This is a list of Batman stories written by Bill Finger(with GEMs highlighted). The list includes links for the following: (a) Wiki page (from the Grand Comics Database, or GCD), (b) e-book (available upon request), and (c) More info on each comic (via optional posts by various contributors).
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As the co-creator of Batman, Bill Finger had already established his name in history, but he took his legacy even further over the next three decades by writing a number of great stories to expand the Batman mythology during the Golden and Silver Ages. He is rightly considered one of the finest comic-book writers ever. Unfortunately, for a very long time, Bob Kane appropriated the full credit for creating Batman, and Bill Finger lived in virtual obscurity despite his signature contributions to creating and enhancing the Batman legend. Thankfully, DC Comics did the right thing in 2015 (nearly 40 years after Bill Finger’s death), and now whenever Batman is portrayed in any medium, it is accompanied by the words “Batman created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger”.
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Year
Comic Issue(s)
Story Title
GEM!
Reprinted in
Writer
Art (pencils, inks)
Cover art
Comments
Wiki
E-comic
More
1939
Detective Comics 027
The Case of the Chemical Syndicate
Detective 387
Bill Finger
Bob Kane
Bob Kane
Batman debut
1939
Detective Comics 028
[Frenchy Blake's Jewel Gang]
Bill Finger
Bob Kane
Fred Guardineer
1939
Detective Comics 033
Batman against the Dirigible of Doom
Bill Finger
Bob Kane
Bob Kane
Contains 2-page origin
1940
Detective Comics 038
Robin the Boy Wonder
Bill Finger
Bob Kane
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Robin debut
1940
Batman 001
The Legend of the Batman
Bill Finger
Bob Kane
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
1940
Batman 001
[The Joker]
Bill Finger
Bob Kane
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
2-page origin repeated
1940
Batman 001
[The Giants of Hugo Strange]
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
First Joker
1940
Batman 001
[The Cat]
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
1940
Batman 001
The Joker Returns
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
First Catwoman (as 'The Cat')
1940
Batman 002
[The Joker Meets the Cat-Woman]
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
1940
Batman 002
[The Case of the Clubfoot Murders]
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
1940
Batman 003
The Diabolical Puppet Master
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
1940
Batman 003
The Batman vs. the Cat-Woman
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
1940
Detective Comics 040
[The Murders of Clayface]
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
First Clayface (Basil Karlo)
1941
Batman 004
The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
1941
Batman 005
The Riddle of the Missing Card
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Bob Kane
First Two-Face
1941
Batman 007
The People vs. the Batman
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Bob Kane
1941
Detective Comics 049
Clayface Walks Again
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
1941
Detective Comics 058
[The Perfect Frame-Up]
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos
Fred Ray, Jerry Robinson
First Penguin
1941
World's Best Comics 001
[Batman] The Witch and the Manuscript of Doom
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, George Roussos
Fred Ray
First comic featuring Superman & Batman
1941
World's Finest 002
[Batman] The Man Who Couldn't Remember
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, George Roussos
Fred Ray
Comic name changed to 'World's Finest'
1941
World's Finest 003
[Batman] [The Riddle of the Human Scarecrow]
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, George Roussos
Fred Ray
First Scarecrow
1942
Detective Comics 066
The Crimes of Two-Face
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Jerry Robinson, George Roussos
1942
Detective Comics 067
Crime's Early Bird
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Jerry Robinson
1942
Detective Comics 068
The Man Who Led a Double Life
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Jerry Robinson
1943
Detective Comics 080
The End of Two-Face
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
1944
Batman 020
Bruce Wayne Loses the Guardianship of Dick Grayson
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson
Dick Sprang
1944
Batman Sunday strip
Four Hours to Live [Death Row's Innocent Resident]
Batman 218G
Bill Finger
Jack Burnley, Charles Paris
NA
1944
Batman Sunday strip
The Mardi Gras Mystery
Batman 223G
Bill Finger
Jack Burnley, Charles Paris
NA
1945
Batman 030
While the City Sleeps
Batman 230
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang
Dick Sprang
1946
Batman Daily strip
Half-Man, Half Monster
Bill Finger
Jack Burnley, Win Mortimer
NA
Reprinted in Batman in the 50s
1947
World's Finest 030
[Batman] The Penny Plunderers
Batman 256G
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Ray Burnley
Jack Burnley, Charles Paris
1948
Batman 047
The Origin of the Batman
Batman 198G
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Charles Paris
Bob Kane, Charles Paris
Full-length Batman origin
1948
Batman 048
The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave
Bill Finger
Jim Mooney, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer
1948
Batman 049
The Scoop of the Century
Bill Finger
Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris
Bob Kane, Charles Paris
First Vicki Vale; first Mad Hatter
1948
Detective Comics 140
The Riddler
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer
First Riddler
1949
Batman 050
The Return of Two-Face
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Charles Paris
Bob Kane, Charles Paris
1951
Batman 062
The Secret Life of the Catwoman
Batman 208G
Bill Finger
Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer
1951
Batman 065
Catwoman - Empress of the Underworld
Bill Finger
Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris
1951
Batman 067
The Lost Legion of Space
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer
First Batman of Tomorrow
1951
Detective Comics 168
The Man Behind the Red Hood
Bill Finger
Lew Sayre Schwartz, George Roussos
Lew Sayre Schwartz, George Roussos
Origin of the Joker
1952
Batman 068
The New Crimes of Two-Face
Bill Finger
Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer
1952
Batman 068
The Secret Life of Batman's Butler
Bill Finger
Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer
1952
Batman 069
The King of the Cats
Bill Finger
Lew Sayre Schwartz, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer
1952
Detective Comics 190
How To Be the Batman
Batman Annual 1
Bill Finger
Lew Sayre Schwartz, Stan Kaye
Win Mortimer
1954
Detective Comics 205
The Origin of the Bat-Cave
Batman Annual 1
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer
1955
Batman 089
Bruce Wayne's Aunt Agatha
Batman 233G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Stan Kaye
Win Mortimer
1955
Batman 092
Ace, the Bat-Hound
Bill Finger
Lew Sayre Schwartz, Stan Kaye
Win Mortimer
First Bat-Hound
1955
Batman 093
Journey to the Top of the World
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer
1955
Batman 093
Batman, Baby-Sitter
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer
1955
Batman 096
Batman's College Days
Batman Annual 4
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer
1955
Detective Comics 218
Batman, Junior and Robin, Senior
Batman 182G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Stan Kaye
Win Mortimer
1955
Detective Comics 221
The 1,001 Escapes of Batman and Robin
Batman Annual 1
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Stan Kaye
Win Mortimer
1955
World's Finest 074
The Contest of Heroes
Bill Finger
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
Curt Swan, Ray Burnley
1955
World's Finest 075
Superman and Robin
Bill Finger
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1956
Batman 098
Secret of the Batmobile
Batman 203G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer
1956
Detective Comics 230
The Mad Hatter of Gotham City
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Win Mortimer, George Roussos
First Silver-Age Mad Hatter
1956
Detective Comics 235
The First Batman
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Stan Kaye
Sheldon Moldoff
1956
World's Finest 083
The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Stan Kaye
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1957
Batman 107
Robin Falls in Love
Batman 185G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1957
Batman 110
The Secret of Batman's Butler
Batman Annual 7
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Stan Kaye
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1957
Batman 111
The Other Bruce Wayne
Batman 233G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1957
Batman 111
The Gotham City Safari
Batman Annual 6
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1957
Batman 112
Am I Really Batman?
Batman Annual 4
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1957
Detective Comics 244
The 100 Batarangs of Batman
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1957
Detective Comics 246
Murder at Mystery Castle
Batman Annual 6
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1957
Detective Comics 247
The Man Who Ended Batman's Career
Batman Annual 4
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1957
Detective Comics 248
Around the World in 8 Days
Batman 223G
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1957
Detective Comics 249
The Crime of Bruce Wayne
Batman 233G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1957
World's Finest 087
The Reversed Heroes
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Ray Burnley
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1958
Batman 116
The City of Ancient Heroes
80-pg. Giant 5
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1958
Batman 118
The Man Who Couldn't Be Tried Twice
Batman 218G
Bill Finger
Bob Kane, Ray Burnley
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1958
Detective Comics 259
The Challenge of the Calendar Man
Batman 176G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
First Calendar Man
1958
World's Finest 097
The Day Superman Betrayed Batman
80 pg Giant 15
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Stan Kaye
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1958
World's Finest 098
The Menace of the Moonman
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Stan Kaye
Curt Swan, Ray Burnley
1959
Batman 121
The Body in the Bat-Cave
Batman 218G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1959
Batman 122
The Marriage of Batman and Batwoman
Batman Annual 4
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Ray Burnley
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1959
Batman 125
King Batman the First
80-pg. Giant 12
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1959
Detective Comics 265
Batman's First Case
Batman 187G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1959
Detective Comics 267
Batman Meets Bat-Mite
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
First Bat-Mite
1959
World's Finest 099
Batman's Super Spending Spree
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Stan Kaye
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1959
World's Finest 100
The Dictator of Krypton City
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Stan Kaye
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
Featuring Kandor as 'Krypton City'
1959
World's Finest 101
The Menace of the Atom-Master
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1959
World's Finest 102
The Caveman From Krypton
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1959
World's Finest 103
The Secret of the Sorcerer's Treasure
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1959
World's Finest 104
The Plot to Destroy Superman
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1959
World's Finest 105
The Alien Superman
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1959
World's Finest 106
The Duplicate Man
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1960
Batman 129
The Man from Robin's Past
80-pg. Giant 8
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1960
Batman 131
The Second Batman and Robin Team
Batman Annual 7
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff
Sheldon Moldoff
First imaginary story written by Alfred
1960
Batman 131
The Case of the Deadly Gems
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1960
Batman 135
The Return of the Second Batman and Robin Team
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff
Sheldon Moldoff
Sequel to Alfred's imaginary story in Batman 131
1960
Detective Comics 281
Batman, Robot
Batman 182G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1960
World's Finest 107
Secret of the Time Creature
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff
Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
1960
World's Finest 111
Superman's Secret Kingdom
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff
Curt Swan, Sheldon Moldoff
1961
Batman 137
Robin's New Boss
Batman 185G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1961
Batman 142
The Crimes of the Ancient Mariner
Batman 142
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff
Sheldon Moldoff
1961
Detective Comics 298
The Challenge of Clay-Face
Batman 213G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
First Silver-Age Clayface (Matt Hagen)
1962
Batman 152
Memorial to an Astronaut
Batman 152
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1962
Detective Comics 304
The Return of Clayface
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1962
Detective Comics 309
The Mystery of the Mardi Gras Murders
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1963
Batman 155
The Return of the Penguin
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1963
Batman 156
The Secret of the Ant-Man
Batman 185G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Prologue to 'Robin Dies at Dawn'
1963
Batman 156
Robin Dies at Dawn
Batman 185G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
1963
Batman 159
The Great Clayface-Joker Feud
Batman 159G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1963
Batman 159
The Boyhood of Bruce Wayne, Jr.
Batman 159G
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
Imaginary story written by Alfred
1963
Detective Comics 312
The Secret of Clayface's Power
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1963
Detective Comics 314
Murder in Movieland
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1963
World's Finest 131
The Mystery of the Crimson Avenger
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff
Dick Dillin, Sheldon Moldoff
1963
World's Finest 132
Batman and Robin, Medieval Bandits
Bill Finger
Jim Mooney
Jim Mooney, Sheldon Moldoff
1963
World's Finest 133
The Beasts of the Supernatural
Bill Finger
Jim Mooney, Sheldon Moldoff
Dick Dillin, Sheldon Moldoff
1963
World's Finest 134
The Band of Super-Villains
Bill Finger
Jim Mooney
Dick Dillin, Sheldon Moldoff
1963
World's Finest 135
Menace of the Future Man
Bill Finger
Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff
Dick Dillin, Sheldon Moldoff
1963
World's Finest 136
The Batman Nobody Remembered
Bill Finger
Jim Mooney, Sheldon Moldoff
Dick Dillin, Jim Mooney
1963
World's Finest 137
Superman's Secret Master
Bill Finger
Jim Mooney
Dick Dillin, Sheldon Moldoff
1963
World's Finest 138
Secret of the Captive Cavemen
WF 206G
Bill Finger
Jim Mooney
Dick Dillin, Sheldon Moldoff
1964
Batman 163
Bat-Girl -- Batwoman II
Bill Finger
Chic Stone, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1964
Batman 163
The Joker Jury
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris
Sheldon Moldoff
1964
Batman 167
Zero Hour for Earth
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Joe Giella
Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson
First full-length story in Batman after New Look
1964
Detective Comics 328
Gotham Gang Line-Up
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Joe Giella
Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella
1965
Batman 170
The Puzzle of the Perilous Prizes
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Joe Giella
Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella
1965
Batman 177
Two Batmen Too Many
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff, Joe Giella
Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella
1967
World's Finest 165
Part 1: The Crown of Crime
Bill Finger
Al Plastino
Curt Swan, George Klein
2-part novel
1967
World's Finest 165
Part 2: The King Is Dead, Long Live -- Which King?