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Issue: Batman #172
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 04/15/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Showcase #56 and copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
Attack of the Invisible Knights!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella (?); Murphy Anderson (?)
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as Batman #172 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Happy Hobby Time!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Schiff
Win Mortimer
Win Mortimer
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
informational, superhero
Superboy
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Frank
Superboy shows Frank that he can be creative, regardless of whether his creations are perfect, and notes an expressive hobby can be life long enjoyment.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Found on the inside front cover.

Published in co-operation with the National Social Welfare Assembly and previously appearing in DC comics cover-dated for May of 1952.
Attack of the Invisible Knights!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Joe Giella
?
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Harris (archaeologist); museum curator; Thomas Jenkins (villain, museum guard); Wilbur Jenkins (villain, Thomas' brother)
An ancient legend involving suits of armor coming to life and destroying some opals in a museum appears to come to pass, and challenges the wits of the Caped Crusaders to disciver the facts behind this legend.
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as Attack of the Invisible Knights! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12.34
Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 6.67 pages.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Justice League of America; Detective Comics
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Miscellaneous
0.33
At the bottom of page 6 of the previous story sequence.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
G. I. Joe
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
Johnny Gets His Own Monster Koach!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
AMT
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
On the page between page 8 and page 9 of the previous story sequence.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
Palisades Amusement Park
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
On the page between page 8 and page 9 of the previous story sequence.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
Silly Putty
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
10 Issues of Batman for Only $1.00

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Robin's Unassisted Triple Play!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox
Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Sid Greene
?
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman Starring Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Flower Gang [Charley; others unnamed] (villains)
Using remote cameras from the Bat-Cave, the Caped Crusaders witness a crime and are on the way to the scene when Batman gets an emergency call from the JLA and has to report. Robin now handles the case, tracking down the art gallery robbers.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman Supacomic #73 published September 1965
as Robin's Unassisted Triple Play! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as Robin's Unassisted Triple Play! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11.66
Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

Robin handles a case alone in this story. Batman appears only briefly after being called away for a Justice League mission during this story.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
Monogram
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
On the page between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
80 Page Giant; Superman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
On the page between page 7 and page 8 of the previous story sequence.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
The Flash; Hawkman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Letters to the Batcave
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Letters from Jim Key, Frank Tower, P. D. Thompson, Joseph Hartlaub, and "A Reader."
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Lucky Charms
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Mike Marvel System
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
Fighting Ships
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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