Batman #186

(November 1966)

The Joker's Original Robberies! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13.34 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Philip Perry (inventor); The Joker (villain); Joker's gang [Gagsworth A. Gagsworthy [aka Gaggy] (dwarf); other unnamed] (villains)

Synopsis

The Joker returns to haunt the Caped Crusaders, this time with a new member added to his gang: Gaggy, who makes the Joker laugh, which then inspires the Clown Prince of Crime with new crime ideas.

Reprints

• in Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #10/1967 ([oktober] 1967)
• in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([August] 2007)

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 7.67 and 5.67 pages.

Lost -- A Free Education! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Jack Schiff ?

Pencils

Bob Oksner

Inks

Bob Oksner

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Editing

Jack Schiff

Genre

advocacy; teen

Characters

Binky Biggs

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Job Number

6434

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What are you doing with all that tinfoil?

Genre

children; non-fiction

Synopsis

Cementing tinfoil to model cars.

Indexer Notes

Thanks to Roger Smith, Houston, Texas.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Letters to the Batcave / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Bob Butts, J. Burnett, Mike Friedrich, Peter Rost, and William Lee Wesselhoff.

Commissioner Gordon's Death-Threat! (Table of Contents: 5)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

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; Fred Purley (villain); Purley's gang (villains)

Synopsis

Batman receives a call from Commissioner Gordon, informing him that Fred Purley (whom Gordon helped jail) has been paroled, and has made threats against the Commissioner. The Caped Crusader heads out to protect Gordon, not realizing that Gordon has been kidnapped and Purley has set a trap awaiting Batman.

Reprints

• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #92 (Circa April 1967)
• in Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #10/1967 ([oktober] 1967)
• in The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #1 (September-October 1975)
which is reprinted
• in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #109 (1979)
• in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #5/1979 (April 1979)
• in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #5/1979 (uke 19 1979)
• in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([August] 2007)

Keywords

Gotham City; makeshift Bat-Signal

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.