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Batman #36

Aug 1946 · DC · 0.10 USD
“The Penguin's Nest!”

The Penguin opens a new restaurant in town, but queerly asks guests to hand-write their orders and sign them, then he does everything possible to get himself arrested. Batman finally figures out that, once inside the jail, the Penguin can use homing pigeons to ferret out dozens of forged checks using the signatures he got in his restaurant!

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writer Al Schwartz · artist Paul Cooper · inker Ray Burnley · letterer Ira Schnapp · cover Dick SprangDick Sprang

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letterer Ira Schnapp
cover pencils Dick Sprang
cover inks Dick Sprang

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The Penguin opens a new restaurant in town, but queerly asks guests to hand-write their orders and sign them, then he does everything possible to get himself arrested. Batman finally figures out that, once inside the jail, the Penguin can use homing pigeons to ferret out dozens of forged checks using the signatures he got in his restaurant!

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