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89February 1955
$0.10

Batman #89

DC · February 1955 · on sale 1954-11-30

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Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#89
Publication date
February 1955
Key date
1955-02-00
On-sale date
1954-11-30
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Bruce Wayne's Aunt Agatha!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Aunt Agatha
1My Greatest Adventurepromo (ad from the publisher)1
2River Roguescomic story8script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Pat GordonBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Commissioner James Gordon; Captain John Gordon (Commissioner Gordon's ancestor, introduction); Baird Hawes (villain, a show director, introduction); Hawe's gang (villains, introduction for all)
4-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffJerry the Jitterbug; Al
5-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
6The Seven Wonders of the Underworld!comic story8pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Pat GordonBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vince Varden (villain, introduction); Varden's gang [Weedy; others un-named] (villains, introduction for all)
7Sport Slangcomic story0.5pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
9-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
10Calling Police Car Number 5!text article2letters: typeset
11Bruce Wayne's Aunt Agatha!comic story8script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Pat GordonBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Agatha (Bruce Wayne's aunt, introduction); The Raven and his Rotor Robbers (villains, introduction for all)
12Binky's Special Christmas Quizpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira SchnappBinky Biggs

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

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