Menu Batman #17 PR 0.5 1943
Grade PR 0.5 Year 1943 Publisher DC
INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing (affects \"Rogues\' Pageant\" story). 2\" cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple, coming loose at second. Cover and interior oxidation. Heavy interior soiling.
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Description
Cover by Jerry Robinson (as Bob Kane). \"The Batman\'s Biographer!\", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos (backgrounds); Boswell Browne wants to document the exploits of Batman and Robin for future generations, but when members of the underworld hear him bragging to some children that he knows many secrets of the Dynamic Duo, a nefarious criminal decides to use Browne\'s knowledge against our heroes. 2-page Professor Pipp story by Jack Farr. \"The Penguin Goes A-Hunting,\" script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane), inks by Jack Burnley (as Bob Kane) and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); The Penguin attends a lecture by Gotham City\'s prison Warden Keyes, who talks about the city\'s most dangerous villains: the Scarecrow, the Joker and the Cat-Woman, but not Penguin. \"Rogues\' Pageant!\", script by Don Cameron, pencils by Jack Burnley, inks by Jack Burnley and Ray Burnley (backgrounds); At Alfred\'s urging, Bruce and Dick decide to take a short vacation after particularly strenuous battling against Gotham\'s underworld, they stop off in San Pablos, a city celebrating the 300th Anniversary of the courageous deeds of their forefathers. \"Scrap Haul\" text story by Allan Gerz. \"Adventure of the Vitamin Vandals!\", script by Joseph Greene, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson; While vacationing at Malibu Beach, Bruce and Dick become aware of several fishing vessels being robbed of their catches by a group of mysterious individuals who seem to disappear into thin air. 60 Pages, Full Color.
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