Detective Comics (vol. 1) #41 (July 1940):
“A Master Murderer”
by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson

Detective Comics (vol. 1) #41

Title: “A Master Murderer”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1940

Publisher:
Written by: Bill Finger
Art by: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson

10 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Batman (Bruce Wayne)	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed); atheist	Batman family; Quinntets...  Super Friends; The Justice League; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; The Outsiders (leader)		11,112
Robin (Dick Grayson)	Christian (denomination unknown); raised Gypsy/Roma	Batman family; Super Friends...  The Network; The Outsiders; The Teen Titans		4,498
The Masked Man (Mr. Graves)	manifestly non-religious	[art instructor; master engraver]		1
Mr. Blake	indeterminate	[business owner; principal]		1
Blake's School for Boys		[middle school]		1
unnamed homicidal maniac (7-panel cameo)		[mental patient]		1
Mr. Greer (5-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[teacher]		1
Mr. Hodges (5-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[history instructor]		1
Ted Spencer (2-panel cameo)	indeterminate	Blake's School for Boys		1
unnamed superintendent (1-panel cameo)	indeterminate	[janitor]		1

An alternative form of this story's title is: “The Masked Menace of the Boys' School”. Webpage for Detective Comics #41 (July 1940) created 1 February 2009. Last modified 28 October 2013.

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