Batman #187 (1966) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue: #187
Publication date: December 1966-January 1967
Key date: 1966-12-00
On-sale date: 1966-10-06
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 84
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Batman, Bruce Wayne.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	An All-Star Collection of the Best of Batman!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer, Curt Swan; inks: Win Mortimer, Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp
1	An All-Star Collection of the Best of Batman	table of contents	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell
2	Batman's First Case	comic story	11.67	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan Starkman	Batman Origin, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne Origin, Martha Wayne, Thomas Wayne
3	The Phantom Eye of Gotham City	comic story	12	script: John Broome; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Pat Gordon	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
4	The Last Days of Batman	comic story	8.67	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan Starkman	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
5	Gotham's Cleverest Criminal	comic story	7	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp	Joker
6	Peril at Playland Isle	comic story	11.67	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan Starkman	Batman, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
7	-	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset
8	The Batman of Tomorrow!	comic story	12	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ben Oda	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Robin, Vicki Vale, Bruce Wayne
9	-	activity	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10	-	letters page	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell
11	The Ballad of Batman	comic story	8	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Pat Gordon	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne

Where to read it

Collection	Year
World's Finest Comics #163	1966	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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