Batman #113

(February 1958)

The Menace of False Face (Table of Contents)

Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

Pat Gordon

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Parker (jewelry store employee); P. S. Smithington (uranium millionaire); False Face [aka P.S. Smithington] (villain)

Synopsis:

Batman discovers that False Face has impersonated a wealthy uranium tycoon named P.S. Smithington, and, as Smithington, he has robbed a local Gotham City jewelry store, framing the true Smithington for the crime. Batman manages to rescue the actual Smithington, but is unable to recover the stolen jewels.

Reprints:

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #198 (February 1968)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G43 (January-February 1968)
• in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #7/1979 (Juni 1979)

Indexer Notes

Inker credit verified by Paris.

[Check less than one dollar] (Table of Contents)

Strange Laws! / filler / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger

Inks:

Morris Waldinger

Colors:

?

Letters:

Morris Waldinger

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #26 (February-March 1952)

["I arrested these two men, sergeant"] (Table of Contents)

Casey the Cop / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Title changes to first line of dialog to facilitate reprint tracking.

Batman Meets Fatman (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Fatman

Reprints:

• in Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #4 (March-April 1976)
• in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #7/1979 (uke 27 1979)

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Martin O'Hearn, and inker credit confirmed by Paris.

The Flushing Remonstrance (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff ?

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

Ira Schnapp

Letters:

?

[Many forms of mystery stories have been found in early literature] (Table of Contents)

History of Detective Mystery / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger

Inks:

Morris Waldinger

Colors:

?

Letters:

Morris Waldinger

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #64 (April-May 1951)

Indexer Notes

Art credit by Bob Rozakis and Gene Reed.

The Elusive Clue (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Batman -- The Superman of Planet X! (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

France Herron

Pencils:

Dick Sprang

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints:

• in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 ([Winter] 1961)
• in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #[nn] ([April] 2002)
• in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)
• in Batman: The Black Casebook (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([June] 2009)
• in Grant Morrison présente Batman (Urban Comics, 2012 series) #4 (janvier 2013)

Indexer Notes

Script and letterer credits from Martin O'Hearn. Both art credits verified by Sprang.

"Fingerprint knowledge probably goes back as far as Ancient Babylon" (Table of Contents)

Fingerprint Curios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger

Inks:

Morris Waldinger

Colors:

?

Letters:

Morris Waldinger

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; crime

Reprints:

• from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #33 (April-May 1953)

["Are you sure?"] (Table of Contents)

Warden Willis / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Title changed to first line of dialog to facilitate reprint tracking.