Batman #157 (1963) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Hunt for Batman's Identity!	cover	1	pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth [as Bruce Wayne]; Vicki Vale; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mirror Man
2	The Villain of the Year	comic story	11.67	script: Dave Wood; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Stan Starkman	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Jackal [Hal Lake; aka Marty Kale] (villain, reporter); The Barker Gang [Reed; rest unnamed] (villains); The Denton Gang (villains); Gaxton (villain); Snooper (villain)
4	Giant Superman Annual	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
5	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
6	Giant Batman Annual	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
8	The Hunt for Batman's Secret Identity	comic story	12.67	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: David Huffine	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth [as Bruce Wayne]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Vicki Vale; unnamed actor [as Batman]; Mirror Man [Floyd Ventris] (villain); Mirror Man's gang [Harry Vance; rest unnamed] (villains)
9	-	cartoon	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11	Giant Lois Lane Annual	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5

Plus 6.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

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