Detective Comics #190

(December 1952)

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Novelty Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How to Be the Batman! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger ?

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed) (Batman and Robin figures); Lew Sayre Schwartz

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin re-cap); Robin [Dick Grayson] (origin re-cap); Commissioner James Gordon; Thomas Wayne (Bruce's father, flashback, death); Martha Wayne (Bruce's mother, flashback, death); Joe Chill (villain, flashback); Dr. Sampson (villain); Dr. Evarts; Walter Nelson

Synopsis

A criminal psychologist 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 Batman Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1959 ? series) #1968 ([1968])
• in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #18/1969 (30. August 1969)
• in Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) ([August] 1999)
• in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([June] 2009)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #8 ([November] 2020)

Keywords

Bat-Cave; Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Batplane; Utility Belt

Indexer Notes

Pencil credits verified to Craig Delich by Schwartz.

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Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Superman

The Man with the Life Ray (Table of Contents: 6)

Impossible-- But True / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Inks

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Roy Raymond

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Now More Than Ever (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Bob Hope / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Robotman's Robot! (Table of Contents: 9)

Robotman / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Certa ?

Inks

Joe Certa ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Robotman

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Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fire Sale

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #111 (October 1957)

Whistling Murder (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; crime

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Private Pete / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yippee! Remember that contest I entered last month?

Genre

humor; military

Reprints

• in Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #63 (October 1957), #195 (July 1968)

Mission with the Mounties! (Table of Contents: 14)

Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Leonard Starr

Inks

Leonard Starr

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Pow-Wow Smith

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich.

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Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Draw Me! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)