Batman
#116
(June 1958)
DC,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of January, May, July, and November
- On-sale Date
- 1958-04-17
- 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.
The Winged Bat-People!
Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Seize them!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed Queen; bat-people
- Reprints
-
in Batman (1ª Série) (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1953 series) #85 -
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #66 (1º de julio de 1959) -
in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #12 (July 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
The City of Ancient Heroes
Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Pat Gordon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was a modern city -- yet, along its...
- Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Old King Cole (a judge); King Midas; Gimmick Gang [Thor/Zeus [Luke]; Cyclops/Hercules [Stilts]; Pan/Medusa [Duke]] (villains)
- Synopsis
- The trail of the infamous Gimmick Gang leads the Caped Crusaders into Legend City, where, once a year, its residents dress up like legendary characters of old and have a celebration.
- Reprints
- in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #5 (December 1964)
-
- Keywords
- Bat-Boat; Legend City
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn and inker credit verified by Paris.
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Library
- Feature Logo
Casey the Cop- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #192 (February 1953)
-
- Keywords
- library
Wings and Winnie Winchester Do a Good Deed
Winchester Roller Skates / comics-form advertising / 0.33 page
Nature's Prize Pupil!
public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A bat has his own built-in radar by which he flies...
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
Batwoman's New Identity
Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're just in time!
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Al Talley (villain, club owner); Dude Rogers (villain); Funny Face Gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Caped Crusaders have to save Batwoman on two separate occasions as she is hot on the trail of the Funny Face Gang.
- Reprints
-
in Batman (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #101 ([October 1958])
-
- Keywords
- Tally Ho Club
Indexer Notes
Inker credit verified by Paris.
Benefit of Doubt
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The last thing on my mind was crime when...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Denise Van Cleve; Gordon Yorke
- Keywords
- Washington Hills Country Club
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whoa! What's your hurry, Tim?
- Feature Logo
- Casey the Cop
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop; Tim
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #192 (February 1953)
-
The Winged Bat-People
Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed Queen; Arko (villain, Queen's Minister); The Bat-People (villains)
- Synopsis
- Batman and Robin are suddenly pulled into the sonic barrier and transported to another world where they are mistaken for the inhabitant's avowed enemy: the winged Bat-People!
- Reprints
- in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #12 (July 1965)
-
- Keywords
- Batplane
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn and inker credit verified by Paris.
[no title indexed]
Warden Willis / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- Job Number
- #9
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There hasn't been any attempt to break out...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Warden Willis; Moose; Lefty
- Synopsis
- Moose tries to help Lefty escape from jail.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Winged Bat-People!
Batman and Robin -
1.
[no title indexed]
Joe Weider Course and Products -
2.
The City of Ancient Heroes
Batman and Robin -
3.
["Library"]
Casey the Cop -
4.
Wings and Winnie Winchester Do a Good Deed
Winchester Roller Skates -
5.
Nature's Prize Pupil!
-
6.
Batwoman's New Identity
Batman and Robin -
7.
Glad to See You!
Sgt. Bilko's Pvt. Doberman -
8.
Benefit of Doubt
-
9.
["Whoa! What's your hurry, Tim?"]
Casey the Cop -
10.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
11.
The Winged Bat-People
Batman and Robin -
12.
["There hasn't been any attempt to break out..."]
Warden Willis -
13.
[no title indexed]
Bunker Hill Sporting Goods Co. -
14.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
15.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers
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- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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