner is $250,000, a sum that Roy Damon hopes to take home in order to allow others who are blind to build new and better lives for themselves.

“Ally Babble and the Four Tea Leaves!”

Ally visits Madame Patio for a free tea leaf reading and explains to him the meaning of the four tea leaves of fate: money, a girl, a ship's deck, and happy faces. By a quirk of fate, these all come true, but not the way Ally imagined.

“Tired Tracks”

Alfred makes a study of tires and the tracks they make. Too bad for him the car he is examining belongs to crooks!

“The Master vs. the Pupil!”

Robin's bragging about his prowess in crook hunting leads Batman to disguise himself as a jewel thief and have Robin attempt to track him down.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.