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138March 1961
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Batman #138

DC · March 1961 · on sale 1961-01-12

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Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#138
Publication date
March 1961
Key date
1961-03-00
On-sale date
1961-01-12
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Secret of the Sea Beast!cover1pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sea-Beast
2Batman's Mastercomic story8script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; a Batman robot [as Kadar] (a mystic); Dorian (villain, renegade scientist); Dorian's henchmen (villains); The Tiger (villain); The Tiger's Gang (villains)
3-promo (ad from the publisher)1
4Don't Sell Nature Short!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira SchnappBill
5-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
7The Simple Crimes of Simple Simoncomic story8script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Simple Simon (villain); Simon's henchmen (villains)
8-letters page1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles ParisBatman
9The Brave and the Bold; Hawkmanpromo (ad from the publisher)1Hawkman
10Jail Jestscomic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11Detective Comics; World's Finest Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
12The Secret of the Sea Beastcomic story9script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne; also as Hassel]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Chips Hassel (villain); Hassel's gang (villains); Lester Guinn (villain); Hal Torson (villain); Sea-Beast (villain, a submarine)

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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