Batman #33 Values

Publisher: DC, 1946

About Batman #33

Penguin appearance. Christmas cover by Dick Sprang. Art by Win Mortimer.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Pencils: Dick Sprang

Inks: Dick Sprang

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: Crime on the Wing!

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Pete Pike (musician); Fire Chief Brody; Mr. Lee (importer); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Ralph the Rook (villain); Rook's Mob [Melancholy Mike; Willie the Wag] (villains); Sidecar (villain, tavern barkeep)

Synopsis: Mobsters decide to use the Penguin as a ruse for Batman and Robin to follow while they commit crimes.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Bill Finger

Pencils: Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks: Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Letters: Ira Schnapp

Notes: Lettering credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

Title: The Looters!

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Dense "Solid" Jackson]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Professor Dorry Leaf [aka Dormeus Leaf] (orphan, world's authority on earthquakes, introduction); Leaf's mother and father (both die, flashback); The Jackal (villain, introduction); the Looters (villains, The Jackal's mob, introduction for all)

Synopsis: Seeing both of his parents killed in an earthquake on a small Pacific island, Dorry Leaf becomes an expert on these phenomena, and is offered a post at Pacific Coast University to oversee a seismographic observatory that he is determined to make quake-proof! However, crooks become interested when they discover that the Professor can predict in advance where quakes will occur, and the Looters, as they are known, hope to cash in on that knowledge.

Pages: 13.000

Pencils: Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks: Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Letters: Ira Schnapp (signed)

Notes: Mortimer put "Mort Winslow" on a band banner in panel 5 on page 5. Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris. Letterer Schnapp signed his name on a Bar-Grill sign in panel 4 on page 13.

Title: The Search for Santa Claus!

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mrs. Mulligan (boardinghouse landlord); Mr. Arden; James Jocelyn (reformed villain, introduction); Anthony Jocelyn (villain, wild spendthrift, introduction); Raymond Jocelyn (villain, introduction); Frank Jocelyn (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Jim Jocelyn's thieving cousins have a high time spending the money that their uncle had amassed for charities by using it to build up their own multi-million dollar businesses. They decide that the only way they can safeguard themselves is to murder their uncle!

Pages: 12.000

Pencils: Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed, see notes)

Inks: Win Mortimer [as Bob Kane] (signed,see notes)

Letters: Ira Schnapp

Notes: Artist Mortimer signed his first name Winslow on a sign found in panel 4 on page 2. Lettering credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	6	6	4	7	6	9	14	13	13	16	18	16	11	15	20	7	10	6	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	210
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Total	0	0	0	6	6	4	7	8	11	14	15	13	17	19	19	11	16	21	8	10	6	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	224

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