Detective Comics #197

(July 1953)

Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The League Against Batman! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

David Vern

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Rolf Baglund (sculptor); Burke (Policeman); Thomson (Policeman); The Wrecker [Dwight Forrow] (villain, introduction, writer); Doug Forrow (villain, Dwight's brother)

Synopsis

A new and vicious criminal appears to wreck the attempts of the populace to honor Batman and Robin in any way.

Reprints

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #218 (January-February 1970)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #9 ([August] 2021)

Keywords

Bat-Cave; Batmobile

Indexer Notes

Writer credit verified and revised by Martin O'Hearn.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Roadmaster / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Bearcat Sets Basepath on Fire (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

A Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Million-to-One Miller! (Table of Contents: 5)

Impossible-- But True / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Inks

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Roy Raymond

Victory by Deception (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Major Mars; Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

License for a Robot! (Table of Contents: 9)

Robotman / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Certa

Inks

Joe Certa

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Robotman

Reprints

• in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #223 (May-June 1974)
• in Super Adventure (K. G. Murray, 1976 ? series) #74 ([circa July 1976])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Deputy Sheriff -- Junior! (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Schwinn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pow-Wow Smith Television Star! (Table of Contents: 13)

Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Leonard Starr

Inks

Leonard Starr

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Pow-Wow Smith

Indexer Notes

Credits supplied by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Stewart-Warner "Cadet" Speedometer / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Giant Beach Ball / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Line of Stars (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Milky Way / advertisement / 1 page (report information)