Batman
#118
(September 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
- 1958-07-15
- 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 Merman Batman!
Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Batman! You mean, you can breathe the oxygen in the water, but...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
The Battle of Police Island!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 9.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha, ha... the tables are turned!
- Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; two un-named scientists; group of escaped convicts [Gavin; Gee-Gee; Dalton; Moore] (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Caped Crusaders have the task of saving four escaped felons from the radiation they have become contaminated with before they perish or infect others.
- Keywords
- Gotham City
[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 (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our new machine is installed, Warden!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Warden Willis; Lefty Groden
The Man Who Couldn't Be Tried Twice!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger (signed as Bob Kane) (sourced)
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed) (sourced) (see notes)
- Inks
- Ray Burnley (signed as Bob Kane) (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp (sourced)
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Willy Keys (circus clown); Wyler (trapeze artist, death); Dr. Forbes (Police lab employee); James Lee (villain, trapeze artist); David Dial (villain, owner of All-Star Circus)
- Synopsis
- Batman's testimony in a court case seemingly allows a guilty man to go free, but he uncovers evidence later that proves another man was a killer!
- Reprints
-
in Läderlappen (Centerförlaget, 1956 series) #2/1959 (1959-12-11) -
in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #218 (January-February 1970) -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #6/1970 (21. März 1970) which is reprinted -
in Giant Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1962 series) #31 (1975) -
in Batman Annual (Egmont UK, 1979 series) #1979 (1979) -
in Lynvingen Gavealbum (Atlantic Forlag, 1980 series) (1980)
-
- Keywords
- Gotham City
Indexer Notes
Penciler credit was previously credited to Sheldon Moldoff.
Know Your Pet!
public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But Mom, we're going swimming now!
- Genre
- advocacy
- Characters
- Jimmy; Jimmy's mom; Rags (a dog)
- Synopsis
- Jimmy tries to treat his dog like a poodle, not realizing that different pets need different care.
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- These radio sets are terrific!
- Feature Logo
Casey the Cop- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop; Sarge
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #182 (April 1952)
-
Gunshot on a Summer Night
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The serenity of the summer evening was...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Joe Murchison; Kenneth Dolan; Ed Scheer
The Merman Batman
Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger (signed as Bob Kane) (sourced)
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Charles Paris (signed as Bob Kane) (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Pat Gordon
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vince Kenton (villain); Smarte (villain); Marty (villain)
- Synopsis
- While chasing down a wanted criminal, Batman is struck by lightning and falls into the harbor. When he rises out of the water, he discovers that he cannot breathe air and has literally become a human fish.
- Reprints
- in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #5 (Summer 1963)
- in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([October] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- Bat-Cave; Batarang; belt radio; Gotham City; Marine Construction Corporation
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Merman Batman!
Batman and Robin -
1.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
2.
The Battle of Police Island!
Batman and Robin -
3.
["To the boys and girls of America..."]
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
5.
["Our new machine is installed, Warden!"]
Warden Willis -
6.
The Man Who Couldn't Be Tried Twice!
Batman and Robin -
7.
Know Your Pet!
-
8.
["These radio sets are terrific!"]
Casey the Cop -
9.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
10.
Gunshot on a Summer Night
-
11.
The Merman Batman
Batman and Robin -
12.
[no title indexed]
DeLuxe Photo Service -
13.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
14.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards -
15.
[no title indexed]
Zorro Color Television Set
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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