Batman #255
(March-April 1974)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.50
Pages:
100
Editing:
Julius Schwartz
Format: 
Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; monthly; ongoing series

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 2. Moon of the Wolf
    Batman
  3. 3. The First Batman
    Batman
  4. 4. The Duped Domestics!
    Batman
  5. 5. The Story of the Batmobile ...
    Batman
  6. 6. The True-False Face of Batman!
    Batman
  7. 7. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Maze
  8. 8. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Batman
  9. 9. Crazy-Quilt Comes Back!
    Robin
  10. 10. The Outsider Strikes Again!
    Batman
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bill Wormstedt
  • Lou Mougin
  • Craig Delich
  • John Greb
  • Carlos Tasada
  • Jeremy Heier
  • Terry Vraspir
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
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Issue Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Nick Cardy; Neal Adams
Inks:
Nick Cardy; Neal Adams
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
S-1299

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Anthony Lupus

Indexer Notes

[Cover story notes are the same as the issue notes (see Issue Notes above). This may mean that one or both set of notes need editing as a result of our recent migration to having separate issue and cover notes.]


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Neal Adams
Inks:
Neal Adams
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Reprinted:
  • from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #251 [reprint of page 21 of "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!"]

Indexer Notes

contents page


Moon of the Wolf (Table of Contents)

Batman / story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Len Wein
Pencils:
Neal Adams
Inks:
Dick Giordano
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
S-1531

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; James Gordon; Janet Bonner; Anthony Lupus; Professor Milo (death)

Indexer Notes

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


The First Batman (Table of Contents)

Batman / story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin
Reprinted:
  • from Detective Comics #235 (September 1956)

Indexer Notes

the "first" Batman, Bruce Wayne's father


The Duped Domestics! (Table of Contents)

Batman / story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Alvin Schwartz (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils:
Bob Kane (confirmed by Robinson)
Inks:
Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Colors:
George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin; Catwoman; Alfred Pennyworth
Reprinted:
  • from Batman #22 (April-May 1944)

The Story of the Batmobile ... (Table of Contents)

Batman / story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Sprang; Seldon Moldoff; Carmine Infantino; others
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Reprinted:
  • from ? [reprinted panels from various Batman stories]

The True-False Face of Batman! (Table of Contents)

Batman / story / 15.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Sid Greene
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
GS: Batgirl; Batman; Robin
Reprinted:
  • from Detective Comics #363 (May 1967)

Indexer Notes

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


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Bat-Maze / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Rozakis
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?

Indexer Notes

answer to Batman #254 puzzle


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Elliot S! Maggin and Mike W. Barr


Crazy-Quilt Comes Back! (Table of Contents)

Robin / story / 7.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
France Herron
Pencils:
Jim Mooney (verified by Mooney)
Inks:
Jim Mooney (verified by Mooney)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
V: Crazy-Quilt; Robin
Reprinted:
  • from Star Spangled Comics #123 (December 1951)

The Outsider Strikes Again! (Table of Contents)

Batman / story / 14.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (ghosting for Bob Kane)
Inks:
Joe Giella
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
V: Outsider; Batman
Reprinted:
  • from Detective Comics #340 (June 1965)

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.


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