Cover: Dick Sprang

Batman #36

Aug 1946 · DC · 0.10 USD

📊 ~115,183 copies sold its debut month

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“The Penguin's Nest!”

In "The Penguin's Nest!", the masked menace turns his latest scheme into a twisted game of cat-and-mouse, opening a restaurant where guests must sign their orders—only to orchestrate his own arrest. With Paul Cooper’s dynamic art and Dick Sprang’s sharp cover, this 1946 classic sees Batman unravel a baffling trap hidden behind a seemingly innocent dining setup.

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

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Full credits

writer Al Schwartz

artist Paul Cooper

inker Ray Burnley

letterer Ira Schnapp

cover pencils, 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!

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