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142September 1961
$0.10

Batman #142

DC · September 1961 · on sale 1961-07-13

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Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#142
Publication date
September 1961
Key date
1961-09-00
On-sale date
1961-07-13
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Ruler of the Bewitched Valley!cover1pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hartley
2Batman's Robot-Guardiancomic story7.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tal-Dar (alien); a robot guardian (death); several crooks (villains)
4-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
5Secret Originspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6The Right to Be Different!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira SchnappPete; Fred; Sam
7The Crimes of the Ancient Marinercomic story7.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Dutton (owner of Dutton Shipyards, introduction); Mr. Stubbs [aka The Ancient Mariner] (retired sea-Captain, introduction); Davy Jones (Stubbs' pet albatross); Ancient Mariner [Tom Travis] (villain, boarding house manager, introduction); Travis' henchm
11-letters page1letters: typesetBatman
12-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
14Ruler of the Bewitched Valleycomic story8.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Regan (detective); Hartley (villain, renegade scientist); Hartley's thugs (villains)

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

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