Detective Comics #190

(December 1952)

How to Be the Batman (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger?

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)[Batman & Robin figures]; Lew Sayre Schwartz [verified by Schwartz]

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Dr. Sampson

Synopsis:

A scientist named Dr. Sampson uses an amnesia gas on Batman, blotting out his memory of who he is, and Robin desperately tries everything in his power to restore it before Sampson's mob rules Gotham City.

Reprints:

• in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 ([Summer] 1961)
• in Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] ([August] 1999)
• in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Brief origin recaps of Batman and Robin. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-11-07.

UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World! (Table of Contents)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Winslow Mortimer

Inks:

Winslow Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman

The Man With the Life Ray (Table of Contents)

Impossible -- But True / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Roy Raymond

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Casey the Cop / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Whistling Murder (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller (as Joseph Macklin)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Robotman's Robot! (Table of Contents)

Robotman / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Certa?

Inks:

Joe Certa?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Robotman

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor; military

Mission With the Mounties! (Table of Contents)

Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Leonard Starr

Inks:

Leonard Starr

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Pow-Wow Smith

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich.