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123April 1959
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Batman #123

DC · April 1959 · on sale 1959-02-26

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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#123
Publication date
April 1959
Key date
1959-04-00
On-sale date
1959-02-26
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 Fugitive Batman!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat-Hound [Ace]
2The Secret of the Evergladescomic story7.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joe Osceola (Seminole Indian); tribal members; Ponce DeLeon (explorer, mention only); Mike Briggs (villain, trapper); Brigg's henchmen (villains)
4The Brave and the Bold; The Viking Princepromo (ad from the publisher)1
5What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
6-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
7The Joker's Practical Jokes!comic story7.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain)
9-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffButch
10They Live on Borrowed Time!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
11-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
12The Telltale Laddertext story1letters: typesetSam Osborne; Arthur Brewer
13The Fugitive Batmancomic story7.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat-Hound [Ace]; Commissioner James Gordon; Frank Tyler; several reporters; Red Mask Mob [Lucky Lane (leader); Nifty Blake; others unnamed] (villains)

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

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CollectionYear
Batman #123 [Pizza Hut Collectors' Edition Vol. 1] #[nn]1977On eBay ›
The Joker's Practical Jokes! [Batman Prell Shampoo Premium] #[nn]1966On eBay ›

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Series context

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