Cover: Dick Sprang

Batman #21

Feb 1944 · DC · 0.10 USD

📊 ~142,088 copies sold its debut month

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“The Streamlined Rustlers!”

In "The Streamlined Rustlers!", Batman and Robin race to protect Lord Burleigh, a foreign industrialist whose revolutionary rubber-from-petroleum process has drawn the attention of a cunning criminal gang. Written by Al Schwartz and illustrated with crisp, dynamic flair by Dick Sprang—both inks and pencils on the cover—this 1944 adventure blends espionage and industrial intrigue in a story where every clue could be a trap.

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writer Al Schwartz · artist, inker Dick Sprang · letterer George Roussos · cover Dick Sprang

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Cast · 8 characters

Alfred Beagle Batman Captain Tootsie Dick Grayson Homer Jerry the Jitterbug Oswald Cobblepot Rollo

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writer Al Schwartz

artist, inker Dick Sprang

letterer George Roussos

cover pencils, inks Dick Sprang

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The Caped Crusaders have to outwit a criminal element which targets a Lord Burleigh, a man who has come to America to interest an American oil company in his discovery of a cheaper process for obtaining rubber from petroleum.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).