Famous First Edition Vol 1 F-5



 The Legend of the Batman - Who He is, and How he Came to Be 

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: F-5 Month: February-March Year: 1975

Credits
Head Writer: Bill Finger Cover Artists: Bob Kane Pencilers: Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff Inkers: Sheldon Moldoff Editors: (Original editor) Whitney Ellsworth; (Reprint editor) E. Nelson Bridwell

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Batman
 * Joe Chill
 * Martha Wayne
 * Thomas Wayne

Locations:
 * Gotham City
 * Crime Alley
 * Wayne Manor

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

Synopsis: Origin Of The Batman Fifteen years ago, a mugger named Joe Chill accosts Thomas and Martha Wayne and their young son Bruce. He shoots Thomas and Martha and leaves Bruce to survive. Bruce vows to avenge his parents and spends the following years developing his mind and body. One evening, while sitting in his father's study, a huge bat flies into the window. Believing it to be an omen, Bruce decides to drape himself in the trappings of a bat, and thus the Batman is born.

Credits
Head Writer: Bill Finger Pencilers: Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson Inkers: Jerry Robinson Editors: Whitney Ellsworth

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Batman
 * Brute Nelson
 * Drake
 * Henry Claridge
 * Jay Wylde
 * Joker
 * Robin

Locations:
 * Gotham City

Items:
 * Joker Gas

First Appearances: Brute Nelson (a gangster); Drake (a judge); Henry Claridge (a businessman); Jay Wylde (a businessman); The Joker (a psychotic clown) Final Appearances: Brute Nelson (dies in this issue); Drake (dies in this issue); Henry Claridge (dies in this issue)

Synopsis: Synopsis unknown

Credits
Head Writer: Bill Finger Pencilers: Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson Inkers: Jerry Robinson Editors: Whitney Ellsworth

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Batman
 * Hugo Strange

Locations:
 * Gotham City
 * Arkham Asylum

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

Synopsis: Synopsis unknown

Credits
Head Writer: Bill Finger Pencilers: Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson Inkers: Jerry Robinson Editors: Whitney Ellsworth

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Batman
 * Cat
 * Denny Travers
 * Martha Travers
 * Robin
 * Roger
 * Wallace

Locations:
 * Gotham City
 * Luxury cruise ship

Items:
 * None

First Appearances: The Cat; Denny Travers (Martha Travers' nephew); Martha Travers (an heiress); Roger; Wallace (a physician) Final Appearances: Denny Travers; Doctor Wallace; Martha Travers; Roger

Synopsis: Synopsis unknown

Credits
Head Writer: Bill Finger Pencilers: Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson Inkers: Jerry Robinson Editors: Whitney Ellsworth

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Batman
 * Chalmers
 * Edgar Martin
 * James Gordon
 * Joker
 * Robin

Locations:
 * Gotham City
 * Gotham City Police Headquarters

Items:
 * None

First Appearances: Chalmers (Chief of Police of Gotham City); Edgar Martin Final Appearances: Chalmers (dies in this issue); Edgar Martin (dies in this issue)

Synopsis: Synopsis unknown

Trivia

 * This issue includes a two-page filler strip by Paul Gustavson entitled Major Bigsbee an' Bots. This story is also reprinted in Millennium Edition: Batman #1.


 * This issue includes a feature-text biography on Bob Kane, as written by editor Whitney Ellsworth.


 * This issue includes a two-page text story by George Shute and Raymond Perry entitled "Two Aces". This story is reprinted in Millennium Edition: Batman #1.


 * This issue includes a two-page humor strip by Ted Raye entitled "Ginger Snap". Ted Raye is a pen named occasionally used by Bob Kane.


 * This issue includes a one-page "Fast Facts" feature by George Papp.


 * The Catwoman is referred to only as the Cat in this issue.


 * The tagline to The Joker story for this reprint is "Once Again a Master Criminal Stalks the City Streets - A Criminal Weaving a Web of Death About Him?"


 * The tagline to The Giants of Hugo Strange story for this reprint is "While an Innocent Metropolis Sleeps, Little Does it Realize That Huge, Terrifying Man-Monsters Shall Soon Stalk the Streets!"


 * The tagline to The Cat story for this reprint is "Among the Guests Walks a Young Steward".


 * The tagline to The Return of the Joker for this reprint is "Once Again That Harlequin of Hate...the Joker...Brings Grinning Death to a Terrified People."

Reprints

 * The Legend of the Batman - Who He is, and How he Came to Be was originally printed in Detective Comics #33. The splash page introducing this story was reprinted from Detective Comics #34. This story is also reprinted in Millennium Edition: Batman #1 and Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Volume 1.


 * The Joker is also reprinted in Batman From the 30s to the 70s, Millennium Edition: Batman #1 and Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Volume 1.


 * The Giants of Hugo Strange is also reprinted in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, Millennium Edition: Batman #1, Batman Chronicles, Volume 1 and Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Volume 1.


 * The Cat is also reprinted in Batman Chronicles, Volume 1, Millennium Edition: Batman #1 and Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Volume 1.


 * The Joker Returns is also reprinted in Batman Chronicles, Volume 1, Millennium Edition: Batman #1 and Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Volume 1.

Recommended Readings

 * Batman
 * Detective Comics
 * Famous First Edition
 * World's Finest (Volume 1)

Related Articles

 * Batman cover art gallery
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 * Batman appearances list
 * Batman quotes page
 * Catwoman image gallery
 * Catwoman appearances list
 * Hugo Strange appearances list
 * James Gordon appearances list
 * Joker image gallery
 * Joker appearances list
 * Joker quotes page
 * Robin image gallery
 * Robin appearances list
 * Robin quotes page