Facsimile 2025
| Release: | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Cover: | Nov 2025 |
The Legend of Batman - Who He Is and How He Came to Be / The Joker / The Giants of Hugo Strange / The Cat / The Joker Returns
| Release: | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Cover: | Nov 2025 |
In this classic issue, the Caped Crusader and Boy Wonder have their first encounters with the Clown Prince of Crime--The Joker--and a cruise-ship cat burglar known as the Cat--who would later be known as Catwoman! Plus, Hugo Strange returns with an army of mindless henchmen at his command. Will the Dark Knight triumph over Strange's giants? Find out in this thrilling facsimile edition of Batman #1, featuring all the original stories, backup features, and ads from 1940!
| Writer | Bill Finger |
| Artist | Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, Sheldon Moldoff |
| Cover Artist | Bob Kane |
| Penciller | Bob Kane |
| Inker | Jerry Robinson, Sheldon Moldoff |
| Letterer | Jerry Robinson |
| Editor | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Batman | Bruce Wayne |
| Catwoman | Selina Kyle |
| Commissioner Gordon | James Gordon |
| Henry Claridge | |
| Hugo Strange | |
| Joe Chill | |
| Martha Wayne | |
| Robin | Dick Grayson |
| Joker | |
| Thomas Wayne |
| Age | Modern Age |
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| Format | Comic |
| Series Group | Batman |
| Genre | Action | Adventure | Crime | Super-Heroes |
| No. of Pages | 32 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| My Rating |
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| Index | 4040 |
| Added Date | Sep 17, 2025 18:23:20 |
| Modified Date | Sep 17, 2025 18:23:20 |
| Cover Price | $ 9.99 |
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| Key | Minor: 1st solo series of Batman, 1st app. The Joker, 1st app. The Cat (Selina Kyle), Debut of The Batplane |
| Key Categories | 1st appearance | 1st solo series/story/title | First/Last/Nth issue |