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    Batman #40

    Batman » Batman #40 - The 13 Club! released by DC Comics on April 1947.

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    The 13 Club! last edited by Raines on 02/07/22 05:53AM View full history

    ON COVER: Batman and Robin laugh as Joker stands with a lagger around his neck, a bucket of red paint falling in his head as he breaks a mirror and a black cat crosses his path. a falling paper reads "daily bugle Friday, June 13th".

    1. "THE 13 CLUB!" (written by Bill Finger) a new TV show features the 13 club, a group of wealthy men challenging superstitions. the man who was to be their 13th member backs out when the Joker threatens the club. they plead for someone brave enough to join and Batman steps up. Joker starts committing crimes against the member based on the superstition they challenged.
    2. "THE CASE OF BATMAN II" (Batman vs Beetle Boles, Henry Bush) Bruce Wayne is dead in a car accident. his will accounts for everything except a new Batman. it would take years to train a proper replacement but one is needed now so Dick and Alfred look at a gym and fin Bill Randal, a wealthy amateur athlete who's build matches Batman's perfectly. he is brought in and trained to be the new Batman but in the end, Bill turns out to be Bruce, who faked his death even to Alfred to catch a crooked lawyer who would have added a fake charity to his will.
    3. Melody of Murder (full-text story by Tom Neill)
    4. Prof. Pipp (gag strip by Jack Farr)
    5. "THE GRAND OPERA MURDERS! (Batman vs Colin Vanning) Batman and Robin get involved when someone starts trying to kill performers at the Gotham Opera.
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