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109August 1957
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Batman #109

DC · August 1957 · on sale 1957-06-02

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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#109
Publication date
August 1957
Key date
1957-08-00
On-sale date
1957-06-02
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The 1,001 Inventions of Batman!cover1pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2Three Crimes Against Batmancomic story8pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Pat GordonBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Bagley (villain); Bagley's gang (villains)
4Earn While You Learn!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira SchnappSteve; Walt
5-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
6Follow the Batmancomic story8pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Pat GordonBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Henry Larabee; Waller (villain); Waller's gang (villains)
7-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffWarden Willis
8-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
10Beware: Detective at Worktext story1letters: typesetJoe Grady; Norman Streeter
11The 1,001 Inventions of Batmancomic story8script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Pat GordonBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (cameo, flashback); Curt Mathias (villain); Mathias' gang (villains); Verne Hainey (villain, mob leader, flashback)

Plus 6.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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