Bumper Batcomic #2

([September 1976] ?)

Grasp of the Killer Cult (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; the Spectre / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Jim Aparo

Inks

Jim Aparo

Letters

Jim Aparo

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor); Paul Levitz (original assistant editor)

Job Number

B-2087

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; James Gordon; Lola Lalanna; John T. Weaver; James Wilson

Synopsis

Bizarre murders are committed by seemingly upstanding citizens who are soon determined to be imposters. They turn out to be members of a World War II military construction crew possessed by the spirits of followers of the Far Eastern goddess Kali. It takes the power of the Spectre to prevent her resurrection.

Reprints

• from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #116 (December 1974-January 1975)

Indexer Notes

This story is presented in three parts: Part 1 - Streets of Fear (6 pages); Part 2 - The Tooth of Kali (7 pages); Part 3 - Judgment of a Goddess (7 pages).

The Many Lives of the Spectre (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman; the Spectre / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis

Pencils

Jim Aparo; Nick Cardy; Bernard Baily; Murphy Anderson

Inks

Jim Aparo; Nick Cardy; Bernard Baily; Murphy Anderson

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor); Paul Levitz (original assistant editor)

Job Number

B-2235

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Batman (one vignette)

Synopsis

Batman fills in the readers on the background of his co-star this issue, the Spectre.

Reprints

• from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #116 (December 1974-January 1975)

Indexer Notes

Spectre artwork for this feature is taken from More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #53 [top tier (art only) from last page of Spectre story], Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #60 [cover illustration (art only)], Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #83 [cover illustrations (art only)], and Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #5 (November-December 1973) [from the cover, two of three vertical panels]. The Batman vignette is from an unidentified source.

Jack the Giants Killer (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon

Pencils

Jerry Grandenetti

Inks

Creig Flessel

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Simon (original editor)

Job Number

JS-7

Genre

sport

Characters

Jack Barstow

Reprints

• from Champion Sports (DC, 1973 series) #3 (February-March 1974)

Indexer Notes

This story features Champion Sports Star: All Star Center: Jack Barstow (basketball).

The Great Handcuff King (Table of Contents: 4)

The Adventures of Alfred / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron ?; Joe Samachson ?

Pencils

Jerry Robinson

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Letters

George Roussos

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (original editor, credited)

Job Number

N-1352

Genre

superhero

Synopsis

Alfred decides to get a pair of handcuffs in order to practice putting them on felons, but when he practices on a fellow gentlemen's gentlemen, Alfred is shocked at the result.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #28 (April-May 1945)

The Cluemaster's Topsy-Turvy Crimes (Table of Contents: 5)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Sid Greene

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Job Number

N-1368

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Cluemaster (Arthur Brown) (introduction; villain); Aunt Harriet Cooper

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #351 (May 1966)

Indexer Notes

This printing begins with "Batman Presents the villain of the Issue--The Cluemaster" and is probably sourced from the reprint in Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #2 (November-December 1975). This story is in two parts of 5.67 and 8 pages.