Batman
#102
(September 1956)
DC,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of January, May, July, and November
- On-sale Date
- 1956-07-17
- 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.
Caveman at Large!
Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Batman, it's the caveman we've been hunting for!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Goth [Carlin]
- Keywords
- Bat-Cave
Indexer Notes
Penciler verified by Craig Delich; we previously credited Bob Kane. Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
The House of Batman
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; Mayor of Gotham City; Mayne Mallock (villain); unnamed thief (villain)
- Synopsis
- A wealthy man leaves money to Gotham to build a downtown HQ for Batman, but the Caped Crusader is surprised when the city builds as House of Batman for him. But he is more surprised when he discovers that a noted thief is using this building as his HQ.
- Keywords
- Gotham City
Indexer Notes
Inker credit verified by Paris.
The Big Dance
public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Schiff ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "So when Daddy told me I'd have to be in by...
- Genre
- advocacy
- Characters
- Mary Lou; Janie; Muggsie
Indexer Notes
Text story.
The Batman from Babylon
Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages
- Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Horace Halley (archaeologist); King Lanak; Mero (a Babylonian slave); King Beladin (villain); Brand Bartor (villain)
- Synopsis
- When Brand Bartor is arrested for dressing in a Batman costume, the crook turns the tables on the Caped Crusader by implying Batman should be arrested for impersonating a Babylonian Batman!
- Keywords
- Gotham City; time travel story
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Dick Sprang, penciler credit verified by Sprang, and inker credit verified by Paris.
Scotland Yard's Search for a Stone
text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It neither glittered nor contained any...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Keywords
- Stone of Scone
[no title indexed]
Pretzels / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nice Doggie!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pretzels
- Reprints
-
from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #109 (October 1946)
-
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh my gosh! It's awfully late!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Pete
- Synopsis
- Pete hurries to get to school, not realizing it's Saturday.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #136 (January 1949)
-
The Caveman at Large
Batman and Robin / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Pat Gordon
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Goth [Carlin] (villain, actor)
- Synopsis
- A freak accident causes a great character actor to assume the character's persona he is dressed up to portray: a caveman!
- Reprints
- in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #176 (December 1965)
-
- Keywords
- Bat-Cave; Batmobile; Gotham City; Wayne Mansion
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn and inker credit verified by 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
- Lots of traffic on this corner!
- Feature Logo
Casey the Cop- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
- Synopsis
- Casey confronts a lady who illegally parks her car.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Caveman at Large!
Batman and Robin -
1.
Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!
Wilson Chemical Co. -
2.
The House of Batman
Batman and Robin -
3.
Here Are the Prizes
-
4.
The Big Dance
-
5.
The Batman from Babylon
Batman and Robin -
6.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Co. -
7.
[no title indexed]
DeLuxe Photo Service -
8.
Scotland Yard's Search for a Stone
-
9.
["Nice Doggie!"]
Pretzels -
10.
["Oh my gosh! It's awfully late!"]
Little Pete -
11.
The Caveman at Large
Batman and Robin -
12.
["Lots of traffic on this corner!"]
Casey the Cop -
13.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
14.
[no title indexed]
Cheerful Card Company -
15.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute -
16.
[no title indexed]
Nutty Putty
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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