Comic Title: Batman #38
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Dec/Jan 1946
Approx. On Sale Date: October 11, 1946 Copyright Date October 9, 1946
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Penguin on Parole"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: Jim Mooney

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #38; next appearance in Detective Comics #118)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #38; next appearance in Detective Comics #118)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #38; next appearance in Detective Comics #119)

Villain(s)

• Penguin (last appearance in Batman #36; next appearance in Detective Comics #120)
• Big-Tooth Barkus and several underworld hoods (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A prison warden (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Penguin saves the life of a prison warden after an accident sets fire to the prison. As a result the Penguin is paroled into the custody of Batman and Robin. Penguin tries to go straight, but when he sees a cartoon lampooning penguins, he gets angry. Determined to regain respect, he stages a big crime based on the cartoon. Batman stops him and returns him to prison. Penguin is happy to have his respect back, until the prison shows another of the penguin cartoons.