Batman
#178
(February 1966)
DC,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Jan., April & Oct.; (semi-monthly, Dec.)
- On-sale Date
- 1965-12-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[Raid of the Rocketeers!]
Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Rocketeers (villains)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Gotham City
in 
in 
Raid of the Rocketeers!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 11.34 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Hank Nelson; The Rocketeers (villains)
- Synopsis
- When two experimental missiles disappear after being launched, the Caped Crusaders follow the path of the third missile and discover that it has been intercepted by a strange beam, set in motion by jet-propelled crooks!
- Reprints
-
in Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #2/1966 (1966) -
in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([August] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- Gotham City
Indexer Notes
Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.
Story in two parts of 5.67 pages each.
Fingerprint Oddities!
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; detective-mystery
- Reprints
- from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #27 (April-May 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
Cap's Hobby Center / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can you repair this space ship?
- Genre
- humor
The Loan Shark's Hidden Hoard!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Sid Greene
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; "Shark" Sharkey (villain, loan shark); Sharkey's gang [Louie; Mako; Chesty; rest unnamed] (villains); Rosy (villain, grifter); Weeper (villain, grifter)
- Synopsis
- Rosy and Weeper borrow money from a loan shark to bet on a race, and promptly end up losing. They fear that Sharkey will kill them so the Dynamic Duo step in before that can happen.
- Reprints
- in Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #1/1966 (1966)
- in Lynvingen Stort Julenummer (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1970 ([desember 1969])
-
in Batman Annual (Thorpe & Porter, 1970 series) #[nn] ([1970]) - in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([August] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.
[no title indexed]
Letters to the Batcave / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from John Thelin, Robert O'Donnell, David McLaughlin, Ronnie Schwartz, George Davis and G. Allan Poole. First announcement of Batman becoming a TV series.
[no title indexed]
Warden Willis / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Warden, that mattress is old and lumpy. It's killing my back!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Warden Willis
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #267 (May 1959)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Raid of the Rocketeers!]
Batman and Robin -
1.
Raid of the Rocketeers!
Batman and Robin -
2.
Fingerprint Oddities!
-
3.
The Invisible Handicap!
-
4.
["Can you repair this space ship?"]
Cap's Hobby Center -
5.
The Loan Shark's Hidden Hoard!
Batman and Robin -
6.
[no title indexed]
Letters to the Batcave -
7.
["Warden, that mattress is old and lumpy. It's killing my back!"]
Warden Willis
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Craig Delich
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike Wagner
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