Batman #153

(February 1963)

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

Chapter 1: Prisoners of Three Worlds (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (cameo); Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Bat-Girl [Betty Kane]; Karn (alien)

Synopsis

A strange alien arrives on Earth and begins stealing silver. When our four heroes begin pursuing him, they are all transported to different dimensions.

Reprints

• in Batman from the 30s to the 70s (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) (1971)
• in Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([April] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Inker credit verified by Paris.

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Detective Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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True Crime Laffs / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In New Brunswick, N.J., a stolen sport jacket...

Genre

humor; non-fiction

Synopsis

Four separate Crime Laffs cartoon panels.
A stolen sport jacket and pants were returned because they were too small.
A man calls in a burglar robbing a café that he has robbed four times before.
A man breaks into a bank and steals the fountain pens.
A man ordered out of town after an attempted robbery, returns to the same crime because he needs money to get out of town.

Reprints

• in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #34 ([April 1963])

Health Myths Debunked! (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

How to treat frostbite, a black eye, and does cutting your hair make it grow faster?

Chapter 2: Death from Beyond (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; race of bird people; several alien troops; Karn (villain)

Reprints

• in Batman from the 30s to the 70s (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) (1971)
• in Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([April] 2007)

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Our Army at War / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Down, boy, down!

Genre

humor

Characters

Shorty; Bill

Synopsis

Shorty explains to Bill that you have to know more than your dog to train it.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #228 (February 1956)

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

Letters to the Bat-Cave / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters are printed from Robert O'Neill, Phil Foster, Jerry Johnson, Tommy Daniel, Lou Daniel, Ron Legro and John Labraney.

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Giant Superman Annual; Giant Batman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Chapter 3: Dimension of Doom (Table of Contents: 12)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Bat-Girl [Betty Kane]; several alien troops; Karn (villain); Zebo (villain)

Reprints

• in Batman from the 30s to the 70s (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) (1971)
• in Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([April] 2007)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

average # of copies sold previous year - 410,000

2nd Smash Appearance in Showcase! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

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

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Horace Elmo

Pencils

Horace Elmo

Inks

Horace Elmo

Colors

?

Letters

Horace Elmo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Which form of currency...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Information on paper currency, fjords, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and surviving longer on just water than just wine.

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100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

104 Kings' Knights (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 1 page (report information)