Batman Archives #8

([August] 2012)

[Title Page] (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman and Robin / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Lew Sayre Schwartz; Win Mortimer (Robin figure)

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Red Hood [The Joker]

Synopsis

Title page illustration taken from the splash page of "The Man Behind the Red Hood!" from Detective Comics #168.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

indicia and publisher information

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Robin [Dick Grayson]

Synopsis

Table of Contents with image taken from "The Race of the Century" from Detective Comics #157.

Foreword (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Michael Uslan

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Synopsis

Forward with image taken from "Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal" from Detective Comics #164.

[Detective Comics #155] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #155 (January 1950)

Bruce Wayne, Private Detective! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

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

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale; Ed Wedge (detective); Tracks Carlin (villain, flashback); Frank Kelcey (villain, architect); Tilley (villain, Carlin's attorney)

Synopsis

Bruce subs for a famed detective as he recuperates from appendix surgery. He immediately gets two clients, both of whom want a model train that once belonged to a criminal, Tracks Carlin......and are willing to get it any any cost!

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #155 (January 1950)

Keywords

Batcave; Gotham City; Picture Magazine

Indexer Notes

Oddity: Batman throws his gauntlets into a wind tunnel motor to save his life. Yet, in the next panel, he is still wearing his gauntlets!

[Detective Comics #156] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Dick Sprang

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #156 (February 1950)

Keywords

Batmobile

The Batmobile of 1950! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; un-named magician; Smiley Dix (villain); Snake (villain); Zoot (villain)

Synopsis

After being injured in a wreck involving the Batmobile while chasing some crooks, Batman finds himself laid up, unable to fight crime......or so is thought by crookdom, who are soon introduced to the fearsome capablities of the new Batmobile!

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #156 (February 1950)

Keywords

Batcave; Batmobile of the 1950's (introduction); belt radio; Gotham City; Gotham News

[Detective Comics #157] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #157 (March 1950)

The Race of the Century (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale; Atkins (Canadian Mounted Policeman, death); un-named RCMP medical examiner; The Masked Highwayman [Bart Gillis] (villain)

Synopsis

Batman and Robin volunteer their help to the Royal Canadian Mountain Police to help locate and round up the Masked Highwayman, who is believed to shot and killed a RCMP member. The problem is: without the murder bullet, the Highwayman cannot be charged with the crime!

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #157 (March 1950)

Keywords

Batmobile; Daily Gazette; Evening Star; Globe; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Rocket (a horse); The Courier

Indexer Notes

Oddity: Vicki Vale is a blonde in this story.

[Detective Comics #158] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #158 (April 1950)

Keywords

Hall of Trophies

The Thousand and One Trophies of Batman! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Jean-Paul Valley]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Doom (villain, smuggler, death); The Joker (villain, image)

Synopsis

As they add trophy 1000 to the Bat-Cave's collection, the Caped Crusaders decide to check over the other trophies to make sure they are in good shape. They are called out on another case, bringing back trophy 1001 unaware that the evil Dr. Doom is hiding inside and plans to rig some of the trophies in the Bat-Cave to kill the Dynamic Duo.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #158 (April 1950)

Keywords

Batcave; Batmobile; Gotham City; Hall of Trophies; Wayne Mansion

[Detective Comics #159] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; T. Worthington Chubb

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #159 (May 1950)

Bruce Wayne -- You Are Batman! (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Beagle; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; T. Worthington Chubb (villain); Chubb's gang [Lefty; Joe; rest un-named] (villains)

Synopsis

Bruce Wayne receives a special delivery letter in which the writer claims to know that he is Batman and warns him not to interfere with crimes being committed or his true identity will be revealed to the world.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #159 (May 1950)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batcave; Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City; Utility Belt; Wayne Mansion

[Detective Comics #160] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Globe-Trotter [Henry Guile III]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #160 (June 1950)

The Globe-Trotter of Crime! (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Inspector Chisolm (of Scotland Yard); Mackman (a swimmer); Inspector Bertand (of the French Surete); The Globe-Trotter [Henry Guile III] (villain, wealthy society figure); Frenshaw (villain, a fence)

Synopsis

Commissioner Gordon and famed Police officers from all over the world gather in Gotham City to recount one of Batman's toughest cases that involved them all before awarding the Dynamic Duo a trophy as "The Globe-Trotters of the Law".

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #160 (June 1950)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Batplane; Eiffel Tower; Gotham City

[Detective Comics #161] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #161 (July 1950)

Keywords

Bat-Cycle (introduction?)

00000000The Men Who Died on Time! (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script

?

Pencils

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

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; James Dice (theatrical producer, death); Fells (Dice's butler); Fred Barker (theatrical producer, death); Thomas Slade (former theatrical producer); Connie Bell (actress); Dr. French; Eddy Grace (former actor); Carl Rowland (fiancee of Connie Bell); The Avenger [Bell Waters] [aka as Wright] (villain, a jeweler)

Synopsis

Batman faces a clever criminal that targets theatrical producers, telling each of them that they will die at midnight. The "death" of Batman provides a clue to that killer.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #161 (July 1950)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette

[Detective Comics #162] (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #162 (August 1950)

The Law of the Iron Road! (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

?

Pencils

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

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; un-named Railroad Protective Association Chief; Kip Naylor (Railroad Protective Association agent); Miss Lawson (actress); Joe (railroad baggage man); Mr. Spangle (circus owner); Melville (villain, Miss Lawson's husband and fake train conductor); Mike (villain); Midge [aka Tim Thumb] (villain, ex-circus midget)

Synopsis

Batman decides to introduce Robin to the workings of the Railroad Protective Association and both are assigned to work with one of their top agents.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #162 (August 1950)

Keywords

Batmobile; Gotham City; Railroad Protective Association

[Detective Comics #163] (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #163 (September 1950)

The Men Who Feared Metal! (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script

Bill Finger ?

Pencils

Jim Mooney (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; un-named sanitarium doctors; "Slippery Jim" Elgin [aka "The Man of 1000 Faces"] (villain, death)

Synopsis

In a quirk of fate, a wanted criminal, seriously injured in an explosion, has a metallic splinter driven into his skull, which has queer magnetic properties, requiring him to stay away from anything metal.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #163 (September 1950)

Keywords

Bat-Cave; Batmobile; Baxter Experimental Laboratory; Gotham Chronicle; Gotham City; Utility Belt

[Detective Comics #164] (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #164 (October 1950)

Keywords

Bat-Signal

Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal! (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script

? (writer b)

Pencils

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

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; 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

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #164 (October 1950)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City; Gotham City Gazette; Gotham Morning News

Indexer Notes

Pictured in the story is a detailed schematic of the Bat-Signal.

[Detective Comics #165] (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #165 (November 1950)

Indexer Notes

Three of the four figures of Batman list a story title: "North Pole Crimes", "Crimes of the Future" and "The Modern Midas".

The Strange Costumes of Batman! (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Job Number

N-1073

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Robert Darcy (villain, expert technician and chemist); King Midas [George Midas] (villain, flashback]; The Joker (villain, image)

Synopsis

While making an inspection of equipment in the Bat-Cave, Bruce and Dick also must inspect the various costumes Batman and Robin use in their fight against crime for leaks and tears, and, as it turns out, a never before used costume saves the day for the Batman, who has been seriously wounded.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #165 (November 1950)

Keywords

Bat-Cave; Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Batplane; Gotham City; Saronia (a ship); Wayne Mansion

[Detective Comics #166] (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #166 (December 1950)

The Man With a Million Faces! (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hubert Harper (movie star); John Gillen [aka "the Man With a Million Faces"] (ex-convict); Mr. Corkin (jewelry salesman); Carey (villain, circus prop man); Withers (villain, circus prop man)

Synopsis

An ex-con, John Gillen, working with the Carson Circus and billed as "The Man With a Million Faces," astounds the public with his ability to visually imitate anyone. However, the Dynamic Duo discover two employees at the circus are using this fact to commit crimes and blame them on him.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #166 (December 1950)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Carson Circus; Gotham City

[Detective Comics #167] (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #167 (January 1951)

Bodyguards to Cleopatra! (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale; Cleopatra [aka The Great One]; Professor Carter Nichols; Yati (Royal scribe); Sebek (manager of the granaries); Takeloth (Chief of the Royal Police); Ka-Ra (villain, chief irrigation engineer)

Synopsis

Professor Nichols uses hypnosis to send Batman and Robin back to Cleopatra's Egypt to investigate their appearance in a mysterious ancient frieze.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #167 (January 1951)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Egypt; Gotham City; The Pyramids; time travel

[Detective Comics #168] (Table of Contents: 31)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Lew Sayre Schwartz

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Red Hood [The Joker]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #168 (February 1951)

The Man Behind the Red Hood! (Table of Contents: 32)

Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Lew Sayre Schwartz (signed as Bob Kane); Win Mortimer (Robin figure on splash)

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dean Chalmers (of State University); Paul Wong (student); Jimmy Kale (student); Earl "Farmerboy" Benson (villain, ex-con, university gardener); The Red Hood [The Joker](villain, origin)

Synopsis

Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #168 (February 1951)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batcave; Gotham City; State U. Tatler

[Detective Comics #169] (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #169 (March 1951)

Batman -- Boss of the Big House! (Table of Contents: 34)

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

Script

?

Pencils

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

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne] (also as Walter "Slug" Braden); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Glen Powers; Prison Warden Downs; Steve (prison guard); Dr. Fleming (prison doctor); Dead Shot [Floyd Lawton] (villain, cameo); "The Black Diamond" (villain, cameo); John "Squint" Tolmar (villain); Pete Dugan (villain, prison barber); "Big George" Howlett (villain, death); Jergens (villain); "Machine Gun" Porter (villain)

Synopsis

After Batman saves the life of an innocent condemned man on death row, the prison warden asks him to stick around as "acting Warden" until a new one is appointed. But he is puzzled as to why a prisoner that is scheduled to be released the next day attempts to break out the evening before. Batman figures that it may be connected to $250,000 missing since a robbery years before since the con occupies the same cell as the executed criminal responsible for the robbery.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #169 (March 1951)

Keywords

Bat Cave; Batmobile; Gotham City

[Detective Comics #170] (Table of Contents: 35)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #170 (April 1951)

The Flying Dutchman II! (Table of Contents: 36)

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

Script

?

Pencils

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

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

Evan Medeiros (color reconstruction)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hans Van Dirk (villain); Grimes (villain, crew member, death)

Synopsis

Batman and Robin venture out to track down a pirate submarine that has been torpedoing and looting cargo ships. However, after locating the vessel, the Dynamic Duo are captured and forced to become crew members on the new Flying Dutchman II. To make matters worse, the crew is taking bets as to who Batman actally is under the mask.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #170 (April 1951)

Keywords

Bat-Cave; Batplane; Gotham City

Biographies (Table of Contents: 37)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Biographies for Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton, Bob Kane, Jim Mooney, Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, George Roussos, Joe Samachson, Lew Sayre Schwartz, and Dick Sprang.

[Cover Gallery] (Table of Contents: 38)

Batman and Robin / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dick Sprang; Win Mortimer; Lew Sayre Schwartz

Inks

Dick Sprang; Win Mortimer; George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Red Hood [The Joker]

Synopsis

Back cover, featuring reprints of covers from Detective Comics #156, 161, 163, and 168

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #156 (February 1950), #161 (July 1950), #163 (September 1950), #168 (February 1951)