(September 1957)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly, with the exception of January, May, July and November
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; monthly; ongoing series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Phantom Batman!
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Reprints:
- in Untold Legend of the Batman, The [MPI Audio Edition] (DC, 1980 series) #2
Indexer Notes
Letters credit from Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
Crime-of-the-Month Club!
Batman / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Dave Wood
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang
- Inks:
- Charles Paris
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Pat Gordon
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] ([December] 1988)
- in Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (Longmeadow Press, 1990 series) #[nn] ([November] 1990)
- in The Joker: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([June] 2008)
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Pencils credits verified by Sprang. Inks credit verified by Paris.
Danger Prejudice at Work!
public service announcement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff ?
- Pencils:
- Ruben Moreira
- Inks:
- Ruben Moreira
- Colors:
- Ira Schnapp
- Letters:
- ?
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
The Secret of Batman's Butler
Batman / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Pat Gordon
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #7 (Summer 1964)
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #20/1967 (7.Oktober 1967)
- in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([August] 2010)
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.
[no title indexed]
Warden Willis / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
Tin Badges of the Rails
text story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime
The Phantom Batman
Batman / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang
- Inks:
- Charles Paris
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Pat Gordon
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred; Commissioner Gordon
- Synopsis:
- Batman inexplicably is affected by an explosion in an experimental electronics laboratory that reverses the atoms in his body.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #5 (Summer 1963)
- in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([August] 2010)
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-3-07. Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Pencils credit verified by Sprang. Inks credit verified by Paris.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Crime-of-the-Month Club!
Batman -
2.
Danger Prejudice at Work!
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop -
4.
The Secret of Batman's Butler
Batman -
5.
[no title indexed]
Warden Willis -
6.
Tin Badges of the Rails
-
7.
The Phantom Batman
Batman
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Matthew Peets
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bill Wormstedt
- Lou Mougin
- Craig Delich
- John Greb
- Carlos Tasada
- Jeremy Heier
- Terry Vraspir
- Donald Dale Milne
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
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