Batman #164 (1964) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Two-Way Gem Caper!	cover	1	pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1	Are You a Good Neighbor?	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	Two-Way Gem Caper!	comic story	13.34	script: Ed Herron; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Hootenanny Hotshots (folk singers); Mr. Dabblo (villain); Dabblo's accomplice (villain)
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
4	Showcase; I -- Spy!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
5	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
7	Ancient Crime-Detection Methods!	cartoon	1
8	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
9	Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat!	comic story	11.67	script: Ed Herron; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mystery Analysts of Gotham City [Prof. Ralph Vern; Art Saddows; Kaye Daye; Martin Tellman; Commissioner James Gordon] (introduction); District Attorney Danton (not named in the story); Hugh Rankin (private investigator); The Trapeze Ten (flashback)
10	Detective Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Detective Comics #415	1971	On eBay ›
Batman #240	1972	On eBay ›
Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-932-9	2003	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Batman #1 ISBN 1-4012-1086-4	2006	On eBay ›
Batman Strikes! [Burger King Edition] #1	2004	On eBay ›
Batman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0659-X	2005	On eBay ›

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