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Batman: The Sunday Classics 1943–1946

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"Chapter 1: The Penguin's Crime-Thunderstorms": This story was originally published November 7—December 12, 1943 as #1—6 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Batman: The Sunday Classics 1943–1946 is a one-shot with a cover date of May, 1991.

Synopsis for "Chapter 1: The Penguin's Crime-Thunderstorms"

This story was originally published November 7—December 12, 1943 as #1—6 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 1: The Penguin's Crime-Thunderstorms"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • The Penguin
    • Trained Penguins

Other Characters:

  • Amos Q. Pinchbeck

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:


Synopsis for "Chapter 2: The Secret of Cap'n Plankton's Ghost"

This story was originally published December 19, 1943—January 9, 1944 as #7—10 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 2: The Secret of Cap'n Plankton's Ghost"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:


Antagonists:


Other Characters:

  • Captain Plankton (In a photograph only)

Locations:

  • Pirate Lake
    • Pirate Lake Inn
    • Plankton's Island
      • Plankton Castle

Items:


Concepts:

Synopsis for "Chapter 3: Jesse James Rides Again!"

This story was originally published January 16—February 13, 1944 as #11—15 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 3: Jesse James Rides Again!"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:


Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

  • 1844 Locomotive

Synopsis for "Chapter 4: The Undersea Bank Bandits"

This story was originally published February 20—March 19, 1944 as #16—20 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 4: The Undersea Bank Bandits"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Bank Robbers

Other Characters:

  • River Patrol (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Items:


Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Chapter 5: Liquid Gold!"

This story was originally published March 26—April 30, 1944 as #21—26 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 5: Liquid Gold!"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:


Antagonists:


Other Characters:


Locations:

  • Parker Property
    • Ruth's Home
  • Tim Hale's Property
    • Big Tim's Field Shack
  • Gotham City (Mentioned only)

Items:

Vehicles:

  • Nitroglycerin Truck

Synopsis for "Chapter 6: Cap'n Alfred"

This story was originally published May 7—June 4, 1944 as #27—31 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 6: Cap'n Alfred"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:


Antagonists:


Other Characters:


Locations:

Items:


Vehicles:

  • Hodge Silk Co. Trucks

Synopsis for "Chapter 7: Death Row's Innocent Resident"

This story was originally published June 11—July 30, 1944 as #32—39 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 7: Death Row's Innocent Resident"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Bower (Flashback and main story)
  • Horace Hawkins

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

  • Bat-Signal
  • Complete Works of William Shakespeare
  • Gunpowder
  • Voltaire

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Chapter 8: The Mardi Gras Mystery"

This story was originally published August 6—September 17, 1944 as #40—46 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 8: The Mardi Gras Mystery"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

  • Miss Ann Lacey

Antagonists:

  • Mr. Bagley
    • Lebette
    • Klink
    • Monk

Other Characters:

  • Joe
  • Madame Josette
  • Mrs. Bridges
  • Ben "Blackjack" Lucas (Flashback only)
  • Captain Kidd (Mentioned only)
  • Jean Lafitte (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

  • The Betty Lou River Steamboat (Flashback and main story) (Destroyed)

Synopsis for "Chapter 9: An Attic Full of Art"

This story was originally published September 24—November 5, 1944 as #47—53 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 9: An Attic Full of Art"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

  • Newt Cobb

Antagonists:

  • Maxwell

Other Characters:

  • Bessie (Cobb's horse)
  • Mr. Greene
  • Trapeze Artist (Dies)
  • Sarah Cobb (Deceased) (In picture only)
  • Homer Benson (Mentioned only)
  • Hugh Coy (Mentioned only)
  • Jed Cotter (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Items:

Synopsis for "Chapter 10: There Was A Crooked Man..."

This story was originally published November 12—December 31, 1944 as #54—61 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 10: There Was A Crooked Man..."

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

  • Mousey

Antagonists:

  • The Crooked Man (Hugh Mellville)
    • Adventure, Inc
      • Joseph

Other Characters:

  • Crooked Cat
  • Mr. Davis
  • Billy (Mentioned only)
  • Mr. Fitch (Mentioned only)
  • Ray Gook (Mentioned only)

Locations:

  • Gotham City
    • 15 Dexter Street
    • Temporary Subway Track / Abandoned Subway Station
    • Moonstruck Manor
    • Old Fairgrounds (Mentioned only)

Items:

  • Crooked Sixpence
  • Gem-Encrusted Sword of an Ancient English Knight

Synopsis for "Chapter 11: Holy Smoke!"

This story was originally published January 7—February 18, 1945 as #62—68 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 11: Holy Smoke!"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman (Bruce Wayne)
  • Robin (Dick Grayson)

Supporting Characters:

  • Forest Rangers
    • District Ranger Osborne
    • Joe

Antagonists:

  • Roger Kale
    • Thugs

Other Characters:

  • Charley Bruff
  • Mary Bruff
  • Neil Gage
  • Townspeople

Locations:

Vehicles:

  • Fire Trucks
  • Forest Service Plane
  • Motor Boats

Synopsis for "Chapter 12: A English Sassiety Skoit"

This story was originally published February 25—March 18, 1945 as #69—72 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 12: A English Sassiety Skoit"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

  • Alfred Beagle

Antagonists:

  • Charlie ("Higgins")
  • Goitie ("Valerie")
  • Hunk ("Sergeant Madden")
  • Mooch ("Sergeant Stone")

Other Characters:

  • Valerie (Alfred's niece) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Synopsis for "Chapter 13: Rustling on a Reservation"

This story was originally published March 25—April 29, 1945 as #73—78 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 13: Rustling on a Reservation"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin ("Hot-Foot")

Supporting Characters:

  • Puebloan Tribe
    • Chief Montak
    • Feather-Foot ("Little-Wise-Fox")
    • John Red Feather
    • Puebloan Priest
  • Sheriff Alby

Antagonists:

  • Cattle Rustlers
    • One-Wing

Other Characters:

  • Ancient Cliff Dwellers (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
  • Conquistador Raiders (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
  • Wild Bill Hickok (Deceased) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Items:

  • Old Pottery Relics

Concepts:

Synopsis for "Chapter 14: The Gopher: King of the Underworld!"

This story was originally published May 6—June 17, 1945 as #79—85 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 14: The Gopher: King of the Underworld!"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • The Gopher (Single appearance; dies)
    • Underground Gang
      • Mitch

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

  • Tear Gas

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Chapter 15: The Tale of The Tinker Diamond"

This story was originally published June 24—July 22, 1945 as #86—90 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 15: The Tale of The Tinker Diamond"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

  • Alfred
  • Jonas Brock (Flashback and main story)

Antagonists:

  • Blinky Meggs

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

  • The Tinker Diamond
  • Diamond-Precision Wrist-Watch

Synopsis for "Chapter 16: A Pretty Amnesiac"

This story was originally published July 29—September 9, 1945 as #91—97 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 16: A Pretty Amnesiac"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

  • Helen Smithers ("Miss Blank")

Antagonists:

  • Wilson
  • Watson
  • Wilde

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

Concepts:

Synopsis for "Chapter 17: Devil's Reef"

This story was originally published September 16—October 21, 1945 as #98—103 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 17: Devil's Reef"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

  • Alfred

Antagonists:

  • Miller Gang
    • Miller
    • Jeff

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Chapter 18: Gotham's Cleverest Criminal"

This story was originally published October 28—December 9, 1945 as #104—110 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 18: Gotham's Cleverest Criminal"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • The Joker
    • Snake-Eyes
  • The Sparrow

Other Characters:

  • Joker Decoy
  • Prison Warden (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

  • Joker's Hay-Truck

Synopsis for "Chapter 19: Alfred Claus"

This story was originally published December 16—December 23, 1945 as #111—112 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 19: Alfred Claus"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

  • Alfred

Antagonists:

  • Four Larson Brothers

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

  • St. Nick Costume

Vehicles:

Concepts:

Synopsis for "Chapter 20: Twelvetoes"

This story was originally published December 30, 1945—February 3, 1946 as #113—118 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 20: Twelvetoes"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

  • Alfred

Antagonists:

  • Twelvetoes

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

Concepts:

Synopsis for "Chapter 21: Oswald Who?"

This story was originally published February 10—March 10, 1946 as #119—123 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 21: Oswald Who?"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Antagonists:

  • The Penguin
  • Stonehead

Other Characters:

  • Miranda Cobblepot

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Chapter 22: Hotel Grandeur"

This story was originally published March 17—April 21, 1946 as #124—129 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 22: Hotel Grandeur"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

  • Mr. Svetya

Antagonists:

  • Chef
    • Chef's Assistant

Locations:

Vehicles:

  • Helicopter

Synopsis for "Chapter 23: Catwoman's Grasshopper Chase"

This story was originally published April 28—June 16, 1946 as #130—137 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 23: Catwoman's Grasshopper Chase"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

  • Alfred

Antagonists:

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

  • Bat-Plane
  • Catwoman's Plane
  • Pittsburgh Train
  • Southern Maid River Steamer

Synopsis for "Chapter 24: Half Man—Half Monster"

This story was originally published June 23—August 18, 1946 as #138—146 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 24: Half Man—Half Monster"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

  • Two-Masted Sailing Ship

Synopsis for "Chapter 25: The Curse of the Four Fates!"

This story was originally published August 25—October 13, 1946 as #147—154 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 25: The Curse of the Four Fates!"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Mousey Meggs (Dies)
  • Slick Dandy (Dies)
  • Nails Logan (Dies)
  • Brains Morley (Dies)

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

  • Gotham News newspaper

Vehicles:

Concepts:

  • Curse of the Four Fates

Synopsis for "Chapter 26: Tire Tread Deathtrap"

This story was originally published October 20—October 27, 1946 as #155—156 of the Batman Sunday newspaper strip.

Appearing in "Chapter 26: Tire Tread Deathtrap"

Featured Characters:

  • Batman
  • Robin

Antagonists:

  • Andy Greer

Other Characters:

Locations:

Vehicles:

Notes

  • Batman: The Sunday Classics 1943–1946 reprints the sunday Batman and Robin comic strips originally distributed by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate in the 1940s. This volume was printed as a hardcover edition with a slipcase and as a paperback version, both published jointly by DC and Kitchen Sink Press in 1991. The book was later reprinted as a hardcover by Sterling Publishing in 2007.
  • Some stories from the Batman and Robin Sunday newspaper strip were previously also reprinted in other comic issues that were not listed as appearances of Earth-Forty in Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium. This is likely due to The Compendium generally not listing duplicate publications of the same stories. For example, the reprint of the Earth-Forty story "The Second Batman and Robin Team" in Batman Annual #7 is also not mentioned in the book, while the original issue (Batman #131) is listed.
  • The following stories from the Batman and Robin Sunday newspaper strip were reprinted prior to the release of Batman: The Sunday Classics 1943–1946:



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