Batman #156

(June 1963)

Not Wanted: High School Dropouts! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff?

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

The Secret of the Ant-Man (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 7.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

David Huffine ?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Edie (Dick's date for a dance); Bat-Hound [Ace]; H. H. Hobbs (school benefactor); Mr. Stine (school Biology teacher); Professor Hanson (scientist); Ant-Man [Jumbo Carson] (villain); Al Welles (villain, mob leader); Brady Brothers (villains)

Synopsis:

After Batman announces that he is going away on a secret Government mission, a pint-sized crime fighter by the name of Ant-Man pops up to help him out, but the Boy Wonder wrongly guesses that it is Batman in disguise.

Reprints:

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #185 (October-November 1966)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G27 (October 1966)
• in Lynvingen (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #11/1967 ([november] 1967)

Keywords:

Bat-Cave

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, inker credit verified by Paris.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

True Crime Laffs / 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

Robin Dies at Dawn (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 16.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

Stan Starkman

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Ace the Bat-Hound; Commissioner James Gordon; un-named Army doctor; Gorilla Gang [Pete; Luke; one un-named] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis:

Batman undergoes a test simulation for a situation that astronauts may one day face alone in outer space, and during that simulation he sees Robin dies. After the test is over, Batman faces the terrible side-effects of his simulation, believing that Robin will actually die, and it so complicates his fight against crime, he decides to retire!

Reprints:

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #185 (October-November 1966) [2 part story]
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G27 (October 1966)
• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] [1] ([November] 1988) [[1]]
• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) #nn [1] ([June] 1989), #nn [1] ([June] 1989)
• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) #[nn] ([June] 1989), #[nn] ([June] 1989)
• in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #7 - Batman (2005)
• in Batman: The Black Casebook (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([June] 2009)
• in Grant Morrison présente Batman (Urban Comics, 2012 series) #4 (janvier 2013)

Keywords:

Bat-Cave; Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Wayne Mansion

Indexer Notes

Story told in two chapters. Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn and inker credit verified by Paris.