Batman #164

(June 1964)

Are You a Good Neighbor? (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Two-Way Gem Caper! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13.34 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Hootenanny Hotshots (folk singers); Mr. Dabblo (villain); Dabblo's accomplice (villain)

Synopsis

Batman discovers a plot to waylay a group of folk singers in order to perpetrate the theft of a pearl from a museum, and eventually nabs the villain after foiling a trap set for the criminal.

Reprints

• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #71 (Circa July 1965)
• in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([April] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([October] 2006)

Keywords

Bat-Cave; Batmobile; Gotham City; Hot-Line; Wayne Mansion

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 5.67 pages.

Script credit from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #167. Editor Julius Schwartz's pay records have Bob Kane on pencils. However, it is known that Bob Kane contracted the artwork out to Sheldon Moldoff.

This story introduces several new elements to the "New Look" Batman. Batman has redesigned the Bat-Cave with an automatic elevator leading to Wayne Manor. The Batmobile has also been redesigned into a sports car. The Bat-Cave exit is no longer a barn, it is now a hidden door on a hillside and leads to the highway.

Batman also uses a Hot-Line phone which links the Batmobile (later on the Bat-Cave, too) to Commissioner Gordon's office. Gordon's physical appearance also looks younger and slimmer than prior appearances.

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

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Showcase; I -- Spy! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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The Flash; Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Ancient Crime-Detection Methods! (Table of Contents: 7)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #415 (September 1971)
• in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #26 (1972)
• in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #3/1972 ([mai ?] 1972)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Norman E. Doerner and Christy Londos.

Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat! (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mystery Analysts of Gotham City [Prof. Ralph Vern; Art Saddows; Kaye Daye; Martin Tellman; Commissioner James Gordon] (introduction); District Attorney Danton (not named in the story); Hugh Rankin (private investigator); The Trapeze Ten (flashback)

Synopsis

A private investigator seeks to join the Mystery Analysts, but is blackballed by Batman for a very specific reason.

Reprints

• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #63 ([November 1964] ?)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #7 (janvier 1968) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #240 (March 1972)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #12/1972 (10. Juni 1972)
• in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([April] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([October] 2006)

Keywords

Gotham City

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #167. Editor Julius Schwartz's pay records have Bob Kane on pencils (as does the reprint in Batman #240). However, it is known that Bob Kane contracted the artwork out to Sheldon Moldoff.

The disguise Batman creates for himself has more than a passing resemblance to editor Julius Schwartz.

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

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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100 Magnets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Fighting Ships / advertisement / 1 page (report information)