Detective Comics Vol 1 33



 The Batman Wars Against the Dirigible of Doom 


 * "Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot. So my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. I must be a creature of the night, black, terrible... a . a... a bat! That's it! It's an omen. I shall become a bat!"
 * --Bruce Wayne

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: 33 Month: November Year: 1939

Credits
Editor in Chief: Vincent Sullivan Head Writer: Bill Finger Writers: Gardner Fox Cover Artists: Bob Kane Pencilers: Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff Inkers: Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff Letterers: Sheldon Moldoff Editors: Vincent Sullivan

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Batman
 * Joe Chill (in flashback)
 * Martha Wayne (in flashback)
 * Thomas Wayne (in flashback)
 * Bixley
 * Carl Kruger
 * Travis

Locations:
 * Earth-Two
 * New York City
 * Manhattan
 * Wayne Manor

Items:
 * Batplane

First Appearances: Bixley (a thug); Carl Kruger (a criminal mastermind); Joe Chill (a mugger); Martha Wayne (Bruce Wayne's mother); Thomas Wayne (Bruce Wayne's father); Travis (a thug) Final Appearances: Bixley; Carl Kruger; Travis

Synopsis: Synopsis not yet written.

Credits
Head Writer: Jerry Siegel Pencilers: Mart Bailey Inkers: Mart Bailey Editors: Vincent Sullivan

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Bart Regan

Locations:
 * Earth-Two

Items:
 * None

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Synopsis not yet written

Buck Marshall
 Mine of Mystery 

Credits
Pencilers: Homer Fleming Inkers: Homer Fleming Editors: Vincent Sullivan

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Buck Marshall

Locations:
 * Earth-Two

Items:
 * None

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Synopsis not yet written

Credits
Pencilers: Ken Ernst Inkers: Ken Ernst Editors: Vincent Sullivan

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Larry Steel

Locations:
 * Earth-Two

Items:
 * None

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Synopsis not yet written

Speed Saunders, Ace Detective
 The North Woods Mystery 

Credits
Pencilers: Fred Guardineer Inkers: Fred Guardineer Letterers: Fred Guardineer Editors: Vincent Sullivan

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Speed Saunders

Locations:
 * Earth-Two

Items:
 * None

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Synopsis not yet written

Credits
Pencilers: Sven Elven Inkers: Sven Elven Editors: Vincent Sullivan

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Cosmo

Locations:
 * Earth-Two

Items:
 * None

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Synopsis not yet written

Credits
Head Writer: Tom Hichey Pencilers: Tom Hichey Inkers: Tom Hichey Editors: Vincent Sullivan

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Bruce Nelson

Locations:
 * Earth-Two

Items:
 * None

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Synopsis not yet written

Credits
Header Writer: Jerry Siegel Pencilers: Mart Bailey Inkers: Mart Bailey Editors: Vincent Sullivan

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Slam Bradley
 * Shorty Morgan
 * Diana Penton
 * Doctor Farnsby
 * Fink
 * Sneer

Locations:
 * New York City

Items:
 * None

First Appearances: Diana Penton; Doctor Farnsby (a criminal); Fink (a thug); Sneer (a thug) Final Appearances: Diana Penton; Doctor Farnsby; Fink; Sneer

Synopsis: Synopsis not yet written

Trivia

 * None

Reprints

 * "The Batman Wars Against the Dirigible of Doom" was reprinted in the following issues:
 * Batman Archives, Volume 1
 * Batman Chronicles, Volume 1
 * Secret Origins (Volume 1) #1
 * Batman: From the 30's to the 70's

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 * Batman
 * Detective Comics
 * World's Finest Comics

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