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120December 1958
$0.10

Batman #120

DC · December 1958 · on sale 1958-10-14

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Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#120
Publication date
December 1958
Key date
1958-12-00
On-sale date
1958-10-14
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Airborne Batman!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2The Curse of the Bat-Ringcomic story7.67pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; masked gang leader (villain); Spike Connors (villain)
4Operation Blackhawks!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Chuck Cuidera; letters: Ira Schnapp
5Sharing -- The United Nations Way!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos; letters: Gaspar SaladinoLuis; Carlos
6The Failure of Bruce Waynecomic story9.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Silas Wayne (Bruce's great-uncle); unnamed convict (villain); "Babyface" Muller (villain); Muller's gang [Arnie Briggs; rest unnamed] (villains)
8-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffWarden Willis; Haskell
9End of a Hold-Uptext story1letters: typesetMcSorley; Mr. Caldwell
10The Airborne Batmancomic story7.67pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; several unnamed criminal gangs (villains)

Plus 5.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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