<i>Batman</i> No. 16
date: label: date made
content: 1943
name: label: maker
content: D. C. Comics, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Batman</i> issue No. 16 was published by DC Comics in April and May 1943 and sold for 10 cents. The blue cover features art credited to Jerry Robinson that depicts the silhouette of a man holding a gun and shining a flashlight on Batman and Robin, with the text “Surprise! Somebody learns the true identities of Batman & Robin! Who can he be?”
label: Description
content: In this issue, Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred discovers the true identities of Batman and Robin and becomes their crime fighting ally. The issue contains the stories: "The Joker Reforms," "The Grade A Crimes," "The Adventures of the Branded Tree," and "Here Comes Alfred."
label: Description
content: Batman made his comic debut in 1939 in <i>Detective Comics</i> No. 27 and received his own self-titled line of comic books in 1942.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: depicted
content: Batman
label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Comic Books
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0086.014
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0086.014
label: accession number
content: 2013.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 26.67 cm