DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2

([October] 2010)

Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 4 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Uslan (credited, signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

So why would DC publish, in is Classics Library line, a collection of comic that were themselves originally ... collections of comics?

Indexer Notes

Contains a set of panels showing differences between the original story and the reprint in the Annual.

[Batman Annual #4: The Secret Adventures of Batman and Robin] (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited); Sheldon Moldoff (credited); Win Mortimer (credited)

Inks

Stan Kaye (credited); Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]

Reprints

• from Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #4 (Winter 1962-1963)
which is reprinted
• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #99 (April 1956)
• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #235 (September 1956), #247 (September 1957)
• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #122 (March 1959)

The First Batman (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

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In an honored space in the Bat-cave's famed trophy room hands a strange yet oddly familiar garb -- the costume of another Batman!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Thomas Wayne]; Lew Moxon

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #235 (September 1956)

Am I Really Batman? (Table of Contents: 5)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Letters

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It was like a nightmare, as everything that Batman took for granted suddenly seemed a lie -- something he imagined!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Professor Achilles Milo

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #112 (December 1957)

The Batwoman (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Letters

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Don't worry, Batman and Robin -- I'll save you!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #233 (July 1956)

The Vanished Batman (Table of Contents: 7)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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A great mystery bursts upon Gotham City when its most famous citizen disappears.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; James Gordon; Pack Purdy; John Vair

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #101 (August 1956)

The Phantom of the Bat-Cave! (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Beneath a millionaire's mansion lies a hidden, subterranean cavern...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Pardu

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #99 (April 1956)

Batman's College Days (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Have you ever wondered where Bruce Wayne went to prepare himself for his dangerous career as Batman?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Batman]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joe Danton

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #96 (December 1955)

The Marriage of Batman and Batwoman (Table of Contents: 10)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Ray Burnley (credited)

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Although his career as crime-fighter is sometimes a lonely one, up till now, batman has never allowed himself to think of marriage--

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #122 (March 1959)

The Second Boy Wonder! (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron (credited as France Herron)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Many a hardened criminal has sought the true identity of Batman, but it was a young, freckle-faced boy who came closer than all the schemers of the underworld to exposing Bruce Wayne in his role of the masked crime-fighter.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #105 (February 1957)

The Man Who Ended Batman's Career (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Letters

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What's this?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Achilles Milo

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #247 (September 1957)

[Batman Annual #5: The Strange Lives of Batman and Robin] (Table of Contents: 13)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited); Dick Sprang (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited); Stan Kaye (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #5 (Summer 1963)

The Power That Doomed Batman (Table of Contents: 14)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Imagine having super-strength!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #268 (June 1959)

The Merman Batman (Table of Contents: 15)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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When a fantastic accident transforms the mighty Batman into a human "fish," apparently doomed to live in the ominous world of water forever, the determined crime-fighter refuses to retire until he cracks his last case!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #118 (September 1958)

Rip Van Batman (Table of Contents: 16)

Batman; Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Overnight, everything had changed for Batman!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #119 (October 1958)

The Zebra Batman (Table of Contents: 17)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Now, Batman -- I'll show you what I can really do with my power!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Zebra-Man [Jack Baker]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #275 (January 1960)

The Grown-Up Boy Wonder (Table of Contents: 18)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Stan Kaye (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

What's this?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Owlman [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #107 (April 1957)

The Bewitched Batman (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script

Jerry Coleman (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

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Batman! Stop!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #109 (May 1960)

The Phantom Batman (Table of Contents: 20)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

Dick Sprang (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Letters

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The strangest of all dooms strikes Batman, and gives him a power no human being has ever possessed before!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #110 (September 1957)

The Giant Batman (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

Dick Sprang (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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The miraculous achievements of modern-day science have changed the world!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #243 (May 1957)

Indexer Notes

Original story title is "Batman the Giant!".

[Batman Annual #6: Batman and Robin's Most Thrilling Mystery Cases!] (Table of Contents: 22)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited); Win Mortimer (credited)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (credited); Win Mortimer (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6 (Winter 1963-1964)

Murder at Mystery Castle (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Letters

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From out of the past comes the strange home of a modern millionaire...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #246 (August 1957)

The Gotham City Safari (Table of Contents: 24)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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From Mexico to Africa -- from Africa to India -- from India to Malay -- Batman and Robin went on a dangerous manhunt and made the trek in just one short hour!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #111 (October 1957)

Mystery of the Sky Museum! (Table of Contents: 25)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Letters

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Strange and grotesque were the world's first airplanes, balloons, and dirigibles invented by geniuses who dreamt of flying.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #94 (September 1955)

The Mystery of the Four Batmen! (Table of Contents: 26)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

Dick Sprang (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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There's only one Batman!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #88 (December 1954)

The Creature From the Green Lagoon (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

Dave Wood (credited as David Wood)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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I can't escape this fantastic creature much longer -- and if I surface, it will surely mean my doom!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #252 (February 1958)

The Map of Mystery! (Table of Contents: 28)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

Dick Sprang (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Maps have always been signposts to adventure, from the old pirate treasure charts to the big and modern maps fliers use today!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #91 (April 1955)

The Danger Club (Table of Contents: 29)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

Lew Sayre Schwartz (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Every day they dueled with death.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #76 (April-May 1953)

Doom in Dinosaur Hall! (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Amid bizarre creatures of the prehistoric past, Batman faces one of his greatest challenges -- and one of the greatest threats to his life.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #255 (May 1958)

Indexer Notes

Original story title is "Death in Dinosaur Hall".

[Batman Annual #7: Thrilling Adventures of the Whole Batman Family!] (Table of Contents: 31)

Batman and Robin / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited); Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (credited); Stan Kaye (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat-Girl [Betty Kane]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Bat-Hound [Ace]; Bat-Mite; Batman II [Dick Grayson]; Robin II [Bruce Wayne, Jr.]

Reprints

• from Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #7 (Summer 1964)
which is reprinted
• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #267 (May 1959)
• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #131 (April 1960), #133 (August 1960), #139 (April 1961)

Batman Meets Bat-Mite (Table of Contents: 32)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Is he an elf?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat-Mite

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #267 (May 1959)

The Secret Life of Bat-Hound (Table of Contents: 33)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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This is probably the strangest story you've ever read!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat-Hound [Ace]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Mr. Midas

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #125 (August 1959)

Bat-Girl! (Table of Contents: 34)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Criminals beware!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Bat-Girl [Betty Kane]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #139 (April 1961)

The Dynamic Trio (Table of Contents: 35)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Most famous of all partners are Batman and Robin, the dynamic duo whose flashing skills make them the world's greatest lawmen!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mysteryman [James Gordon]; Vicki Vale

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #245 (July 1957)

The Secret of Batman's Butler (Table of Contents: 36)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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One man alone knows the answer to the greatest mystery of modern times -- the identities of Batman and Robin!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #110 (September 1957)

Superman and Robin! (Table of Contents: 37)

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

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

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Batman and Robin... two names that are always paired!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #75 (March-April 1955)

Batwoman's Publicity Agent (Table of Contents: 38)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

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Beware!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Bat-Hound [Ace]; Bat-Mite

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #133 (August 1960)

The Second Batman and Robin Team (Table of Contents: 39)

Batman II and Robin II / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (credited)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Charles Paris (credited)

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Some day, Batman will be old -- some day, Batman will have to retire!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman II [Dick Grayson]; Robin II [Bruce Wayne, Jr.]; Alfred Pennyworth; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batwoman [Kathy Wayne]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #131 (April 1960)

Greetings From the Batman Family (Table of Contents: 40)

Batman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Colors

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat-Girl [Betty Kane]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Bat-Mite; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Bat-Hound [Ace]

Reprints

• from Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #7 (Summer 1964)
which is reprinted
• from Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 ([Winter] 1961)

Biographies (Table of Contents: 41)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Biographies for Ray Burnley; Jerry Coleman; Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton, France E. "Eddie" Herron, Stan Kaye, Sheldon Moldoff, James Winslow "Win" Mortimer, Charles Paris, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Dick Sprang, Curt Swan, and David Wood,