Detective Comics #153

(November 1949)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Kodak / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Flying Batman! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Carl Wilde (authority on bats); Slits Danton (villain)

Synopsis

The Batman takes to the air, like his namesake, on the trail of Slits Danton, all thanks to the creation of special "bat wings" created by a scientist...or so the Caped Crusader thinks!

Reprints

• in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (2007 [January 2008])
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #6 (2018 [February 2019])

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batcave; Batwings; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Gotham News

Indexer Notes

Inker credit verified by Craig Delich; we previously suggested Gene McDonald.

Hal Newhouser (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Captain Tootsie Saves the Day! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Second Robotman (Table of Contents: 5)

Robotman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jimmy Thompson

Inks

Jimmy Thompson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]

Spoiling the Gangsters' Scheme (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

"U. S." Royal; U. S. Royal Bike Tires / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Land of Lost Years! (Table of Contents: 8)

Impossible -- But True! / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Inks

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Roy Raymond (introduction); Karen Duncan (introduction)

Reprints

• in Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (DC, 2019 series) ([May] 2019)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'd like to see an umbrella!

Genre

humor

Characters

Shorty

Reprints

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #251 (August 1958)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Superman Socks / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Volcano Sleuths (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Velarde (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from All Hands

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike!; Columbia / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Revenge of Little Thunder Cloud! (Table of Contents: 16)

Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Pow-Wow Smith

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Bazooka / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hollywood's Top Adventure Star! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Alan Ladd / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Electric Football / advertisement / 1 page (report information)