(Summer 1963)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.25 USD
- Pages:
- 84
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- On-sale date:
- 1963-05-23
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Jack Schiff
- Format:
- Standard Silver Age US color comic; square-bound; newsprint; was ongoing series
The Strange Lives Of Batman and Robin (Table of Contents)
Batman & Robin / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Moldoff; Dick Sprang
- Inks:
- Charles Paris; Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprinted:
- From interior stories.
"The Giant Batman" and "The Grown Up-Boy Wonder" illustrations reversed.
- From interior stories.
The Power that Doomed Batman (Table of Contents)
Batman & Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Moldoff [ghost for Bob Kane]
- Inks:
- Charles Paris
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; "Big Joe" Foster; Professor Blake
- Synopsis:
- Batman takes up a plane on an experimental flight, and, after crossing through the tail of a comet, finds himself glowing strangely and endowed with super powers. The Dynamic Duo must then race against the clock to find a cure before the glow dies away....along with Batman's life!
- Reprinted:
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #268 (June 1959)
The Merman Batman (Table of Contents)
Batman & Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Moldoff [ghost for Bob Kane]
- Inks:
- Charles Paris
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; Robin; Carl Smarte (first appearance; villain); Vince Kenton
- Synopsis:
- While chasing down a wanted criminal, Batman is struck by lightning and falls into the harbor. When he rises out of the water, he discovers that he cannot breathe air and has literally become a human fish.
- Reprinted:
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #118 (September 1958)
Rip Van Batman (Table of Contents)
Batman & Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Moldoff [ghost for Bob Kane]
- Inks:
- Charles Paris
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; Robin [also as Batman 2]; Robin 2 [unknown secret identity]
- Synopsis:
- Looking for criminal Al Hackett, Batman enters a greenhouse w/exotic flowers, however, after succumbing to the strange floral vapours, he passes out. On awakening, he finds himself in the future, but he has aged into an old man and discovers that Dick Grayson is now Batman, having taken on a new junior partner.
- Reprinted:
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #119 (November 1958)
The Zebra Batman (Table of Contents)
Batman & Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Moldoff [ghost for Bob Kane]
- Inks:
- Charles Paris
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; the Zebra-Man (first appearance; villain)
- Synopsis:
- An insideous criminal discovers a way to charge his body like a magnet to commit crimes, but Batman, in trying to stop him, accidently becomes charged as well, making the villain's capture difficult.
- Reprinted:
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #275 (January 1960)
The Grown-Up Boy Wonder (Table of Contents)
Batman & Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Moldoff [ghost for Bob Kane]
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Pat Gordon
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson, also as Owlman]; The Daredevils (first appearance; villains)
- Synopsis:
- While examining a lead-lined box Superman had brought back from outer space, Dick accidently touches a release, emitting a gas that causes him to grow bodily into manhood, thus forcing him to give up his Robin personna and to adopt a different crime fighting ID - The Owlman.
- Reprinted:
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #107 (May 1957)
The Bewitched Batman (Table of Contents)
Superman; Batman & Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Coleman
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Sheldon Moldoff ?; Stan Kaye ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Synopsis:
- While in England attending a convention, Batman stumbles into an ancient cave's "booby trap" set up years before by a sorcerer named Fangan. Robin appeals to Superman for help, as Batman believes that if he doesn't carry out Fangan's commands, he will perish.
- Reprinted:
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #109 (May 1960)
The Phantom Batman (Table of Contents)
Batman & Robin / comic story / 8 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]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon
- Synopsis:
- Batman inexplicably is affected by an explosion in an experimental electronics laboratory that reverses the atoms in his body.
- Reprinted:
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #110 (September 1957)
The Giant Batman (Table of Contents)
Batman & Robin / comic story / 12 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]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred; Doctor Greggson; Jay Vanney (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Batman & Robin are invited to Doctor Greggson's lab to witness two new inventions: the Maximizer and the Minimizer. Unfortunately, the Maximizer plays on the Caped Crusader, who begins to grow uncontrollably, and finds he must leave Gotham City for the people's protection, allowing crime to seemingly run rampant.
- Reprinted:
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #243 (May 1957) [as "Batman the Giant!"]
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Power that Doomed Batman
Batman & Robin -
2.
The Merman Batman
Batman & Robin -
3.
Rip Van Batman
Batman & Robin -
4.
The Zebra Batman
Batman & Robin -
5.
The Grown-Up Boy Wonder
Batman & Robin -
6.
The Bewitched Batman
Superman; Batman & Robin -
7.
The Phantom Batman
Batman & Robin -
8.
The Giant Batman
Batman & Robin
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