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Batman #27 (1945) · The Collector

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Batman (1940)
#27

DC Comics#27

Batman

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Batman #27

The Penguin's Apprentice! / The Pearl of Peril! / Voyage Into Villainy! / A Christmas Peril!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: February 1945
On sale: Dec 11, 1944
Cover price: $0.10
Pages: 52

Key issue

1st appearance of Timothy Scranton
1st appearance of Joe Meeker

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Credits

Writers: Don C. Cameron, Joe Samachson, Henry Boltinoff
Pencillers: Jack Burnley, Jerry Robinson, Henry Boltinoff
Inkers: Jerry Robinson, Henry Boltinoff
Letterers

Sources

Grand Comics Database issue 4224

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Batman and Robin are puzzled when the Penguin begins stealing objects from people off the street, such as a handkerchief and a feather, unaware that he is attempting to train a young man in the fine art of crime.

Ira Schnapp, George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff

Cover

Jack Burnley

Editor

Whitney Ellsworth

Cover letters

Ira Schnapp

Characters

Joe Meeker· 1st appearance
Timothy Scranton· 1st appearance
Alfred Pennyworth
as Q. T. Beezlum]
Batman
Bruce Wayne· Cameo
Challoner
Dick Grayson· Cameo
Eggers
Felix Landry
Gulliver
Happy Hoggsby
Louis
McCoy
Pierce
Pistol-Packin' Pete
Puddler Powers
Robin
Rusty
Scranton Loring
Shorty
Skinner
Snipe
The Penguin [Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot
unnamed young author
William Shakespeare

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