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Issue: Batman Annual #4
Publication Date: January 1962
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Issues: #4 of 28 Issues (53 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/08/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 15 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jack Schiff
Disclose Notes: This is the only issue of this series to exclusively feature the work of a single artist on interior stories: Sheldon Moldoff.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound; saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted From13
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Secret Adventures of Batman and Robin

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan; Win Mortimer; Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Stan Kaye; Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman; The First Batman [Dr. Thomas Wayne]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2 published October 2010
as Batman Annual #4: The Secret Adventures of Batman and Robin [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagBatman #99 published April 1956
was The Phantom of the Bat-Cave! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #235 published September 1956
was The First Batman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #247 published September 1957
was The Man Who Ended Batman's Career! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagBatman #122 published March 1959
was The Marriage of Batman and Batwoman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Giant Batman Annual

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The First Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lew Moxon (first appearance, villain, death); Joey Chill (villain)
Synopsis: The discovery of an old Batman-type costume in Bruce Wayne's attic re-opens the Wayne murder case, and helps him realize that Joey Chill had only been HIRED to kill his parents...and the real man responsible was still alive and free.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #235 published September 1956
was The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Am I Really Batman?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Milo (villain)
Synopsis: Batman wakes from a sound sleep to find himself in a mental ward, not realizing that a Professor Milo had given him a dose of amnesia gas that dulls the will to live.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #112 published December 1957
was Am I Really Batman? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This is a different Professor Milo from the one depicted in story 9 of this issue, "The Man Who Ended Batman's Career." Both were created by Bill Finger (and possibly Sheldon Moldoff), both stories mention Napoleon and both appeared in the same month's comics (September 1957)!
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The Batwoman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane] (intro)
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.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #233 published July 1956
was The Batwoman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: origin & 1st appear of Batwoman
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The Vanished Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Pack Purdy (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis: Gotham City is shocked to see Robin drive up to Police HQ one day in a Robinmobile, and refuses to comment on the disappearance of his long-time partner in crime-fighting.
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #101 published August 1956
was The Vanished Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Detective Comics
First Line: Follow the adventures of Batman and Robin...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Phantom of the Bat-Cave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Pardu (first appearance, villain); The Society of Magicians (first appearance)
Synopsis: Batman is puzzled when a trophy of a case he just completed disappears and is replaced by another item...right in the confines of the Bat-Cave.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #99 published April 1956
was The Phantom of the Bat-Cave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Batman's College Days

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin details); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joe Danton (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis: Bruce Wayne has been invited on a 3-day reunion cruise with some of his old college athletic team chums. But joy turns to fear when their host not only discovers Batman's true identity, but threatens to kill each and every one of them with planted mines.
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #96 published December 1955
was Batman's College Days [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Marriage of Batman and Batwoman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Ray Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]
Synopsis: Dick Grayson goes to sleep while Bruce is out on a date with Kathy, and dreams of the loss of their secret identities caused by Bruce and Kathy's marriage.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #122 published March 1959
was The Marriage of Batman and Batwoman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.5
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman; World's Finest Comics
First Line: This famous symbol...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Second Boy Wonder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Gorilla Hardy (first appearance; villain)
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.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #105 published February 1957
was The Second Boy Wonder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Man Who Ended Batman's Career

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Starman]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Milo (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis: Professor Milo decides to end the career of the Caped Crusader by giving him a phobia: the fear of bats!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #247 published September 1957
was The Man Who Ended Batman's Career [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: This is a different Professor Milo from the one depicted in story 2 of this issue, "Am I Really Batman?" Both were created by Bill Finger (and possibly Sheldon Moldoff), both stories mention Napoleon and both appeared in the same month's comics (September 1957)!
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Giant Superman Annual; Giant Annual Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff; Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

Circular panels depicting scenes from five of the interior stories: 4 from the splash pages ("The Vanished Batman," "Am I Really Batman?" "Batman's College Days," and "The Second Boy Wonder") and 1 from its cover ("The Batwoman").

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