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Issue: Batman #118
Publication Date: September 1958
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Issues: #118 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: 07/15/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (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 Merman 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! You mean, you can breathe the oxygen in the water, but...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1971
as Batman No. 118 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Charles Atlas (photo)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Battle of Police Island!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; two un-named scientists; group of escaped convicts [Gavin; Gee-Gee; Dalton; Moore] (villains)
First Line: Ha, ha... the tables are turned!
Synopsis: The Caped Crusaders have the task of saving four escaped felons from the radiation they have become contaminated with before they perish or infect others.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: Inker credit verified by Charles Paris.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: To the boys and girls of America...
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Pages: 0.33
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Warden Willis; Lefty Groden
First Line: Our new machine is installed, Warden!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Man Who Couldn't Be Tried Twice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Willy Keys (circus clown); Wyler (trapeze artist, death); Dr. Forbes (Police lab employee); James Lee (villain, trapeze artist); David Dial (villain, owner of All-Star Circus)
Synopsis: Batman's testimony in a court case seemingly allows a guilty man to go free, but he uncovers evidence later that proves another man was a killer!
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In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #2/1959 published January 1959
as Mannen som inte kunde dömas för mord [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1970 published January 1970
as Der Mann, der nicht zweimal verurteilt werden konnte! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #218 published January 1970
as The Man Who Couldn't Be Tried Twice! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Inker credit verified by Jack Burnley.
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Know Your Pet!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, opinion
Character(s): Jimmy; Jimmy's mom; Rags (a dog)
First Line: But Mom, we're going swimming now!
Synopsis: Jimmy tries to treat his dog like a poodle, not realizing that different pets need different care.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop; Sarge
First Line: These radio sets are terrific!
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Gunshot on a Summer Night

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Joe Murchison; Kenneth Dolan; Ed Scheer
First Line: The serenity of the summer evening was...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Merman Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vince Kenton (villain); Smarte (villain); Marty (villain)
Synopsis: While chasing down a wanted criminal, Batman is struck by lightning and falls into the harbor. When he rises out of the water, he discovers that he cannot breathe air and has literally become a human fish.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Annual #5 published January 1963
as The Merman Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2 published October 2010
as The Merman Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Inker credit verified by Charles Paris.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Perry Como (photo); Kim Novak (photo); Pat Boone (photo); Tony Curtis (photo); Debbie Reynolds (photo); Elvis Presley (photo)
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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