Batman #52

(April-May 1949)

The Man With the Automatic Brain! (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only); Lew Schwartz

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Thinker (villain, introduction, not the Flash villain)

Indexer Notes

Bob Kane pencil credit confirmed by Schwartz, inker credit verified by Paris and letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

Batman and the Vikings! (Table of Contents)

Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger ?; Edmond Hamilton ?

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Olaf Erickson and other un-named Vikings (introduction for all); Indians (villains)

Synopsis:

When Bruce and Dick visit the Gotham City museum, they note an image of a Viking that looks like Bruce Wayne.....and who is labeled a coward, so they visit Carter Nichols to go back in time to discover the truth.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #193 (July-August 1967)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G37 (July-August 1967)

Keywords:

Gotham City

Indexer Notes

Revised pencil credit verified by Craig Delich (November 2005). Credit for Lew Schwartz deleted. Inker credit verified by Paris.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

none (Table of Contents)

Peg / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Fearless Wise Man (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Raymond Perry

Inks:

Raymond Perry

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cartoon Flips Starring Batman / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Pencils:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Inks:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Martin Naydel

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Indexer Notes

Inker credit added by Craig Delich 2012-9-20.

The Happy Victims! (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only); Lew Schwartz

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, Kane pencil credit confirmed by Schwartz, inker credit confirmed by Paris and letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.