Batman #72

(August-September 1952)

Superman Says: "It's Smart to Check-- And Doublecheck!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hmm... that youngster on the bike seems...

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Superman [classic design, angled u bottom]

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Jungle Batman! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / 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

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Have you ever wondered how Batman would...

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Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

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 (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #33 (February 1953)
• in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 ([Winter] 1961)
• in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([June] 2009)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #8 ([November] 2020)

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.

Top Speed Stops Spy (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Horace Elmo

Pencils

Horace Elmo

Inks

Horace Elmo

Colors

?

Letters

Horace Elmo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Where is the last harbor of the good ship 'Mayflower'?

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'd better hurry. I'm meeting Sue at eight!

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Varsity Vic

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Varsity Vic; Sue; Lois; Ronnie

Reprints

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

The Legion of Faceless Men! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Sprang

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon

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Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Masked Bandit [Biff] (villain); The Maskers [Sven Thorson (deep sea diver); Jim Hendrix (test pilot); Gregory Miner (actor); Guy Larabee (actor); Joseph Pardo (fencer)]

Synopsis

Batman and Robin are asked to join The Maskers, a club whose members wear masks in their occupations. Soon after, a new series of crimes is committed by The Masked Bandit who wears a different occupational mask for each crime, and Batman and Robin must find out if the villain is one of the Maskers.

Reprints

• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #8 ([November] 2020)

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Being bugler is awful...

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Private Pete; Johnson

Reprints

• in Superboy (K. G. Murray, 1949 series) #46
• in All-American Men of War (DC, 1952 series) #51 (November 1957)
• in Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #111 (January-February 1968)

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

Necco / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Peg / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

-And then I ran for a touchdown...

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Peg

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Peg

Reprints

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

Changing Styles in Magic (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

David Kahn (credited as Donald King)

Pencils

Raymond Perry

Inks

Raymond Perry

Colors

Raymond Perry ?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We are in the Hippodrome -- New York's famous old showplace.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Harry Houdini; Sorcar

Keywords

Hippodrome

Indexer Notes

Colorist credit by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Boo! Throw the umpire out!

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Shorty

Genre

humor

Characters

Shorty

Reprints

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

Keywords

baseball

Message to Parents (Table of Contents: 14)

public service announcement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Keywords

Polio

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

The Death-Cheaters of Gotham City! (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

David Vern

Pencils

Jim Mooney (signed as Bob Kane)

Inks

Jim Mooney (signed as Bob Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Job Number

N-288

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Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [40's face]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed wife of Hack Dawes; unnamed 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 Dougy (villain); Joey the Rod (villain)

Synopsis

Bruce Wayne 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)
which is reprinted
• in Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #5 (avril-mai-juin 1973) [Noir et blanc[Black and white]]
• 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)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #8 ([November] 2020)

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.

The last four panels are printed upside down with a challenge to the reader to solve the mystery before turning the page around for the solution.

Two More Thrilling Magazines for Mystery Fans! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

The Phantom Stranger; House of Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Shoplifting again, eh Benny?

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Casey the Cop

Genre

humor

Characters

Casey the Cop; Benny (villain)

Reprints

• in Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1953 series) #11/1953 (november 1953)
• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #114 (March 1958)
which is reprinted
• in Batman (Editorial Muchnik, 1954 series) #63 (octubre de 1959)

Explosive Action! (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Our Army at War; All-American Men of War; Star Spangled War Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Secret of Treasure Cave (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Wilson Chem. Co. / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)