Batman #173 (1965) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Secret Identities for Sale!	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Joe Letterese	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Incognito [James Carter]
2	Secret Identities for Sale!	comic story	12.34	script: John Broome; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mayor of Gotham City; Johnny Jason (movie Star); Myra Holt (actress); Mr. Incognito [James Carter] (villain, introduction); Incognito's gang (villains, introduction for all); Elwood Pearson (villain, introduction)
8	-	cartoon	0.25
11	Walk, Batman -- To Your Doom!	comic story	11.67	script: John Broome; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sid Greene; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. John Grover; Gotham City District Attorney; Franklin Knott (villain, former lab assistant of Dr. Grover); Bunky Galliver (villain); Galliver's gang (villains)
13	80-Page Giant; Jimmy Olsen	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
15	Detective Comics; Justice League of America	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
17	10 Issues of Batman for Only $1.00	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset

Plus 9.24 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Batman #14530 ISBN 0-448-14530-8	1977	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Batman #1 ISBN 1-4012-1086-4	2006	On eBay ›
Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-4755-3	2014	On eBay ›

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