Batman #80

(December 1953-January 1954)

The Joker's Movie Crimes! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 9.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger ?

Pencils:

Dick Sprang

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Joker (villain)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Sprang and Paris.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

H. T. Elmo (signed)

Pencils:

H. T. Elmo (signed)

Inks:

H. T. Elmo (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Binky Says: "Know Your Community!" (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Dick Grayson's Nightmare! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 9.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dick Sprang

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Doc (villain); Blinky (villain); Moose (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Actually a Robin story; Batman makes only a token appearance.

Art credits verified by Sprang and Paris.

["He's the first snake charmer we've seen in India..."] (Table of Contents)

Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]

Inks:

Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents)

Superman DC National Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

["Come on! I'll call the station house!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Deadly Dingo! (Table of Contents)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Nick Cardy

Inks:

Nick Cardy

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Reprints:

• in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #138 (July 1959)

Indexer Notes

Art identification from Gene Reed, July 2009.

Calling All Con Men! (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller

Pencils:

? (header)

Inks:

? (header)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

The Machines of Menace! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils:

Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only); Lew Schwartz

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Nero Thompson (villain, introduction); Sparky Watts (named after the Boody Rogers comic character, villain, introduction); Ned Herzo (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Woolfolk credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/; formerly attributed to Bill Finger. Inks credit verified by Paris.

The Line of Stars Presents Superman DC National Comics (Table of Contents)

Superman DC National Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Includes small reproductions of the covers to The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis #9 and The Adventures of Bob Hope #24.