Batman
#99
(April 1956)
DC,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Jan., May, July, and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1956-02-26
- 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) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Phantom of the Bat-Cave!
Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Robin! Somebody's been in the...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin (image)
- Reprints
-
in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #4 (Winter 1962-1963) which is reprinted - in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([October] 2010)
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #14/1967 (15. Juli 1967)
-
- Keywords
- Bat-Cave
Indexer Notes
Penciler credit confirmed by Win Mortimer. Letterer credit from Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
The Golden Eggs!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages
- Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Penguin's gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- Batman must stop the Fowl Felon's latest crime spree, which is based on the type of birds hatched from eggs.
- Reprints
- in Batman vs. the Penguin (New American Library, 1966 series) #D2970 (May 1966) [reformatted]
-
in Caped Crusader Classics! (Titan, 1988 series) #3 - Batman Versus The Penguin (October 1988)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Inker credit verified by Charles Paris.
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Follow that car! Two men just robbed the bank!
- Feature Logo
Casey the Cop- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop; Spike
- Reprints
-
in Batman (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #74 (1956) - in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #348 (February 1966)
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Batman -- Frontier Marshal
Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Jack Farr (newspaper reporter); Seward Small (stagecoach company owner); Bat Masterson; Pecos Pete (villain); Harris Harper (villain); Gila Bill (villain)
- Synopsis
- Attempting to refute a newspaper article from the frontier days that claims he once used a gun, Batman travels back in time to investigate the article in more depth.
- Reprints
- in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #4 ([Circa 1956])
-
- Keywords
- Plains City; time-travel story
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Inker credit verified by Charles Paris.
Binky Says: "It's Fun to Belong!"
Binky / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why all the gloom, gang?
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Binky Biggs; Allergy; Sally; Joe; Mr. Jones; Frank
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My lecture today will be on the culture and philosophy of the Aztec Indians...
- Feature Logo
Jerry the Jitterbug- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jerry the Jitterbug
The Phantom of the Bat-Cave!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Pardu; The Society of Magicians; The Joker (villain, image only); The Penguin (villain, image only); Pardu (villain, masked magician); Pardu's partners (villains)
- Synopsis
- Batman is puzzled when a trophy from a case he just completed disappears and is replaced by another item...right in the confines of the Bat-Cave. When this happens again and again, Batman fears the worst: a crook has discovered the location of the Bat-Cave!
- Reprints
- in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #4 (Winter 1962-1963)
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #14/1967 (15. Juli 1967)
- in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([October] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- Bat-Cave; Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City; Statue of Liberty; The Society of Magicians
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Inker credit verified by Charles Paris. Letterer credit from Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Phantom of the Bat-Cave!
Batman and Robin -
1.
Draw Me!
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
The Golden Eggs!
Batman and Robin -
3.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co. -
4.
["Follow that car! Two men just robbed the bank!"]
Casey the Cop -
5.
Batman -- Frontier Marshal
Batman and Robin -
6.
Binky Says: "It's Fun to Belong!"
Binky -
7.
["My lecture today will be on the culture and philosophy of the Aztec Indians..."]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
8.
Legal Lawbreakers
-
9.
The Phantom of the Bat-Cave!
Batman and Robin -
10.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
11.
[no title indexed]
Stuart Greetings, Inc. -
12.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
13.
[no title indexed]
Aircraft Carrier
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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