Batman No. 31

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Description:

Batman issue No. 31 was published by DC Comics in October and November 1945 and sold for ten cents. The cover art by Dick Sprang depicts a swooping, repeating Batman logo along with Batman and Robin pursuing a gunman.

This issue contains the stories "Punch and Judy," "Alfred, Armchair Detective," "Vanishing Village," and "Trade Marks of Crime."

Batman made his comic debut in 1939 in Detective Comics No. 27 before being featured receiving his own self-titled line of books in 1942.

Date Made: 1945

Maker: D. C. Comics, Inc.

Location: Currently not on view

Depicted: BatmanSubject: Comics

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See more items in: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment, Popular Entertainment, Comic Books

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Credit Line: Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2013.0086.024Catalog Number: 2013.0086.024Accession Number: 2013.0086

Object Name: comic book

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 in; 19.05 cm x 25.4 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-e6f1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1446421

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