Batman
#151
(November 1962)
DC,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July, and Oct.
- On-sale Date
- 1962-08-30
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Blackhawk #178 and copyright registration.
Batman's New Secret Identity!
Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now that your secret identity is known, is this...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Alfred's fictional story); Robin [Dick Grayson] (Alfred's fictional story); members of the press (Alfred's fictional story)
- Reprints
-
in Albi del Falco (Mondadori, 1954 series) #353 -
in Amazing Heroes (Fantagraphics, 1981 series) #29 (August 15, 1983) [<0.25 grayscale copy]
-
- Keywords
- Imaginary Story
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Hawkman [Katar Hol / Carter Hall]
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Batman's New Secret Identity!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Every day of his two-fisted crime-fighting career, Batman has...
- Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Alfred's fictional story, also as cab driver Bret Wilson); Batwoman [Kathy Kane] (Alfred's fictional story); Alfred Pennyworth (Alfred's fictional story, also as auto garage attendant Edward); Robin [Dick Grayson] (Alfred's fictional story, also as student Ted Grey); members of the press (Alfred's fictional story); Wickham Hall students (Alfred's fictional story); hijack gang (villains, Alfred's fictional story)
- Synopsis
- The Caped Crusaders' secret identities are compromised, forcing them to adopt entirely new identities in order to continue their war on crime.
- Reprints
-
in Batman (2ª Série) (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1961 series) #39 (Setembro de 1964) - in DC's Greatest Imaginary Stories (DC, 2005 series) #[1] ([October] 2005)
-
- Keywords
- Bat-Cave; Gotham City; Imaginary Story; Wickham Boarding House
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/. Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
2-part imaginary story written by Alfred.
Meet Chronos the Man Who Mastered Time!
The Atom / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Chronos [David Clinton]
[no title indexed]
Strange Laws / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mobile, Alabama, passed an ordinance...
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Reprints
- in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #261 (March-April 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Letters to the Batcave / letters page / 1 page
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Indexer Notes
Letters are printed from Richard Diekmann, Colin McEnroe, Nelson Cole, Leonard Sigal, "The Editor", Richard Eder, and Shirley Givens.
[Batman's New Secret Identity!] Chapter 2
Batman and Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Alfred's fictional story, also as cab driver Bret Wilson); Batwoman [Kathy Kane] (Alfred's fictional story); Dick Grayson (mainstream universe); Alfred Pennyworth (mainstream universe); Alfred Pennyworth (Alfred's fictional story, also as auto garage attendant Edward); Robin [Dick Grayson] (Alfred's fictional story, also as student Ted Grey); Bruce Wayne (mainstream universe); Wickham Hall students (Alfred's fictional story); hijack gang (villains, Alfred's fictional story); Tim Neal (of the hijack gang, villain, Alfred's fictional story); Gotham Gazette editor (Alfred's fictional story)
- Reprints
- in Batman (2ª Série) (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1961 series) #39 (Setembro de 1964)
- in DC's Greatest Imaginary Stories (DC, 2005 series) #[1] ([October] 2005)
-
- Keywords
- Imaginary Story
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
[no title indexed]
Quick Quiz / activity / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is steam visible?
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Detective Comics; World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This famous symbol is your guarantee...
[no title indexed]
Professor Eureka / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- These pyramids will give me lots of information...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Eureka
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #1 (February-March 1956)
-
The Mystery Gadget from the Stars!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 8.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No matter how dangerous for us, we must...
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ed Manos (herb collector); Mr. French (store owner); Benny; the Harris Boys (villains)
- Universe
- DC : mainstream
- Synopsis
- A weird alien device is discovered, whose rays causes objects to evolve. The Caped Crusaders must battle a criminal gang into whose hands the device has fallen.
- Keywords
- Bat-Cave; Gotham City
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/. Inker credit verified by Paris.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you skinny like I was?
- Characters
- Ben Rebhuhn (photo); John Sill (photo); Jim Norman (photo)
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Batman's New Secret Identity!
Batman and Robin -
1.
Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today!
-
2.
Batman's New Secret Identity!
Batman and Robin -
3.
Tootsie Roll Makes History!
Tootsie Roll -
4.
Meet Chronos the Man Who Mastered Time!
The Atom -
5.
["Mobile, Alabama, passed an ordinance..."]
Strange Laws -
6.
[no title indexed]
Letters to the Batcave -
7.
[Batman's New Secret Identity!] Chapter 2
Batman and Robin -
8.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
9.
["Is steam visible?"]
Quick Quiz -
10.
["This famous symbol is your guarantee..."]
Detective Comics; World's Finest Comics -
11.
[no title indexed]
Tiki Gods -
12.
104 Kings' Knights
104 Kings' Knights -
13.
["These pyramids will give me lots of information..."]
Professor Eureka -
14.
The Mystery Gadget from the Stars!
Batman and Robin -
15.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
16.
[no title indexed]
Best Values Coins and Currency -
17.
["Are you skinny like I was?"]
American Body Building Club -
18.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- John Censullo
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Matthew Peets
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike Wagner
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