([June] 2002)
DC,
2002 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 19.95 USD; 32.95 CAD
- Pages
- 196
- On-sale Date
- 2002-04-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- ISBN
-
1-56389-810-1
- Barcode
- 761941231518 00111
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (editor, original series); Jack Schiff (editor, original series); Nick Napolitano (editor, collected edition); Scott Nybakken (associate editor, collected edition)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- Card stock covers
- Binding
- Squarebound
- Publishing Format
- Collected Edition
Issue Notes
Reprints stories from:
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #62, #81, #92, #105, #113, #121 and #128
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #156, #168, #185, #216, #233, #244, #252 and #267
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #81
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #62, #81, #92, #105, #113, #121 and #128
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #156, #168, #185, #216, #233, #244, #252 and #267
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #81
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (see notes)
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff (see notes)
- Colors
- Lee Loughridge
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin; Batwoman; Bat-Mite
Indexer Notes
Uses elements from the Batman Family pin-up in Batman Annual #2, rearranged and modified.
Batman in the Fifties
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #109 (August 1957) [Batman & Robin figures]
-
Indexer Notes
Title page with partial image from cover of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #109.
Table of Contents
table of contents / 3 pages
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Credits, table of contents and indicia information pages and a dedication (1/6th page) to Dick Sprang.
Introduction
text article / 5 pages
- Characters
- Batman; Robin
- Reprints
- in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) ([November] 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Introductory text with panel illustration from ?
Classic Tales
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (Detective Comics #236, 241, 244); Win Mortimer (World's Finest Comics #81)
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff (Detective Comics #236, 241, 244); Win Mortimer (World's Finest Comics #81)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin; Superman
- Reprints
- in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) ([November] 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Text article with quarter page cover images of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #236, 241 and 244 and World's Finest Comics #81.
Book credits cover of World's Finest Comics #81 to Curt Swan & Stan Kaye; original issue index credits Win Mortimer.
The Batmobile of 1950!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #156 (February 1950)
-
Indexer Notes
Inks credit from Craig Delich; inks credited to Stan Kaye in item.
The Secret of Batman's Utility Belt!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #185 (July 1952) [July 1952]
-
Indexer Notes
Martin O'Hearn believes the scripter may be John Broome, but is not David Vern Reed, as credited in this item.
Batplane II
illustration / 0.33 page
- Script
- David Vern; ?
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
The True History of Superman and Batman
Superman and Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Ka Thar; Shark Slaney
- Synopsis
- Ka Thar comes from the future, but his history book is inaccurate, so he forced Superman and Batman to redo some super-feats to match his history book.
- Reprints
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #81 (March-April 1956) [March-April 1956]
-
The 100 Batarangs of Batman
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Jay Garris (intro, villain)
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #244 (June 1957) [June 1957]
-
The Batman Family
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer (Batman #92); Sheldon Moldoff (Batman #114); Curt Swan (Batman #122, Detective Comics #267)
- Inks
- Win Mortimer (Batman #92); Sheldon Moldoff (Batman #114); Stan Kaye (Batman #122, Detective Comics #267)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp (Batman #122); ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin; Ace the Bathound; Bat-Ape; Batwoman; Bat-Mite
- Reprints
- in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) ([November] 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Text article with quarter page cover images of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #92, 114 & 122 and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #267.
Ace, the Bat-Hound!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bat-Hound [Ace] (Introduction; Origin); Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (Alfred of Earth-One; middle names revealed in this story; Introduction); John Wilker (Introduction); Bert Bowers (Villain; Introduction)
- Synopsis
- When Batman and Robin find an injured dog they they take it back to the Batcave. The dog helps them with a few cases and leads them to the crooks who kidnapped his master.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #92 (June 1955) [June 1955]
-
The Batwoman
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane] (intro, origin, supporting); Hugo Vorn (intro, villain)
- Synopsis
- Bruce Wayne is pleased that a newcomer, Kathy Kane, has taken such a liking to the Batman. However, when a mysterious new crimefighter appears on the scene, usurping much of Batman's glory, the Dynamic Duo steps in to halt her career before she gets seriously hurt.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #233 (July 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Book credits inks to Charles Paris, original issue index credits inks to Stan Kaye.
The Second Boy Wonder!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred; V: Gorilla Hardy [I]
- Synopsis
- After battling Gorilla Hardy and his gang, the Dynamic Duo arrive back at the Bat-Cave, but Robin has a surprise for his caped counterpart: he is NOT Dick Grayson, but Fred Loyd, who assumed the role after Dick Grayson was injured.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #105 (February 1957)
-
Batman Meets Bat-Mite
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat-Mite (intro, supporting); Tipper Neely (intro, villain); The Yellow Gloves Gang (intro, villain)
- Synopsis
- Preparing to go off on patrol, Batman and Robin find the Bat-Cave disturbed and meet Bat-Mite, an admirer of Batman's from another dimension. Bat-Mite wants to join Batman and Robin in their fight against crime, but Batman politely convinces Bat-Mite that that won't work. Instead, Bat-Mite tries to make Batman and Robin's exploits a little more entertaining, a little more "fun." In the end, Batman finds a way to make Bat-Mite useful, which lets the imp know it's time to go home.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #267 (May 1959)
-
The Villains
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lew Sayre Schwartz (Batman #63); Lew Sayre Schwartz (Detective Comics #168); Win Mortimer (Detective Comics #187); Curt Swan (Batman #121); Bob Kane (Batman #63, Batman & Robin)
- Inks
- Charles Paris (Batman #63); George Roussos (Detective Comics #168); Win Mortimer (Detective Comics #187); Stan Kaye (Batman #121)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp (Batman #121); ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin; Killer Moth; Red Hood; Two-Face; Mr. Zero [Mr. Freeze]
- Reprints
- in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) ([November] 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Text article with quarter page cover images of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #63 & 121 and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #168 & 187.
Book credits cover inks on Detective Comics #168 to Charles Paris. George Roussos inks on Detective Comics #168 from original issue index.
The Secret Life of the Catwoman!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Lew Sayre Schwartz; Bob Kane (figures)
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (villain, origin); Mister X [Mousey] (villain, introduction); Dipper (henchman); unnamed police officer; unnamed singer; unnamed studio executive; unnamed guards; Joe (henchman); Al (henchman)
- Synopsis
- While working with the mystery crime boss Mister X, Catwoman risks her life to save Batman and receives a blow to the head. Upon waking, Selina Kyle has no memory of her criminal life as Catwoman, and agrees to work with Batman and Robin to capture Mister X.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #62 (December 1950-January 1951)
-
Indexer Notes
Catwoman reforms.
The Man Behind the Red Hood!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Lew Sayre Schwartz; Win Mortimer (Robin figure on splash)
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dean Chalmers (of State University); Paul Wong (student); Jimmy Kale (student); Earl "Farmerboy" Benson (villain, ex-con, university gardener); The Red Hood [The Joker] (villain, origin); unnamed crime victim; unnamed police officer; unnamed college students; unnamed night watchman
- Synopsis
- Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #168 (February 1951)
-
- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; Batcave; Gotham City; State U. Tatler
Indexer Notes
This collection credits pencils to Sheldon Moldoff. Pencil credits from original issue's index.
Two-Face Strikes Again!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Tarando; Charles Ford; Commissioner Gordon; John Fields Benson
- Synopsis
- When the reformed Harvey Dent tries to prevent a robbery, he is caught in an explosion and reverts to Two-Face. He embarks on a new crime spree, and Batman and Robin deduce that Two-Face is going after people who commonly show two faces to the world. At a ceremony making Bruce Wayne honorary chief of a local tribe, Batman and Robin are trapped by Two-Face and strapped to a giant coin. Two-Face flips the coin over a bed of spikes, and though the gimmick is rigged to land face down, the dynamic duo manages to create a magnetic field and flip the coin so that they land safely.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #81 (February 1954)
-
The Ice Crimes of Mr. Zero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; I & V: Mr. Zero, later called Mr. Freeze
- Synopsis
- A scientist accidentally falls victim to the effects of an experiment, making him a virtual "human icicle", a foe who puts the chill on Batman and Robin.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #121 (February 1959)
-
Tales from Beyond
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lew Sayre Schwartz (Batman #59); Sheldon Moldoff (Batman #113, 128 & Detective Comics #252); Bob Kane (Batman #59 figures)
- Inks
- Charles Paris (Batman #59); Sheldon Moldoff (Batman #113, 128 & Detective Comics #252))
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp (Batman #59, 113 & 128); ? (Detective Comics #252)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin; The Interplanetary Batman
- Reprints
- in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) ([November] 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Text article with quarter page cover images of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #59, 113 & 128 and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #252.
The Batman of Tomorrow!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; GS: Batman (of the Future) Brane Taylor; Vicki Vale; Commissioner James Gordon; V: Martin Vair
- Synopsis
- When Bruce Wayne injures his arm, to keep Vicki from discovering that Batman has the same problem, the Caped Crusader seeks out the Batman of the Future to step in for him.....almost with disastrous results!
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #216 (February 1955)
-
Batman-- The Superman of Planet X!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #113 (February 1958)
-
The Creature from the Green Lagoon
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tod Martin (intro, villain)
- Synopsis
- A film producer friend of Batman's on Skull Island sends for the Dynamic Duo and shows them a set he has built for a movie in production...a wall to keep out a creature that is wrecking his production equipment and preventing the movie from being completed for some unknown reason.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #252 (February 1958)
-
The Interplanetary Batman
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kraak the Space Pirate (villain)
- Synopsis
- Batman & Robin spot an alien being in need of help, and by doing so, get captured and transported to a strange planet.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #128 (December 1959)
-
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Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
Batman -
1.
Batman in the Fifties
Batman -
2.
Table of Contents
-
3.
Introduction
-
4.
Classic Tales
-
5.
The Batmobile of 1950!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
6.
The Secret of Batman's Utility Belt!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
7.
Batplane II
-
8.
The True History of Superman and Batman
Superman and Batman and Robin -
9.
The 100 Batarangs of Batman
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
10.
The Batman Family
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11.
Ace, the Bat-Hound!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
12.
The Batwoman
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
13.
The Second Boy Wonder!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
14.
Batman Meets Bat-Mite
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
15.
Fatman
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16.
The Villains
-
17.
The Secret Life of the Catwoman!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
18.
The Man Behind the Red Hood!
Batman and Robin -
19.
Two-Face Strikes Again!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
20.
The Ice Crimes of Mr. Zero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
21.
The Penguin
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22.
Tales from Beyond
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23.
The Batman of Tomorrow!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
24.
Batman-- The Superman of Planet X!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
25.
The Creature from the Green Lagoon
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
26.
The Interplanetary Batman
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
27.
Superboy Meets Robin
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28.
Contributors
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Jochen G.
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- John Monagle
- Ramon Schenk
- smith
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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