Batman #112 - First Appearance of Signalman, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue: #112
Publication date: December 1957
Key date: December 1957
On-sale date: October 8, 1957
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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	Am I Really Batman?	cover	1	pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
1	The Trick Is to Treat All the World's Children!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp	Binky; Allergy
2	The Signalman of Crime	comic story	8	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Pat Gordon	Batman, Phillip Cobb First, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Robin, Signalman First, Bruce Wayne
3	The One and Only Superman	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Superman
4	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey the Cop
5	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Warden Willis
6	Batman's Roman Holiday!	comic story	8	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Artie Simek	Batman, Dick Grayson, Professor Carter Nichols, Robin, Bruce Wayne
8	Trouble on the London Express	text story	1	letters: typeset	Inspector Mike Lansing; Dr. Arndt; Mr. Gibbons; Mr. Vandermeer
9	Am I Really Batman?	comic story	8	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Pat Gordon	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Professor Milo First, Alfred Pennyworth, Robin, Bruce Wayne

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Batman Annual #4	1963	On eBay ›
80 Page Giant Magazine #12	1965	On eBay ›
Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains #1	1972	On eBay ›
Batman: The Black Casebook #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-2264-2	2009	On eBay ›
DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-2791-3	2010	On eBay ›
DC's Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-173-8	2020	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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