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59June-July 1950
$0.10

Batman #59

DC · June-July 1950 · on sale 1950-04-12

First appearance: DeadshotFirst appearance: Floyd LawtonOrigin: Deadshot
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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#59
Publication date
June-July 1950
Key date
1950-06-00
On-sale date
1950-04-12
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Deadshot - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Floyd Lawton - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Deadshot, Floyd Lawton.

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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Batman in the Future!cover1pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
2The Man Who Replaced Batman!comic story11.67script: David Vern; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman, Deadshot First, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Floyd Lawton First, Robin, Bruce Wayne
6The Forbidden Cellar!comic story10pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira SchnappBatman, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
10-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
11Lock It Up!text article2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond PerryRobert Barron; Joseph Bramah; Hobbs
13-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
15Batman in the Future!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman, Dick Grayson, Joker, Robin, Bruce Wayne
20A Salute to the Boy Scouts of Americapublic service announcement1letters: typesetBatman, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne

Plus 11.58 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Batman: Cover to Cover #[nn]
ISBN 1-4012-0659-X		2005On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7
ISBN 978-1-4012-8965-2		2019On eBay ›
Batman in the Fifties #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-77950-950-5		2021On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #5859 of 715#60 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q93271836 (Deadshot), first-appearance property (CC0)

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