Detective Comics #164

(October 1950)

Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Writer B (Martin O'Hearn)

Pencils:

Bob Kane (some Batman & Robin figures) (signed); Lew Sayre Schwartz

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; un-named Gotham City Gazette City Editor); Dave Purdy (Gotham City Gazette reporter); Tiger Bishop (villain); Big Red (villain, flashback); "Killer" Craig (villain, flashback)

Synopsis:

News reporter Dave Purdy is given a seemingly easy assignment: he must find and report on a case in which the Bat-Signal ALONE saved a person.

Reprints:

• in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 ([Summer] 1961)
• in Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] ([August] 1999)
• in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)
• in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #8 ([June] 2012)

Keywords:

Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Batplane

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Pencil credit addition of Kane by Craig Delich (November 2005), verified to him by Schwartz. Pictured in the story is a detailed schematic of the Bat-Signal.

The Case of the Talking Dead (Table of Contents)

Impossible -- But True / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Barry

Inks:

Dan Barry

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Roy Raymond

none (Table of Contents)

Peg / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Robot-mobile (Table of Contents)

Robotman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lee Elias?

Inks:

Lee Elias?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Robotman

none (Table of Contents)

Little Orville / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

none (Table of Contents)

Bonny / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Lady With a Gun (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Indexer Notes

about Annie Oakley

none (Table of Contents)

Casey the Cop / filler / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

School Children 'Round the World (Table of Contents)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

The Warriors in Wampum (Table of Contents)

Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bruno Premiani?

Inks:

Bruno Premiani?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Pow-Wow Smith

none (Table of Contents)

Shorty / filler / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor