Inside front cover and inside back cover are blank.
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- ?
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- typeset
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- superhero
Title page.
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- ?
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- typeset
Credits and indicia.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fred Ray
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
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- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To Bob Kane and Bill Finger...
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
Dedication page
- Script
- Dick Giordano
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (Detective #27 cover); Carmine Infantino (Detective #366 cover); Sheldon Moldoff (Detective #255 cover); Ed Hannigan (Batman #368 cover); Joe Kubert (Detective #348 cover); Neal Adams (Detective #403 & Batman #241 covers)
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- Bob Kane (Detective #27 cover); Murphy Anderson (Detective #366 cover); Sheldon Moldoff (Detective #255 cover); Dick Giordano (Batman #368 cover); Joe Kubert (Detective #348 cover); Neal Adams (Detective #403 & Batman #241 covers)
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- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Robin [Jason Todd]
- Reprints
Dick Giordano discusses his relationship with Batman and the process of choosing stories for this volume. Illustrated with cover reproductions.
- Script
- Mike Gold
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (Batman #1 cover); Neal Adams (Batman #232 cover); Frank Miller (Dark Knight #1 cover)
- Inks
- Bob Kane (Batman #1 cover); Jerry Robinson (Batman #1 cover); Frank Miller (Dark Knight #1 cover); Neal Adams (#232 cover)
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- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ra's al Ghul
- Reprints
Mike Gold discusses picking the stories in this volume in more depth. Illustrated with cover reproductions.
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Bob Kane; Sheldon Moldoff (backgrounds)
- Inks
- Bob Kane; Sheldon Moldoff (backgrounds)
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Julie Madison; Dr. Trent; Monk
- Reprints
Title from Table of Contents. Sheldon Moldoff not credited on item.
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Bob Kane; Sheldon Moldoff (backgrounds)
- Inks
- Bob Kane; Sheldon Moldoff (backgrounds)
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Julie Madison; Monk; Dala
- Reprints
Title from Table of Contents. Sheldon Moldoff not credited on item.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Bob Kane; Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)
- Colors
- Nansi Hoolahan
- Letters
- Jerry Robinson
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hugo Strange
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Title from Table of Contents. Jerry Robinson not credited on item.
- Script
- Don C. Cameron
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joker; Penguin
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Jerry Robinson credited with pencils and George Roussos with inks on item. No writing credit given on item.
- Script
- Al Schwartz
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin
- Reprints
- from Batman and Robin Sunday (McClure Syndicate) 1946.02.10 - 1946.03.10
Title from Table of Contents. Writing uncredited on item.
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Joe Chill
- Reprints
Writing uncredited on item. Inking credited to Lou Schwartz on item.
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- ?
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer (cover illustrations)
- Inks
- Win Mortimer (cover illustrations)
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- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best in comics reading
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin
Faux ad in the classic DC style including small reproductions of the covers from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #120 (February 1947) and Batman (DC, 1940 series) #68 (December 1951-January 1952).
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Colors
- Michele Wolfman
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lew Moxon; Joey Chill
- Synopsis
- Batman realizes that Joe Chill had been hired to kill his parents and that the real man responsible for his parents' deaths is still alive and free.
- Reprints
Inks credited to Sheldon Moldoff and writing uncredited on item.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (cover illustrations)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (cover illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best in comics reading
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Thor
Faux ad in the classic DC style including small cover reproductions from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #265 (March 1959) and Batman (DC, 1940 series) #127 (October 1959).
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (cover illustrations)
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff (cover illustrations)
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- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best in comics reading
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Clayface [Matt Hagen]
Faux ad in the classic DC style includes small cover reproductions from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #284 (October 1960) and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #298 (December 1961).
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- Helen Vesik
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Blockbuster
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (Detective cover illustration); Carmine Infantino (Batman cover illustration)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (Detective cover illustration); Joe Giella (Batman cover illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best in comics reading
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Faux ad in the classic DC style including small cover reproductions from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #376 (June 1968) and Batman (DC, 1940 series) #183 (August 1966). At the bottom of page 8 of the previous sequence.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (cover illustrations)
- Inks
- Joe Giella (Detective cover illustration); Mike Esposito (Batman cover illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best in comics reading
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Weather Wizard; Flash [Barry Allen]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]
Faux ad in the classic DC style including small cover reproductions from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #353 (July 1966) and Batman (DC, 1940 series) #197 (December 1967).
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Heinrich Franz; Enemy Ace
- Reprints
Lettering not credited on item.
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It is hushed, here... the only sounds are the muffled murmuring of swamp beasts and the gentle lap of water against grassy banks...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Two-Face (villain); Commissioner Gordon [James Gordon]; Arthur Reeves; Alfred Pennyworth; Billy the Tramp; Robin [Dick Grayson] (flashback); Boss Maroni (flashback)
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- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Batrope; GCPD Headquarters; Gotham City; Nautical Museum; Two-Face's coin; Wayne Foundation
- Script
- Frank Robbins
- Pencils
- Frank Robbins
- Inks
- Frank Robbins
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-1296
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Man-Bat; Francine Langstrom; Alfred Pennyworth
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- Script
- Archie Goodwin
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo
- Inks
- Jim Aparo
- Colors
- Petra Goldberg
- Letters
- Jim Aparo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; James Gordon; Judd Thaxton; Austin Spires; Maxus Wingate
- Reprints
- Script
- Archie Goodwin
- Pencils
- Alex Toth
- Inks
- Alex Toth
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Alex Toth
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin (original editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (original assistant editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Earlier, a flash storm had shattered this Spring evening in Gotham!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Eve Dancer; Mason Terrell; Doug Garth; Rick Halstrom; Ben Dancer; Benjy Dancer
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- Keywords
- Batarang; Gotham City; SPAD S.XIII
With due homage to Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, and Neal Adams.
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils
- Dick Giordano
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- Julia Lacquement
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- S-2177
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Leslie Thompkins (introduction); Alfred Pennyworth; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Joe Chill
- Reprints
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils
- Marshall Rogers
- Inks
- Marshall Rogers
- Colors
- Bill Wray
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At eight o'clock the special prosecutor died.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Anthony Toombs; Milo Lewes; Gimp Malone; Boilerplate Thomas; Bernie Sorrel; Benjamin
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- Keywords
- Batcave; Gotham City; Utility Belt; Wayne Foundation
Prose story with illustrations.
- Script
- Steve Englehart
- Pencils
- Marshall Rogers
- Inks
- Terry Austin
- Colors
- Julianna Ferriter
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- superhero
- Synopsis
- With Penguin's unwilling help, Deadshot escapes from prison and seeks revenge on Batman, but a giant typewriter proves his undoing.
- Reprints
- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- Petra Goldberg
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Calendar Man; Two-Face (cameo); James Gordon; Dr. Douglas Dundee; Lucius Fox
- Reprints
- Script
- Robert Greenberger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (Detective cover); Bernie Wrightson (Batman illustrations); Joe Staton (Catwoman illustration)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson (Detective cover); Bernie Wrightson (Batman illustrations); Bob Layton (Catwoman illustration)
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- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Illustrated with the cover from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #38, and details from Swamp Thing (DC, 1972 series) #7 and DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #17.
- Script
- Mark Waid
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson (Detective #74 cover); Jim Mooney (Batman #60 cover); Sheldon Moldoff (Detective #241 cover); Curt Swan (Detective #263 cover); Gil Kane (Batman #178 cover); Carmine Infantino (Detective #355 & Batman #195 covers); Irv Novick (Detective #379 cover); Neal Adams (Batman #227 cover); Bernie Wrightson (Batman #320 cover); Ed Hannigan (Batman #362 cover); Pat Broderick (Detective #551 cover); Klaus Janson (Detective #553 cover); Jim Starlin (Batman #402 cover); Kevin Nowlan (Batman #412 cover)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson (Detective #74 cover); Jim Mooney (Batman #60 cover); Sheldon Moldoff (Detective #241 cover); Stan Kaye (Detective #263 cover); Murphy Anderson (Batman #178 & 195 covers); Joe Giella (Detective #355 cover); Irv Novick (Detective #379 cover); Neal Adams (Batman #227 cover); Bernie Wrightson (Batman #320 cover); Dick Giordano (Batman #362 cover); Pat Broderick (Detective #551 cover); Klaus Janson (Detective #553 cover); Jim Starlin (Batman #402 cover); Kevin Nowlan (Batman #412 cover)
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- biography
Biographies of the major creators featured in this volume, illustrated with cover reproductions from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #74 (April 1943), Batman (DC, 1940 series) #60 (August-September 1950), Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #241 (March 1957), Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #263 (January 1959), Batman (DC, 1940 series) #178 (February 1966), Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #355 (September 1966), Batman (DC, 1940 series) #195 (September 1967), Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #379 (September 1968), Batman (DC, 1940 series) #227 (December 1970), Batman (DC, 1940 series) #320 (February 1980), Batman (DC, 1940 series) #362 (August 1983), Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #551 (June 1985), Batman (DC, 1940 series) #402 (December 1986), Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #553 (August 1985), and Batman (DC, 1940 series) #412 (October 1987).
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- Pencils
- Fred Ray
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson
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- ?
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- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A fiftieth anniversary celebration...
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- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Back cover. Credited to Bob Kane on item.