Batman #92
(June 1955)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Jan., May, July, and Nov.
On-sale Date
1955-04-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Ace, the Bat-Hound! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ace the Bat-Hound
Reprints
Keywords
Bat-Cave; Bat-Signal; Batmobile

Indexer Notes

Art credits confirmed by Win Mortimer, and letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Fan-Mail of Danger! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Gordon

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The fluoroscope shows that this "fan" gift is...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Susie Smith (introduction, secretary); Ned Norton (introduction); Norton's mother (introduction); Vincent Crail (villain, forger, introduction); Crail's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Swamped by fan mail, Batman hires a secretary to handle all of it, who, unwittingly, causes the volume of mail to increase, thus hampering the Caped Crusader's war on crime. A threat from a forger, who has obtained an example of Batman's signature and who attempts to uncover Batman's true identity from it, has to be stopped in his tracks.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Martin O'Hearn. Inker credit confirmed by Charles Paris.

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

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmm... Hello, Tom. Where are you going with that ladder?
Feature Logo
Casey the Cop
Genre
humor
Characters
Casey the Cop; Tom
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Strange Adventures; My Greatest Adventure / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Batman's Guilty Neighbor! (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Wood
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Gordon

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There goes the mystery burglar, Robin!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Cal Tremont (introduction); Mary Tremont (introduction, Cal's wife); Tremont's gardener (villain)
Synopsis
Bruce's new neighbor, Cal Tremont, is suspected in a series of crimes and it's up to the Caped Crusader to track down the guilty party and clear Cal's name.

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Martin O'Hearn and inker credit verified by Charles Paris.

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

Casey the Cop / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Casey, today you're covering the Third Street beat...
Feature Logo
Casey the Cop
Genre
humor
Characters
Casey the Cop; Sarge; Lefty

College for Camera Cops (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Shorty / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmm - Let me see...
Feature Logo
Shorty
Genre
humor
Characters
Shorty
Reprints

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

Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil / comics-form advertising / 0.33 page (report information)

Ace, the Bat-Hound! (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Lew Sayre Schwartz; Bob Kane (signed as Bob Kane) (Heads of Batman and Robin in places)
Inks
Stan Kaye; Bob Kane (signed as Bob Kane) (Heads of Batman and Robin in places)
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Gordon

Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat-Hound [Ace] (introduction, origin); Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (middle names revealed in this story); Commissioner James Gordon; John Wilker (Ace's owner, introduction); Bert Bowers (villain, counterfeiter, introduction); Bower's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
When Batman and Robin find an injured dog they they take it back to the Batcave. The dog helps them with a few cases and leads them to the crooks who kidnapped his master.
Reprints
Keywords
Bat-Signal; Batcave; Gotham City

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Martin O'Hearn.

Pencil credit revised from Sheldon Moldoff to Lew Sayre Schwartz (with some Batman and Robin heads by Bob Kane), and ink credit revised to include Bob Kane on some Batman and Robin heads.

Craig Delich reports that this tale was actually penciled by Lew Sayre Schwartz, with a few Bob Kane touch-ups to Batman and Robin's heads in a few panels. Art is totally inconsistent with Sheldon Moldoff's work.

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

Superman Playsuit / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Buzzy Says: "There May Be a Career in Health for You!" (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's something I've been wanting to ask...
Feature Logo
Buzzy
Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Buzzy Brown; Dr. Norton; Jimmy; Mr. Walters

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Ace, the Bat-Hound!
    Batman and Robin
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  3. 2. Fan-Mail of Danger!
    Batman and Robin
  4. 3. ["Hmm... Hello, Tom. Where are you going with that ladder?"]
    Casey the Cop
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Manufacturing Company
  6. 5. ["To the boys and girls of America..."]
    Strange Adventures; My Greatest Adventure
  7. 6. Batman's Guilty Neighbor!
    Batman and Robin
  8. 7. ["Casey, today you're covering the Third Street beat..."]
    Casey the Cop
  9. 8. College for Camera Cops
  10. 9. ["Hmm - Let me see..."]
    Shorty
  11. 10. ["Are you hurt, Fosdick?"]
    Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  12. 11. Ace, the Bat-Hound!
    Batman and Robin
  13. 12. ["Boys and girls!"]
    Superman Playsuit
  14. 13. Buzzy Says: "There May Be a Career in Health for You!"
    Buzzy
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Jim Van Dore