The Batman #21 Comic Book Debuted On Newsstands 81 Years Ago On December 07, 1943

Batman #21 debuted on the newsstands 81 years ago on December 07, 1943.  I filmed the video below yesterday on the 81st anniversary of the Golden Age comic book's first appearance on the shelves.  I procured this copy in 1994 or 1995 at The Comic Crypt in Philadelphia.  It is a brittle copy so it was priced very affordably.   The comic cost around $20.  The cover has excellent gloss while the inside is falling apart.   This issue features Alfred and The Penguin.

Video: 

The url in case the video does not embed properly: https://youtu.be/YpBsan2E_4E

Photographs ...

Holding the comic, while wearing a Batman and Robin jacket that I purchased in or around 1994 at Suncoast Video or The Warner Brothers Store inside of the Echelon Mall or Cherry Hill Mall, near some Batman and Robin toys: Ideal Captain Action, Kenner Super Powers and Mego Pocket Heroes and Mego World's Greatest Super-Heroes:

A BIZARRE reference to Batman ingesting "loco weed", and Robin's concern about being deemed a "sissy", hahaha:

A Wheaties ad with a World War 2 theme:

Gangster with a knight's sword and horse and The Batplane:

Brother:

Alfred appearance along with gangsters with wings:

Other titles on sale that month:

A World War 2 story called Hero's Mission:

Jerry The Jitterbug and the one and only Penguin:

More Penguin action:

The back cover with a Tootsie Roll ad that stands as comic book art itself with Captain Tootsie: