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Issue: Batman #83
Publication Date: April 1954
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Issues: #83 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/22/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Testing of Batman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
First Line: Batman's aim will have to be perfect...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #73-168329 published October 1971
as Batman No. 83 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Penciler credit verified by Sprang and inker credit confirmed by Paris.
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Draw Me!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Duplicate Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Harry Larson [also as Batman] (introduction, ex-con, death); Fish Frye (villain, introduction); Frye's gang [Gimlet Hawkins; others un-named] (villains, introduction for all); The Carter Gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: When Batman crashes in the Batplane in a remote mountainous area, crooks learn of it and hire an ex-con and Bruce Wayne look-alike to pose as Batman while they loot Gotham City.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #228 published January 1971
as The Duplicate Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
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[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Al Capp]
Penciller(s): ? [as Al Capp]
Inker(s): ? [as Al Capp]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil
Character(s): Fosdick; Anyface
First Line: Eek!!
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Pages: 0.33
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Pud; Tim
First Line: P-s-s-st! Pud- Let's play a trick on Tim...
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Quick Quiz
First Line: How often may the design on United States coins be changed?
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jerry the Jitterbug; Petey
First Line: Girls! Wake up! Don't let the men push us around!
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Pages: 2
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Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz (Feb. 21-28)

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): Buzzy Brown
First Line: Who came to America from England to seek...
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Pages: 1
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The Deep-Sea Diver Mystery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Ringo (villain, introduction); Ringo's mob (villains, introduction for all); Big Jim's gang (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: Batman and Robin!
Synopsis: Batman has to solve the mystery of a man in diving gear who is murdered outside Commissioner Gordon's home, and who leaves the Caped Crusader just two whispered clues to his death.
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In Content Item: FlagLimited Collectors' Edition #C-44 published June 1976
as The Deep-Sea Diver Mystery! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mutt & Jeff
First Line: Millions of readers know...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Jury Room
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Pages: 1
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Bedloe Street Beat

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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The Testing of Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Thorson (a psychologist, introduction); Hatchet Marley (villain, introduction); Marley's gang (villains, introduction for all); Dr. Rinely (villain, introduction); The Gulden Mob (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: Ha, ha... Batman's aim and coordination will have...
Synopsis: Batman agrees to help a psychologist with some of his experiments, but a crime boss learns of this and replaces the psychologist with a phony, captures the Dynamic Duo and puts them through a series of horrific tests while the gang seeks to rob the Gotham Mint.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #D2939 published March 1966
as The Testing of Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: Penciler credit verified by Sprang and inker credit confirmed by Paris.
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Superman on Television! Is Super-TV

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Pages: 0.33
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stuart Greetings, Inc.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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