Batman #61

(October-November 1950)

The Birth of Batplane II! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

David Vern Reed (credit by O'Hearn)

Pencils:

Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)

Inks:

Charles Paris (verified by Paris)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Robin; The Boley Brothers [Bull, Slats, and Dave](villains); "Flying Tiger" Haggerty (intro); Col. Webb; Commissioner Gordon

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #203 (August 1968)
• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] [1] ([November] 1988)
• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) #nn [1] ([June] 1989)
• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) #[nn] ([June] 1989)
• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] [1]
• in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn [1]

Indexer Notes

Batplane II created in this story

The Mystery of the Winged People! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)

Inks:

Charles Paris (verified by Paris)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Robin; The Penguin (villain); Commissioner Gordon; Susan Hogarth

$100,000 in Smuggled Diamonds! (Table of Contents)

Ray-O-Vac / advertisement / pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Williamson ?

Inks:

Al Williamson ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

A true story from the US Bureau of Customs. Ray-O-Vac batteries help recover $100,000 in smuggled diamonds.

[""Aren't auction sales a lot of fun?] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / 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:

humor

["No buts-you take the bus to school"] (Table of Contents)

Bebe / comic story / 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

Railroad Quiz (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Raymond Perry

Inks:

Raymond Perry

Colors:

Raymond Perry ?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

["Gosh it's one of the hottest days of the year!"] (Table of Contents)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Snow reflects 75 percent of the sunlight that falls upon it!"] (Table of Contents)

Science Snaps / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Pencils:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Inks:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

The Wheelchair Crimefighter! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger ?

Pencils:

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

Inks:

Charles Paris (verified by Paris)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Robin; Dr. Chubb (Intro, villain); Vicki Vale; Commissioner Gordon; Babyface Fulop; Mug Ferrier

Synopsis:

Batman attempts to fight crime while confined to a wheelchair.

Indexer Notes

writer credit by Bob Hughes

["I got the knot hole first"] (Table of Contents)

Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ray Thompson [as Ray T]

Inks:

Ray Thompson [as Ray T]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Pud; Janie

["Peg, you should learn to be more economical"] (Table of Contents)

Peg / 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:

humor

["Bud, could I get a wrist watch the same easy way you got that air rifle"] (Table of Contents)

Bud and Sis; Cloverine / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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

Letters:

Ira Schnapp