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144December 1961
$0.12

Batman #144

DC · December 1961 · on sale 1961-10-12

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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#144
Publication date
December 1961
Key date
1961-12-00
On-sale date
1961-10-12
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Bat-Mite Meets Bat-Girl!cover1pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne] (inset); Bat-Girl [Betty Kane]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat-Mite
2The Alien Feud on Earthcomic story8.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne; also as Hylk]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Rilla (alien); Hylk (villain, alien); Zorb (villain, alien)
4-cartoon1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5-promo (ad from the publisher)1
6The Man Who Played Batmancomic story7.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne; also as Burke]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain); "Gum-ball" Burke (villain); Burke's mob (villains)
8-letters page1letters: typesetBatman
9Big - Big - Big News About a Small - Small - Small Super-Heropromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
10People Are People!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Don Cameron; inks: Don Cameron; letters: Ira Schnapp
11Bat-Mite Meets Bat-Girlcomic story8.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Bat-Girl [Betty Kane]; Commissioner James Gordon; Bat-Mite; Chip Danton (movie idol); several criminal gangs (villains)

Plus 4.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Batman from the 30s to the 70s #[nn]1972On eBay ›
Batman in the Sixties #[nn]
ISBN 1-56389-491-2		1999On eBay ›

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Series context

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