Batman #76

(April-May 1953)

The Danger Club (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese ?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (cameo); Jack Thorn (taxi driver, death); Mack Thorn (Jack's brother); The Danger Club [John Carew (President, death); Larson; Carson; Milding (villain)](introduction for all); the Joker (villain, flashback)

Synopsis:

When members of the Danger Club are threatened, then violently are elminated one by one, Batman decides to join the club himself to try to track down the killer.

Reprints:

• in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6 (Winter 1963-'64)
• in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([August] 2010)

Keywords:

Bat-Cave; Bat-Plane; Batmobile; belt radio; Danger Club; Gotham City

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

Penciler credit corrected by Craig Delich 2007-9-20 (Schwartz credit removed), verified by Schwartz.

Inker credit verified by Charles Paris.

["I hear there's lots of moose around here"] (Table of Contents: 2)

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Shorty

Reprints:

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958)

["Hello, Bill. I've got the afternoon off"] (Table of Contents: 3)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Casey the Cop

Reprints:

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #239 (April 1958)

["You must be the boy who moved in next door"] (Table of Contents: 4)

Peg / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Peg

Reprints:

• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #79 (March 1960)

The Penguin's Fabulous Fowls! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

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

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot](villain)

Reprints:

• in Batman vs. the Penguin (New American Library, 1966 series) #D2970 (May 1966) [Reformatted to smaller paperback size, with 1 to 3 panels per page.]
• in Caped Crusader Classics! (Titan, 1988 series) #3 - Batman Versus The Penguin (October 1988)
• in Super-Team (Epix, 1992 series) #4/1992 (1992)
• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) #2 ([May] 1992)
• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) #2 (July 1992)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Penciler credits verified by Schwartz. Inker credit verified by Charles Paris. Letterer credit per Todd Klein's blog: https://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-batman-part-3/

["Wow! What a doll!"] (Table of Contents: 6)

Varsity Vic / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Varsity Vic

Reprints:

• in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #28 (April 1958)

160,000,000 Policemen (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Jack Miller (credited)

Pencils:

Raymond Perry

Inks:

Raymond Perry

Colors:

Raymond Perry ?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

crime

Indexer Notes

Colorist credit by Craig Delich.

[How fast do radio waves travel?] (Table of Contents: 8)

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.66 page (report information)

Script:

H. T. Elmo (signed)

Pencils:

H. T. Elmo (signed)

Inks:

H. T. Elmo (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

H.T. Elmo ?

Genre:

non-fiction

People Are People! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Genre:

non-fiction; superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]

The Man of 100 Murders (Table of Contents: 10)

Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 9.66 pages (report information)

Script:

Bill Finger ?

Pencils:

Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ferris Hedrant (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

The Caped Crusaders go up against a ruthless, cold-blooded killer who shows no mercy to anyone.

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Jim Mooney.