Batman Annual #3

(Summer 1962)

The Mad Hatter of Gotham City (Table of Contents)

Batman & Robin / comic story / 12 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]; Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch]

Synopsis:

The Mad Hatter has a superb collection of stolen hats, but with Batman's cowl missing it is incomplete. The Dynamic Duo must then thwart a number of schemes designed to part the Masked Manhunter from his cowl.

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• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #230 (April 1956)

Indexer Notes

1966 Batman T.V. Series, episodes 69 - The Contaminated Cowl and 70 - The Mad Hatter Runs Fowl, were based on this story.

1st appearance of Mad Hatter 2 (see Batman (DC, 1940 Series) #49 (Oct-Nov 1948) for Mad Hatter 1).

Mad Hatter 2 is later revealed as an imposter.

The Human Firefly (Table of Contents)

Batman & Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed (France) Herron

Pencils:

Dick Sprang

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Firefly [Garfield Lynns]

Synopsis:

When theatrical lighting director Garfield Lynns is prevented from staging his first robbery, he makes his escape thanks to the light given off by a firefly. Inspired, he assumes the identity of the costumed criminal, Firefly.

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• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #184 (June 1952)

Indexer Notes

1st appearance and origin of Firefly.

The Mental Giant of Gotham City (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Dick Sprang

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Barney Barrows [Mental Giant]

Synopsis:

A freak accident gives police janitor Barney Barrow a super advanced brain, he then blackmails the Dynamic Duo into aiding him with his ever more dangerous methods of crime fighting.

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• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #217 (March 1955)

The Joker's Aces (Table of Contents)

Batman & Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

David Vern

Pencils:

Lew Sayre Schwartz

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker; Brice; Hopkins; Hop Dooley

Synopsis:

The Clown Prince of Crime recruits some new members for his gang, all of whom are perfectly suited for specific felonies.

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• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #59 (July-August 1952)

The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City (Table of Contents)

Batman & Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

David Vern

Pencils:

Lew Sayre Schwartz

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Gorilla Boss [also as George 'Boss' Dyke]

Synopsis:

Executed criminal George 'Boss' Dyke's brain is transplanted into a gorilla's head, after amassing a fortune from his crimes, his next plan is even more bizarre. He intends to transplant his brain again, but this time into Batman's head!

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• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #75 (February-March 1953)

The New Crimes of Two-Face (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Batman; Robin; Paul Sloane [Two-Face]; Harvey Dent

Synopsis:

Actor Paul Sloane is disfigured in an accident, this unhinges his mind and causes him to turn to crime as the second Two-Face.

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• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #68 (December 1951-January 1952)

Indexer Notes

The final 2 panels of page 2 and the 1st panel of page 3 have been cut and substituted with 2 newly created panels.

The original story depicted actor Paul Sloane becoming Two-Face after being scarred by a vial of acid, the version in this issue has Sloane being disfigured by an exploding Klieg light.

1st appearance of Paul Sloane, fittingly the second Two-Face.

The Mysterious Mirror Man (Table of Contents)

Batman & Robin / comic story / 12 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]; Mirror Man [Ventris]

Synopsis:

Ventris, a convict, escapes jail with the help of a broken mirror. He adopts the identity of the Mirror Man and sets out to uncover Batman's secret identity by using his X-Ray Mirror.

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• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #213 (November 1954)

Indexer Notes

panel 6 on page 8 has been re-captioned to fix a minor story telling error when originally published.