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Issue: Batman #156
Publication Date: June 1963
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Issues: #156 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: 04/18/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Blackhawk #185 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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Robin Dies at Dawn!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1971
as Batman No. 156 June 1963 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Gallery #1 published August 1992
as Batman 156 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inker credit verified by Paris.
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Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, opinion
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Secret of the Ant-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Edie (Dick's date for a dance); Bat-Hound [Ace]; H. H. Hobbs (school benefactor); Mr. Stine (school Biology teacher); Professor Hanson (scientist); Ant-Man [Jumbo Carson] (villain); Al Welles (villain, mob leader); Brady Brothers (villains)
Synopsis: After Batman announces that he is going away on a secret Government mission, a pint-sized crime fighter by the name of Ant-Man pops up to help him out, but the Boy Wonder wrongly guesses that it is Batman in disguise.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #185 published October 1966
as The Secret of the Ant-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #11/1967 published November 1967
as Maur-mannens hemmelighet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
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Try a Tongue Teaser!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Swing Is to DC!

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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Sydney, Neb: a man explained to police...
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Robin Dies at Dawn, Chapter 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Ace the Bat-Hound; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed Army doctor; Gorilla Gang [Pete; Luke; one unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Batman undergoes a test simulation for a situation that astronauts may one day face alone in outer space, and during that simulation he sees Robin die. After the test is over, Batman faces the terrible side-effects of his simulation, believing that Robin will actually die, and it so complicates his fight against crime, he decides to retire!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #185 published October 1966
as Robin Dies at Dawn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[1] published August 1988
as Robin Dies at Dawn, Chapter 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[1] published August 1988
as Robin Dies at Dawn, Chapter 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published December 1988
as Robin Dies at Dawn [Story on Interior Page(s)][1]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published June 1989
as Robin Dies at Dawn, Chapter 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published June 1989
as Robin Dies at Dawn, Chapter 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagKlassiker der Comic-Literatur #7 published January 2005
as Robin stirbt bei Morgengrauen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Black Casebook #[nn] published August 2009
as Robin Dies at Dawn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGrant Morrison présente Batman #4 published January 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8.67
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Great Masterpieces

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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Detective Comics; World's Finest Comics
First Line: This famous symbol is your guarantee...
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Mary Schmitz, Pete Wilson, Melody Clouse, Jan Kodner, Mary Ellen Seitz, Rick Cooper, Michael Kerscher, George Ferris, Ricky Reynolds, Don Keefer, Anna May Lewis, Phillip Clayton, Richard Skol, Gregory Smith, Gary Jarkewicz, James Bergeron, Andy Levine
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Robin Dies at Dawn, Chapter 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Ace the Bat-Hound; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed Army doctor; Gorilla Gang [Pete; Luke; one unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Batman undergoes a test simulation for a situation that astronauts may one day face alone in outer space, and during that simulation he sees Robin die. After the test is over, Batman faces the terrible side-effects of his simulation, believing that Robin will actually die, and it so complicates his fight against crime, he decides to retire!
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Disclose Notes: Story told in two chapters. Inker credit verified by Paris.
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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First Line: Hi! Boys and girls...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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