Batman
#109
(August 1957)
DC,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of January, May, July, and November
- On-sale Date
- 1957-06-02
- 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 1,001 Inventions of Batman!
Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The stolen jewels are tied to the pigeons' legs!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
in The Untold Legend of the Batman [Batman Cereal Edition] (DC, 1989 series) #2 ([1989]) - in The Untold Legend of the Batman [MPI Audio Edition] (DC, 1989 series) #2 (June 1989)
- in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) ([June] 2002) [Batman & Robin figures]
-
Indexer Notes
Inker credit verified by Paris; letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th - Wins Big Game!
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Three Crimes Against Batman
Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Dragon Fly Machine is trying to make off...
- Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Bagley (villain); Bagley's gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- Batman turns the table on a crook who has successfully stolen several of the Caped Crusader's prized trophies.
- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; Batmarine; Gotham City
Indexer Notes
Inker credit verified by Paris.
Earn While You Learn!
public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Haven't seen you for a while, Steve.
- Genre
- advocacy
- Characters
- Steve; Walt
[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
- This is the place!
- Feature Logo
Casey the Cop- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
- Reprints
-
in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #19 ([April 1958])
-
Follow the Batman
Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After Batman!
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Henry Larabee; Waller (villain); Waller's gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- A crook named Waller sees the Batmobile run off the road, knocking out the Caped Crusader and injuring Robin, and he decides to use the occasion to replace the Batman for his own purposes.
- Reprints
- in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #20 ([January 1958])
-
- Keywords
- Batmobile; Gotham City
Indexer Notes
Inker credit verified by Paris.
[no title indexed]
Warden Willis / 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
- Click! Click!" "You seem quite busy with that camera!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Warden Willis
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hands up, bud!
- Feature Logo
Shorty- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Shorty
- Synopsis
- A mugger tries to steal a bag from Shorty.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #178 (July 1952)
-
- Keywords
- bowling ball
Beware: Detective at Work
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "All right, men, there you have it," said...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Joe Grady; Norman Streeter
The 1,001 Inventions of Batman
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]; Commissioner James Gordon (cameo, flashback); Curt Mathias (villain); Mathias' gang (villains); Verne Hainey (villain, mob leader, flashback)
- Synopsis
- Unbeknownst to Batman and Robin, a criminal scientist succeeds in X-raying and then building his version of the Batman's effective crime tool, the Flying Eye, to use against the Dynamic Duo.
- Reprints
- in Batman (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #91 ([December 1957])
- in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 ([Summer] 1961) [retitled]
-
in Superman (Interpresse, 1965 series) #9 ([juin] 1966) [Noir et blanc [Black and white]] - in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #261 (March-April 1975)
-
in Batman Monthly (Egmont UK, 1988 series) #10 (March 1989) - in Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) ([August] 1999) [retitled]
- in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([June] 2009)
-
- Keywords
- Bat-Cave; Batmobile; Batplane; Detonating Ray; Flying Eye; Human Jet-Power Unit; Sleuth Machine
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Batman Annual #1, the story was re-titled "The Amazing Inventions of Batman."
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, penciler credit verified by Sprang, and inker credit verified by Paris.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The 1,001 Inventions of Batman!
Batman and Robin -
1.
Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th - Wins Big Game!
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve -
2.
Three Crimes Against Batman
Batman and Robin -
3.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamps -
4.
Earn While You Learn!
-
5.
["This is the place!"]
Casey the Cop -
6.
Follow the Batman
Batman and Robin -
7.
["Click! Click!" "You seem quite busy with that camera!"]
Warden Willis -
8.
["Hands up, bud!"]
Shorty -
9.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
10.
Beware: Detective at Work
-
11.
The 1,001 Inventions of Batman
Batman and Robin -
12.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers -
13.
[no title indexed]
Build Your Own Cannon -
14.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns -
15.
Junior Sales Club Batting Tips
Junior Sales Club of America Cards -
16.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Matthias Hofmann
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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