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Batman#8
Cover: Fred Ray & Jerry Robinson

Batman #8

Dec 1941 · DC · 0.10 USD
“Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make”

From prison, Big Mike Russo is able to have his gang kidnap the warden, replace him and the guards with a look alike, then use the prison as a base of operations to commit crimes while providing alibis to those committing them! Batman figures that the only way to uncover this scenario is to get put in prison himself, a move that almost costs him his life in the gas chamber!

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writer Bill Finger · artist Bob Kane · inker Jerry Robinson · inker George Roussos · letterer George Roussos · cover Fred RayJerry Robinson

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artist Bob Kane
cover pencils Fred Ray
cover inks Jerry Robinson

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From prison, Big Mike Russo is able to have his gang kidnap the warden, replace him and the guards with a look alike, then use the prison as a base of operations to commit crimes while providing alibis to those committing them! Batman figures that the only way to uncover this scenario is to get put in prison himself, a move that almost costs him his life in the gas chamber!

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