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Issue: Batman #155
Publication Date: May 1963
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Issues: #155 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/07/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Detective Comics #314 and 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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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Return of the Penguin!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Countdown on Excellence

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, opinion
Character(s): Jerry; Jerry's father
Synopsis: Jerry gets a lecture from his father on the importance of doing every job right.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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Batman's Psychic Twin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kathy Kane; Jo-Jo Gagan (villain, death); Boss Bragg (villain, crime boss); Bragg's gang [Luke; Tobin; others unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis: A rare chemical explosion psychically links Batman with Jo-Jo Gagan, and when the underworld finds out about this, they turn on Gagan and attempt to kill him, believing that the Caped Crusader will perish as well.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
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Tootsie Roll Makes History!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Now! In Their Own Spectacular Book!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Metal Men (DC, 1963 series) #1.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Jerry Jones, Clarence Ginsiak, Wayne Demarey, Gary Shaw, Harry Briggs, Kenny Ampel, and Steve Goering.
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The Return of the Penguin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Penguin's gang (villains)
Synopsis: Emerging from semi-retirement, due to the mocking of the underworld, the Penguin renews his battle of wits with the Caped Crusaders with a series of new bird-related crimes.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman vs. the Penguin #D2970 published May 1966
as The Return of the Penguin [Story on Interior Page(s)]reformatted
In Content Item: FlagCaped Crusader Classics! #3 published October 1988
as The Return of the Penguin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Sixties #[nn] [1st Printing] published March 1999
as The Return of the Penguin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
Disclose Notes: This story is often incorrectly counted as the first silver age appearance of the Penguin. Penguin's true silver age debut was in the first story of Batman #99.

Inker credit verified by Paris.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, non-fiction
First Line: How did the word 'trousseau' originate?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 10 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Strange Sports Stories Is the Most

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, sports
Character(s): Johnny DC
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #47.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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