Batman #190
(March 1967)

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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Jan. and April; (semi-monthly, Dec.)
On-sale Date
1967-01-19
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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino (signed as Infantino)
Inks
Joe Giella (signed as Giella)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Reprints
Keywords
Bat-Shield; Go-Go Checks

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The Penguin Takes a Flyer -- Into the Future! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 21.5 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Penguin robot (villain); Penguin's gang [Bald Eagle; others unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis
Penguin attempts to fool the Caped Crusaders into believing that his new tricks are based on futuristic technology. When this fails and his gang is captured the Fowl villain begins using robotic umbrellas against the Dynamic Duo.
Reprints
Keywords
Bat-Umbrella; Batmobile; 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.

The credits in the Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told are incorrect, as they were accidentally pasted on the wrong story.

Story across 23 pages in three parts of 7.5, 9.5, and 4.5 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Letters to the Batcave / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Dave Truesdale, Guy H. Lillian III, Frank Klein, and Irene Vartanoff.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Job Number
6487
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mister, can I have the scraps of asphalt roofing?
Genre
children; non-fiction
Synopsis
Using cut-up asphalt roofing as a gravel bed on toy train layouts.

Indexer Notes

Thanks to Steve Holland, Iowa City, Iowa.

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

Letters to the Batcave / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Letters to the Batcave -- Extra

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from David B. Colby, Marcy Slyh, and Paul Simon.

Countdown on Excellence (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Editing
Jack Schiff

Genre
advocacy
Characters
Jerry; Jerry's father
Synopsis
Jerry gets a lecture from his father on the importance of doing every job right.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly, which previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated May of 1963.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  2. 1. The Penguin Takes a Flyer -- Into the Future!
    Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Batcave
  4. 3. ["Mister, can I have the scraps of asphalt roofing?"]
    Cap's Hobby Hints
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Batcave
  6. 5. Countdown on Excellence
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Matthew Peets
  • J.D. Sebastian
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore