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149August 1962
$0.12

Batman #149

DC · August 1962 · on sale 1962-06-05

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Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#149
Publication date
August 1962
Key date
1962-08-00
On-sale date
1962-06-05
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Invaders from the Past!cover1pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2The Maestro of Crimecomic story7.67script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Ambrose Weems (music expert); Maestro of Crime [Payne Cardine] (villain, introduction); Maestro's henchmen (villains)
3-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
5Giant Batman Annual; Giant Lois Lane Annualpromo (ad from the publisher)1
6The Invaders from the Pastcomic story8.67script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Alpheus Roberts (scientist); Ben Ryder (villain); Slick Ronson (villain)
7Comicpacpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
8-letters page1letters: typesetBatman
9Giant Superman Annualpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
12-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffHomer
13Batman Tunes In on Murdercomic story7.67script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan StarkmanBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mayor of Gotham City; Jaharian Rajah; Plethi (villain, Jaharian Ambassador); two crooks (villains)
14You Must Not Miss These Great Issues!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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