- "Hm-mm! I'm closing in on Joe Chill - but how can I make him confess that he killed my father?"
- ―Batman
"The Origin of Batman!" | |
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Batman | |
Title: | "The Origin of Batman!" |
Volume: | 1 |
Number: | 47 |
Cover price: | .10 |
Cover date: | June-July, 1948 |
Publisher: | DC Comics |
Credits | |
Ex. Ed: | Whitney Ellsworth |
Writers: | Bill Finger |
Pencilers: | Bob Kane [1] Lew Schwartz [2] |
Inkers: | Charles Paris |
Cover artists: | Bob Kane |
Cover inker: | Charles Paris |
Letterers: | Ira Schnapp |
Editors: | Jack Schiff |
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"Fashions in Crime!"[]
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"The Chain Gang Crimes!"[]
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Title: | "The Chain Gang Crimes!" |
Credits | |
Writers: | Bill Finger |
Pencilers: | Bob Kane Lew Schwartz |
Inkers: | Charles Paris |
Letterers: | Ira Schnapp |
Editors: | Jack Schiff |
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- The Whiskers Mob
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"The Origin of the Batman!"[]
"The Origin of the Batman!" | |
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Title: | "The Origin of the Batman!" |
Credits | |
Writers: | Bill Finger |
Pencilers: | Bob Kane |
Inkers: | Charles Paris |
Letterers: | Ira Schnapp |
Editors: | Jack Schiff |
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Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
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- Joe Chill's gang
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- Various handguns
Vehicles
- Joe Chill's smuggling truck
- Monty Julep's casino showboat
Notes & Trivia[]
- This issue includes an expanded recap of Batman's origin. This includes the original origin first published in Detective Comics #33, which revealed the murder of Bruce's parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne at the hands of an unnamed mugger.
- This is the final appearance of the murderer of Bruce Wayne's parents; name revealed to be Joe Chill; dies in this issue.
- This is the first and only appearance of Feets Borgam; dies in this issue.
- This is the first and only appearance of Monty Julep; dies in this issue.
- This is the first and only known appearance of A.J. Nixon.
- This is the first and only known appearance of Warden Beltt.
- This is the first and only known appearance of Pete, who is a patron on Monty Julep's casino showboat.
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Batman Media
The World of Batman
Batman miscellaneous
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- ↑ Bob Kane does the layout pencils and figure pencils on Batman and Robin only. The rest is finished by Lew Schwartz.
- ↑ All finished art.