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Issue: Batman Archives #7
Publication Date: January 2007
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Issues: #7 of 8 Issues (12 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Archive EditionsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 11/07/2007
Volume: 7
Pages: 264
ISBN: 9781401214937
UPC/EAN: 978140121493754999
Price: $60.99 CAD
$49.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 43 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Scott Nybakken (collected edition editor)
Disclose Notes: Black-and-white reconstruction by Rick Keene.
Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J.
Publication design by Robbie Biederman.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: glossy interiors
Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
Colorist(s): Jamison
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #152 published October 1949
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]portion of cover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "The early adventures of the Dynamic Duo continue with this volume collecting mysteries from DETECTIVE COMICS #136-154, published in the late 1940s.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Riddler [Edward Nigma]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Amash
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Introduction by Jim Amash
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Cover - Detective Comics #136

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Scarface Carson
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #136 published June 1948
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Dead Man's Chest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Nichols; Mr. Hollis; Captain Henry Morgan (villain); pirates (villains)
Synopsis: At a meeting of the Gotham City Museum Board of Trustees, Bruce Wayne sees a map from 1667 that bears his hand-writing, so he has Professor Nichols send him and Dick back to that era to see if they can solve that age old mystery.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #136 published June 1948
was The Dead Man's Chest! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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[Cover - Detective Comics #137]; The Rebus Crimes

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob Kane
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #137 published July 1948
was The Rebus Crimes [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Rebus Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Crayley; Mr. Millman; Joker (villain)
Synopsis: A clever rebus sign on a local furrier's store gives the Joker yet a new and novel method of committing his crimes!
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #137 published July 1948
was The Rebus Crimes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[Cover - Detective Comics #138]; The Invisible Crimes

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker (silhouette)
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #138 published August 1948
was The Invisible Crimes [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Invisible Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Walter Timmins (first appearance); Mr. Laird (first appearance); Mr. Stacy (first appearance); Mr. Morse (first appearance); Joker (villain)
Synopsis: The Joker follows up an article in the newspaper about a scientist discovering a lost elixir of invisibility and becomes a real terror to Batman until the crime fighter takes some of the elixir himself.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #138 published August 1948
was The Invisible Crimes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #139

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Shing Far [aka Nick Baily]
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #139 published September 1948
was Crimes in Jade [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Crimes of Jade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Detective Ling Ho (first appearance); Mr. Ho (first appearance; death); Shing Far [aka Nick Baily] (first appearance; villain); Ding How (first appearance; villain); Wong How (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis: When a brazen crime involving the theft of jade rocks Chinatown, Batman teams up with a Chinese detective to track down the criminals.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #139 published September 1948
was The Crimes of Jade! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #140

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Riddler [Edward Nigma]
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #140 published October 1948
was The Riddler! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Riddler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Eagle; Riddler [Edward Nigma] (first appearance; villain; origin)
Synopsis: Having grown up an expert and a cheat when it came to solving puzzles, Edward Nigma decides to use this capacity to mystify the Police and Batman.....as the Riddler!
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #140 published October 1948
was The Riddler [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Charles Paris is erroneously listed as the writer in the credits instead of the inker.
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Cover - Detective Comics #141

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob Kane
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #141 published November 1948
was The Gallery of Public Heroes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Gallery of Public Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Kane
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; James Coy (first appearance); Blackie Nason [also as Mr. Jones] (first appearance; villain); Lippy (first appearance; villain; death)
Synopsis: Blackie Nason was captured because of his picture being in the Police "Rogue's Gallery," so after he escapes from prison, he has plastic surgery, then sets up his "Gallery of Undercover Cops."
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #141 published November 1948
was The Gallery of Public Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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[Cover - Detective Comics #142]; The Riddler's Puzzle Contest

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Riddler [Edward Nigma]
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #142 published December 1948
was The Riddler's Puzzle Contest [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Crime's Puzzle Contest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain)
Synopsis: The Riddler returns from the "dead" to continue his campaign of puzzle contests to baffle the Police and the Dynamic Duo.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #142 published December 1948
was Crime's Puzzle Contest! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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[Cover - Detective Comics #143]; The Pied Piper of Peril

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Pied Piper
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #143 published January 1949
was The Pied Piper of Peril! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Pied Piper of Peril!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Pied Piper (villain)
Synopsis: The Pied Piper returns to continue his crminal activities of committing a series of "pipe" crimes, each with a pipe related to the victim's name!
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #143 published January 1949
was The Pied Piper of Peril! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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[Cover - Detective Comics #144]; The Mystery Broadcast

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kay Kyser
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #144 published February 1949
was The Mystery Broadcast [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Kay Kyser's Mystery Broadcast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kay Kyser; Eddie Blinn; Big Jack Bancroft (villain)
Synopsis: Big Jack Bancroft kidnaps Kay Kyser and his saxophonist [whom he resembles] in order to get on Kyser's radio show, "The College of Musical Knowledge" in order to hide from the Police. Kyser has to find a way to tip off Batman to this and invite him to his program in order to round up the crook.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #144 published February 1949
was Kay Kyser's Mystery Broadcast! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #145

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #145 published March 1949
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Robin, the Boy Failure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (cameo; villain); Crime Surgeon (cameo; villain); The Yellow Masks (first appearance; villains)
Synopsis: Dick Grayson accidentally suffers from a case of amnesia after rescuing a woman from near death. Bruce devises a plan for the youngster to "assume" the role of Robin in order to try and shock him into remembering his true identity.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #145 published March 1949
was Robin, the Boy Failure! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #146

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Numbers [Carl C. Cave]
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #146 published April 1949
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Three's a Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Numbers [Carl C. Cave] (villain); Jack Fasset (villain)
Synopsis: Carl Cave is lucky with numbers, especially concerning the lucky number "3", and he believes that number can protect him from the minions of the law....and Batman himself!
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #146 published April 1949
was Three's a Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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[Cover - Detective Comics #147]; Tiger Shark

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tiger Shark [Dr. Gaige]
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #147 published May 1949
was Tiger Shark! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Tiger Shark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robert "Alps" Evans; "Jet" Fuller; Tiger Shark [Dr. Gaige] (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis: A new villain decides to create a criminal empire underwater, so the Dynamic Duo create their own weapon of offense: the Sub-Batmarine!
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #147 published May 1949
was Tiger Shark! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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[Cover - Detective Comics #148]; The Experiment of Professor Zero

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Zero
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #148 published June 1949
was The Experiment of Professor Zero [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Experiment of Professor Zero

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Carlyle; Mr. Gresham; Mr. Parnell; Professor Zero (first appearance; villain); Beefy (villain)
Synopsis: Batman and Robin fall victim, like others, to a mad scientist who has found a way to reduce humans to pigmy size!
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #148 published June 1949
was The Experiment of Professor Zero [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[Cover - Detective Comics #149]; The Sound-Effect Crimes

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #149 published July 1949
was The Sound Effect Crimes [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Sound-Effect Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker (villain)
Synopsis: The sound effects from a radio drama spur the Joker to institute a new crime idea: that of using sound to create panic among the city's populace in order to make easy scores.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #149 published July 1949
was The Sound-Effect Crimes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #150

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #150 published August 1949
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Ghost of Gotham City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Judge Whipple; D.A. Robert J. Pierce; Dr. Paul Visio [as Rifle Rafferty] (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis: A clever doctor uses a phony "ghost" of executed mobster Rifle Rafferty and a group of stool pigeons within Gotham City's mobs in order to convince the Police and the Dynamic Duo that Rafferty has come back from the dead to exact revenge.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #150 published August 1949
was The Ghost of Gotham City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #151

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #151 published September 1949
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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I.O.U. My Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Peter Chaney; Mr. Jenkins (death); Homer Davis [also as Mr. Jenkins] (villain); Ben Kole (villain); Lazy Larry Gang (villains)
Synopsis: Ben Kole, a supposed student of Egyptology, has the weird hobby of saving people's lives, then demanding that they sign an "I.O.U. My Life" form in order to later blackmail those he saved.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #151 published September 1949
was I.O.U. My Life! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #152

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #152 published October 1949
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Goblin of Gotham City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Kane
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale; Joe Baily; Edwin Cole; The Goblin [Martin Tate] (villain); Joker (villain; cameo); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain; cameo); Catwoman (villain; cameo)
Synopsis: Vicki gets the chance to do a great story on "Three dead men who live today because of the Batman," but a new Jekyll & Hyde criminal almost destroys the good this story will do.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #152 published October 1949
was The Goblin of Gotham City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[Cover - Detective Comics #153]; The Flying Batman

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #153 published November 1949
was The Flying Batman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Flying Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Prof. Carl Wilde; Slits Danton (villain)
Synopsis: The Batman takes to the air, like his namesake, on the trail of Slits Danton, all thanks to the creation of special "bat wings" created by a scientist... or so the Caped Crusader thinks!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #153 published November 1949
was The Flying Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Cover - Detective Comics #154

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #154 published December 1949
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Underground Railroad of Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Kane
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mary Holmes; Jim Millan
Synopsis: Batman goes undercover in the State Prison as Jim Millan, hoping to discover how prisoners who have escaped from that institution seem to disappear forever.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #154 published December 1949
was Underground Railroad of Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Biographies for Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jim Mooney, Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Lew Sayre Schwartz & Dick Sprang.
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Cover reprints

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang; Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Dick Sprang; Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Scarface Carson; Riddler; Joker
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #136 published June 1948
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #140 published October 1948
was The Riddler! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #149 published July 1949
was The Sound Effect Crimes [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #153 published November 1949
was The Flying Batman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover

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