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Issue: Batman #66
Publication Date: August 1951
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Issues: #66 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/11/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
This comic was shown in The Adventures of Superman, 1952 series, Season 1, Episode 16: "Mystery in Wax" and Episode 24: "Crime Wave". Shown in a newsstand in both shows.
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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
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The Joker's Comedy of Errors!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen och Robin #9/1951 published January 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #5/1953 published May 1953
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Penciler credit verified by Sprang. Inker credit verified by Paris.
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Favorites in Fantasy!

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The Joker's Comedy of Errors!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bragg (henchman); unnamed henchmen; unnamed elevator operator; unnamed electric company employees; unnamed newsboy; John Dillinger (portrait); Danny (inmate); Clancy (prison guard); unnamed English fishermen; unnamed English reporters; unnamed citizens; unnamed waiter; unnamed police officers; unnamed mayor
Synopsis: Joker is ridiculed when one of his crimes is foiled by his own mistake, so he decides to launch a crime spree based on famous mistakes, or "boners", in history.
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In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen och Robin #9/1951 published January 1950
as Jokers misstagskomedi [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Joker: The Greatest Stories Ever Told #[nn] published August 2008
as The Joker's Comedy of Errors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Penciler credit verified by Schwartz. Inker credit verified by Paris.
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The "Popsicle" Kids in Nevada Bad Lands

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Feature(s): Popsicle
Character(s): Tess; Tim
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: That's a nice dog you have, son!
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Vitalis Hair Cream
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Pages: 0.33
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The Movie Stars Who Died Twice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Griffin Balfor (movie director, villain, introduction, death); Wanda Ware (actress); Lud Valento (actor); unnamed fans; unnamed police officers; John Kent (actor); Mr. Land (movie insider); Jack Flame (newsman); Max Flower (cameraman); unnamed henchmen
Synopsis: Batman and Robin investigate when a series of movie actors die in real-life as their deaths depicted in their films. They find that the actors' deaths were staged by a former director who forces them, and Batman and Robin, to perform in a new movie that he is making.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Penciler credit verified by Sprang. Inker credit verified by Paris.
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Captain Tootsie and His Vacation-Time Pals

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Peter; Joe
First Line: This is it, boys!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred
First Line: Here comes Alfred. He's such a bore...
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Script Sleuths

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure, non-fiction
Character(s): James Boswell; Sir Thomas Mallory
First Line: There are many mysteries in the world, and...
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
Character(s): Pud
First Line: Step right up, folks...
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: The sarge says there's been a lot of speeders lately...
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): No Foolin'
First Line: Nothing to lose!
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Pages: 0.75
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Neat Treat!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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Pages: 0.25
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Batman II and Robin, Junior!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Police Commissioner Batman [Bruce Wayne] (in dream, in the future, retires as Batman and is appointed as Police Commissioner of the United Nations); Batman II [Dick Grayson Sr.] (in dream, in the future, Robin becomes Batman II); Robin Jr. [Dick Grayson Jr.] (in dream, future son of Dick Sr.); Mrs. Grayson (in dream, future wife of Dick Sr. and mother of Dick Jr.); Foxy Fenton (villain, introduction); Fenton's unnamed henchman; unnamed United Nations spokesmen (in dream, in the future); Count Razek (in dream, in the future, bandits leader); Wingy (in dream, in the future, one of Razek's bandits); Razek's unnamed bandits (in dream, in the future)
Synopsis: Robin dreams of a future where Bruce Wayne has retired as Batman, and an adult Dick Grayson becomes Batman II with his son Dick Jr. as the new Robin.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Most of this story is Robin's dream.

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Cornered in the Corral!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
Character(s): Jim Wise; Cody
First Line: It happened at a Wyoming rodeo...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
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Message to Parents

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Quick Quiz
First Line: After they are picked, will oranges ripen?
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.25
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Tomahawk!

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Feature(s): Tomahawk; Star Spangled Comics
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Pages: 1
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Sweet Land of Liberty!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, opinion
First Line: Fellows, the mayor's picked our band to be...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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