Batman issue No. 22 was published by DC Comics in April and May 1944 and sold for 10 cents. The cover art, illustrated by Dick Sprang, depicts an image of Alfred on a stage between the superheroes Batman and Robin. The caption reads “Extra added attraction: ‘The Adventures of Alfred.’’
This issue contains the stories "The Duped Domestics," "Dick Grayson, Telegraph Boy," "Conversational Clue," and "The Cavalier Rides Again.”
Batman made his comic debut in 1939 in Detective Comics No. 27 before receiving his own self-titled line of books in 1942.
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