Object Details
maker
D. C. Comics, Inc.
Description
Batman issue No. 25 was published by DC Comics in August and September 1944 and sold for 10 cents. The yellow cover has art by Dick Sprang that features an image of Batman and Robin driving a horse-drawn chariot with the caption “Batman and Robin lead off with a truly unusual adventure-in-time . . . It happened in Rome!’”
This issue contains the stories "It Happened in Rome," "Convict Cargo," "Police Line-Up," and "The Mayors of Yonville."
Batman made his comic debut in 1939 in Detective Comics No. 27 before receiving his own self-titled line of 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
2013.0086.019
catalog number
2013.0086.019
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_1446410