Batman #142
(September 1961)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Jan., May, July, and Nov.
On-sale Date
1961-07-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Jack Schiff (credited) (editor); Murray Boltinoff (credited) (associate editor); George Kashdan (credited) (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Ruler of the Bewitched Valley! (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fools! You were warned of my powers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hartley
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

Complete 4 Piece Matched Set of Luggage (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Matched Set of Luggage / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Batman's Robot-Guardian (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

First Line of Dialogue or Text
From the vast reaches of outer space it came!
Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tal-Dar (alien); a robot guardian (death); several crooks (villains)
Synopsis
Having received a guardian robot from an alien he once befriended, Batman discovers the creature will not allow the Caped Crusader to put his life on the line in fighting crooks.

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Martin O'Hearn from http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/. Inker credit verified by Paris.

Tootsie Roll Makes History! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Secret Origins / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Right to Be Different! (Table of Contents: 6)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come on, Pete, we're going for a swim!
Genre
advocacy
Characters
Pete; Fred; Sam

The Crimes of the Ancient Mariner (Table of Contents: 7)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Dutton (owner of Dutton Shipyards, introduction); Mr. Stubbs [aka The Ancient Mariner] (retired sea-Captain, introduction); Davy Jones (Stubbs' pet albatross); Ancient Mariner [Tom Travis] (villain, boarding house manager, introduction); Travis' henchmen (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Some clever crooks, intent with making off with a company payroll, fool the Caped Crusaders into believing that an old seafarer is a crook.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn from http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/. Inker credit verified by Moldoff.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

150 Civil War Soldiers! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Letters to the Bat-Cave / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Batman

Indexer Notes

Letters from Butch Shaw, Beatrice Thorpe, Danny Evers, Edward Calazzo, Aaron Bridges, Sid Kane, Harry Finch, and George Kelsey.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Ruler of the Bewitched Valley (Table of Contents: 14)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Regan (detective); Hartley (villain, renegade scientist); Hartley's thugs (villains)
Synopsis
The Caped Crusaders follow a renegade scientist to Central America, where he has created a series of automated robots that fool the superstitious natives.
Reprints
Keywords
Mayans; Texcatlipoca

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Martin O'Hearn. Inker credit verified by Charles Paris.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Frontier Cabin (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

204 Revolutionary War Soldiers (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Ruler of the Bewitched Valley!
    Batman and Robin
  2. 1. Complete 4 Piece Matched Set of Luggage
    Matched Set of Luggage
  3. 2. Batman's Robot-Guardian
    Batman and Robin
  4. 3. Tootsie Roll Makes History!
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. ["See the many fantastic faces of Superman..."]
    Superman
  6. 5. ["At Last!"]
    Secret Origins
  7. 6. The Right to Be Different!
  8. 7. The Crimes of the Ancient Mariner
    Batman and Robin
  9. 8. ["There's more than meets the eye..."]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  10. 9. 150 Civil War Soldiers!
    150 Civil War Soldiers
  11. 10. ["Free! World-wide stamps... just released!"]
    Garcelon Stamps
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Bat-Cave
  13. 12. ["The untold stories of Batman and Robin's top secrets..."]
    Batman
  14. 13. ["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  15. 14. Ruler of the Bewitched Valley
    Batman and Robin
  16. 15. ["Guaranteed to make you smile..."]
    Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar
  17. 16. Frontier Cabin
    Frontier Cabin
  18. 17. ["If you know just 20 people..."]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  19. 18. ["Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men! Free! Zodiac ring..."]
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  20. 19. 204 Revolutionary War Soldiers
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore