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Issue: Batman #105
Publication Date: February 1957
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Issues: #105 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/04/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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
Format Notes:  
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The Challenge of Batwoman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]
First Line: Look! Batman and Robin!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The National Sports Council
Character(s): Joe Louis (photo); Bob Cousy (photo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Challenge of Batwoman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Curt Briggs (villain); Brigg's gang (villains)
First Line: Keep moving, Batman!
Synopsis: Batwoman believes that an amnesiac man she finds is really Batman and that she should re-train him in crime-fighting methods. Since Batman is injured and must stay out of action, he and Robin go along with her mistake, but the man is really the leader of a gang of crooks.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1971
as The Challenge of Batwoman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Family #3 published January 1976
as The Challenge of Batwoman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #8/1979 published January 1979
as Lynvingkvinnens utfordring [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #8/1979 published July 1979
as Utmaningen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Second appearance of Batwoman.

Inker credit verified by Charles Paris.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop; Spike Eel (villain); Sarge
First Line: Sarge, I've got Spike Eel under arrest.
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Pages: 0.5
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Winter Sports Champions of the World

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, opinion, sports
Character(s): Anton Sailer; Renee Colliard; Hayes Alan Jenkins; Tenley Emma Albright; Boris Shilkov; Anti Hyvarinen
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in co-operation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Highlights of the 1956 Winter Olympic Games.
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The Second Boy Wonder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson; also as Fred Loyd]; Alfred Pennyworth; Gorilla Hardy (villain, introduction)
First Line: Why -- you're not Robin!
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.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Annual #4 published January 1962
as The Second Boy Wonder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Family #10 published March 1977
as The Second Boy Wonder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #11/1977 published October 1977
as Den andre Robin?! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Fifties #[nn] published June 2002
as The Second Boy Wonder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2 published October 2010
as The Second Boy Wonder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Inker credit verified by Charles Paris.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Sold by Daisy Manufacturing Co.
On the two pages between page 3 and page 4 of the previous story sequence.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Gems in a Jam

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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Pages: 1
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The Mysterious Bat-Missile

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Batman of the Future; Gunner Tharp (villain); Tharp's gang (villains)
Synopsis: A strange vehicle materializes in the Bat-Cave which helps Batman and Robin in their crime-fighting duties, but they are wary of its unknown origin.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Inker credit verified by Charles Paris.
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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; Denny
First Line: Baw! I'm lost!
Synopsis: Casey helps out a lost child.
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Pages: 0.67
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ted; Penny
First Line: Jumpin' Jupiter!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Company.
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