Detective Comics
#221
(July 1955)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-05-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin!
Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #25 (1 de febrero de 1956)
-
The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger ?
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale (flashback); Paul King (villain); Hippo (villain); Captain Shark (villain, flashback)
- Synopsis
- After being suckered into a trap, the Dynamic Duo find themselves the prisoners of crime king, Paul King, who has created an escape proof prison for them.
- Reprints
-
in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 ([Summer] 1961) -
in Superman (Interpresse, 1965 series) #10 ([July] 1966) - 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)
-
Indexer Notes
When this story was reprinted in Batman Annual #1, the story was re-titled "Thrilling Escapes of Batman and Robin."
This story was updated by writer Ed Herron in September of 1966 for the story "Two-Way Deathtrap" in Batman #166. TV producer Bill Dozier looked at this and other Batman tales for inspiration when he brought Batman to prime-time TV in 1966. Aunt Harriet was caught in the same type trap that ensnared Vikki Vale, Batman, and Robin on page 7 of this story for one of the TV shows.
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hands up! This is a stick-up!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Shorty
The Armada of Doom!
Captain Compass / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Captain Compass
- Reprints
- in Baticomic (Editorial Novaro, 1968 series) #5 (1° de noviembre de 1967)
-
[no title indexed]
Movie Mirth / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did you enjoy the picture?
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Alan Ladd (DC, 1949 series) #3 (February-March 1950)
-
Binky Says "Family Projects Can Be Fun!"
Binky / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Binky
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lock him up, Casey!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey
The Human Geiger Counter
Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Roy Raymond
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin!
Batman and Robin -
1.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
2.
The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin!
Batman and Robin -
3.
["To the boys and girls of America..."]
Big Town; Mr. District Attorney -
4.
["Hands up! This is a stick-up!"]
Shorty -
5.
The Armada of Doom!
Captain Compass -
6.
["Did you enjoy the picture?"]
Movie Mirth -
7.
[no title indexed]
Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil -
8.
Binky Says "Family Projects Can Be Fun!"
Binky -
9.
The Amazing Scent Sleuths
-
10.
["Lock him up, Casey!"]
Casey the Cop -
11.
The Human Geiger Counter
Roy Raymond TV Detective -
12.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamp Co. -
13.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
14.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Craig Delich
- Jochen G.
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Matthias Hofmann
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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