Batman #203

(July-August 1968)

Secret of the Batcave (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Jim Mooney (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Deep under the surface of Gotham City

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wolf Brando (villain, introduction, death); Reilly (police officer); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (image); The Joker (image)

Synopsis

An escaped convict on the run accidentally discovers the entrance to the Batcave and learns the secret identities of Batman and Robin. He attacks the Dynamic Duo using their own weapons and trophies against them.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #48 (August-September 1948)

Keywords

Bat Signal; Batcave; Batmobile; Batplane

Indexer Notes

Inker credit per Mooney in article in Alter Ego #133 (June 2015); we previously credited Mooney.

Letters credit from Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

Story includes a diagram of the Batcave.

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

Billy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Since we bought Billy that new Transogram Ka-bala game...

Genre

humor

The Birth of Batplane II! (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

David Vern

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Charles Paris (signed as Bob Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Imaginer batplane vs. batplane for the mastery of the skies!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #61 (October-November 1950)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

Pencils credit verified by Sprang.

Inks credit verified by Paris.

Letters credit from O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

Secrets of the Batcave - 1968 (Table of Contents: 5)

Batman and Robin / illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Springer (signed); Murphy Anderson ? (p. 4, Batman figure)

Inks

Frank Springer (signed); Murphy Anderson ? (p. 4, Batman figure)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• in Batman Classics Sonderband (Dino Verlag, 1999 series) #1 - Das Beste aus den 60er Jahren
• in Lynvingen Kjempe-album (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1968 series) #[1968] ([1968]) [page 4], #[1968] ([1968]) [page 3], #[1968] ([1968]) [pages 1-2]
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #24/1968 (30. November 1968) [last two pages]
which is reprinted
• in Batman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1974 series) #1 (1974), #1 (1974)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #24/1968 (30. November 1968) [first two pages]
which is reprinted
• in Batman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1974 series) #1 (1974)
• in Läderlappen och Robin jättealbum (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #[1970] (1970) [page 4], #[1970] (1970) [page 3], #[1970] (1970) [pages 1-2]
• in The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes (Macmillan Publishing, 1976 series) #1 - Batman (1976)
• in Lynvingen Gavealbum (Atlantic Forlag, 1980 series) (1980) [pages 1-2]
• in Batman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) (March 1999)
• in Batman: Secrets of the Batcave (DC, 2007 series) ([October] 2007) [Batcave and Batmobile only]

Indexer Notes

Two page spread of Batcave followed by two pages of Bat-gadget illos.

Nick Caputo suspects that Murphy Anderson drew the Batman face and figure on page 4.

The Secret of Batmans Utility Belt! (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What would you do if you found Batman's utility belt?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #185 (July 1952)

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit verified by Sprang.

Inks credit verified by Paris.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Giant Batmail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Chuck Huffman, W. Soboren, Terri Morefield, Scott Coffel, Steve Balton, Dan Ryner, Anonymous.

The 100 Batarangs of Batman (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Famous are the weapons which Batman and Robin use

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #244 (June 1957)

Indexer Notes

Inks credit verified by Paris.

Secret of the Batmobile (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A black thunderbolt on wheels

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #98 (March 1956)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

Inks credit verified by Charles Paris.

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Flying Bat-Cave! (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lew Sayre Schwartz (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the dark recessses of a criminal mind

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #186 (August 1952)