Object Details
maker
D. C. Comics, Inc.
Description
Batman issue No. 21 was published by DC Comics in February and March 1944 and sold for 10 cents. The red cover art is credited to Dick Sprang and depicts Batman and Robin riding bucking horses, with the caption “Batman and Robin whoop it up in four whirlwind action stories!”
This issue contains the stories "The Streamlined Rustlers," "Blitzkrieg Bandits," "His Lordship's Double," and "The Three Eccentrics."
Batman made his comic debut in 1939 in Detective Comics No. 27 before receiving his own self-titled line of comic books in 1942.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer
date made
1944
ID Number
2013.0086.017
catalog number
2013.0086.017
accession 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
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
depicted
Batman
Subject
Comics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1446402