Batman #169

(February 1965)

Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Superboy [Clark Kent]

Synopsis

Superboy puts out a fire at the Smallville Teen-Age Club which inspires them to start a project to educate people about fire prevention.

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover. Published in co-operation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Previously published in DC comics cover-dated July 1954.

Partners in Plunder! (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 Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); The Penguin's gang [Herbie; Charlie; others unnamed] (villains)

Synopsis

The Penguin uses an umbrella barrage to trick Batman into planning his next crime for him.

Reprints

• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) #2 ([July] 1992)
• in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) #2 (July 1992)
• in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([August] 2006)
• in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([October] 2006)
• in Batman: The TV Stories (DC, 2013 series) (2013 [March 2014])

Keywords

Gotham City

Indexer Notes

Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 7.67 pages.

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Showcase; G. I. Joe / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Silly Putty / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Coming Your Way in '65 - The Greatest Superman Products Ever! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Superman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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Letters to the Batcave / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes a letter from Mike Friedrich.

Credit for script confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

A Bad Day for Batman! (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Sid Greene

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; group of reporters [Mr. Tremaine; Mr. Randall; Bill Ferris]; unnamed caretaker; a jewel thief (villain)

Synopsis

Batman tells the press about his bad day, in which he returns to the scene of a previous case to retrieve some rope, and spots a jewel thief. He pursues, but a series of bad breaks allows the felon to escape.

Reprints

• in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([August] 2006)
• in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([October] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Robin does not appear in this story.

Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

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Missile Attack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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80-Page Giant / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Justice League of America; Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Fingerprint Facts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tom Nicolosi

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is asked...

Genre

non-fiction; crime

Reprints

• in Superman (Interpresse, 1969 series) #43
• in Superman et Batman (Interpresse; Sagédition, 1967 series) #1 (1967)
• in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #398 (April 1970)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

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Mike Marvel System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Build "Big Frankie" (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)