Batman #72

(August-September 1952)

It's Smart to Check -- And Double Check! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]

The Jungle Batman! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script:

David Vern

Pencils:

Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) (signed); Lew Sayre Schwartz

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

Pat Gordon

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Sinister Eight [Frenchy Le Doix; Singh Dan; Baron Nengler; Ling Chee; Luigi Verona; Aldo Toledano; Liverpool Kid; Sumatra Joe] (villains); Hurd (villain, submarine commander)

Synopsis:

After capturing the feared Sinister Eight, Commissioner Gordon asks the Dynamic Duo to deliver the crooks by radio-controlled ship to their prison at Satan's Island. The ship is torpedoed and sunk during a storm at sea by the Sinister Eight's minions, and all are washed ashore on an island, where Batman and Robin have to avoid capture by the villains before they can capture them.

Reprints:

• in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 ([Winter] 1961)
• in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)

Keywords:

Donna Cruz (a Radoc or experimental radio controlled ship); Satan's Island

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Martin O'Hearn. pencil credits verified by Schwartz, and inker credit verified by Charles Paris.

[Where is the last harbor of the good ship Mayflower?] (Table of Contents: 3)

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.75 page (report information)

Script:

H. T. Elmo (signed)

Pencils:

H. T. Elmo (signed)

Inks:

H. T. Elmo (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

H. T. Elmo

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

["I'd better hurry. I'm meeting Sue at eight"] (Table of Contents: 4)

Varsity Vic / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Varsity Vic

Reprints:

• in The Adventures of Jerry Lewis (DC, 1957 series) #41 (November 1957)

The Legion of Faceless Men! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dick Sprang

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

Pat Gordon

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Masked Bandit [Biff] (villain); The Maskers (villains)

Indexer Notes

Penciler credit verified by Dick Sprang and inker credit verified by Charles Paris.

["Being bugler is awful"] (Table of Contents: 6)

Private Pete / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor; military

Characters:

Private Pete

Reprints:

• in All-American Men of War (DC, 1953 series) #51 (November 1957)

["And then I ran for a touchdown"] (Table of Contents: 7)

Peg / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Peg

Reprints:

• in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #1 (March-April 1958)

Changing Styles In Magic (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

David Kahn [as Donald King] (credited)

Pencils:

Raymond Perry

Inks:

Raymond Perry

Colors:

Raymond Perry ?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

Colorist credit by Craig Delich.

["Boo! Throw the umpire out"] (Table of Contents: 9)

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Shorty

Reprints:

• in Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #128 (September 1958)
• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #301 (June 1963)

The Death-Cheaters of Gotham City! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script:

David Vern

Pencils:

Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Job Number:

N-288

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; un-named wife of Hack Dawes; un-named wife of Tom Weaver; The Death-Cheaters Club [John Hedges Grant (sportsman, death); Jeff Sievers (villain, accountant, faked death); Hack Dawes (truck driver); Tom Weaver (writer); Stanley Duff (banker); Jim Sawyer (stevedore); Gregory Orrick (actor); Bruce Wayne (socialite)]; Little Doughy (villain); Joey the Rod (villain)

Synopsis:

Batman becomes a member of the strange "Death Cheaters Club," but a wanted criminal, who fits the qualifications for membership, is denied the same --- and vows vengeance against all the members!

Reprints:

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #233 (July-August 1971)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #21/1971 (16.Oktober 1971)
• in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #9/1974 ([september] 1974)
• in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #10/1974 (1974-10-dd)

Keywords:

Bat-Cave; Bat-Signal; Batplane; Gotham City

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Martin O'Hearn, art credits verified by Jim Mooney, and letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

["Shoplifting again, eh Benny?"] (Table of Contents: 11)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Casey the Cop; Bennie (villain)

Reprints:

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #114 (March 1958)