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Cover of Batman (1940) #31

Batman (1940) #31

DC 1940–2011 series Vol. 1 Cover date Oct 1945

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About this issue

Batman #31 (1940) is issue #31 of DC's Batman (1940–2011), with a cover date of October 1945. Written by Henry Boltinoff, Bill Finger, Joseph Greene and others and drawn by Henry Boltinoff and Jerry Robinson.

Creators

Writers
Henry Boltinoff, Bill Finger, Joseph Greene, Joe Samachson
Pencillers
Henry Boltinoff, Jerry Robinson
Inkers
Henry Boltinoff, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos
Colorist
George Roussos
Letterers
Henry Boltinoff, Ira Schnapp
Cover artist
Dick Sprang

The stories

“Punch and Judy!”

Punch and Judy are using a carnival to bilk residents of Gotham City and the Caped Crusaders see to it that the grafters working the concessions and games are removed from the grounds. However, Punch and Judy decide to strike back by having Batman and Robin join the carnival to put on a death-defying aerial stunt...and then proceed to kill them "by accident".

“Alfred, Armchair Detective!”

Alfred is surprised to learn that what he read in a book about a case being solved by an "armchair detective", which he considers impossible, proves to be true on a chair he accidentally gets involved in...and he's tied to that armchair!

“Vanishing Village!”

Batman and Robin are surprised to learn that an abandoned village in Florida, patterned after a Turkish village named Alhambra, has vanished, which is also the home of many a master criminal who has also disappeared.

“Trade Marks of Crime!”

Batman must solve a strange case in which someone is cleverly forging the burglary trademarks of various criminals, all of which pinpoint the jobs to the wrong criminal!

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

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