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54August-September 1949
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Batman #54

DC · August-September 1949 · on sale 1949-06-08

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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#54
Publication date
August-September 1949
Key date
1949-08-00
On-sale date
1949-06-08
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Treasure Hunter; The Door Without a Key; The Amazing Masqueradecover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Now -- More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Treasure Hunter!comic story12pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mister Jennings; The Treasure Hunter [Charles] (villain, introduction); C. C. Weede; Mister Peters; Jim Gade
4Money Stuffcomic story0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
6The Door Without a Key!comic story12pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Paul Delion; John Delion (possibly Juan Ponce de Leon, introduction); Ugo (butler, death); Delion's family (flashback); Dan Morgan (villain, introduction)
8Man of Daringcomic story1script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie AllenGar Wood
9Wonder Drugtext article1.5pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond PerryDr. Alexander Fleming
10Message to Parentspublic service announcement0.5letters: typeset
11-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffVarsity Vic
13Everything You Want in a Magazine!promo (ad from the publisher)1
14The Amazing Masquerade!comic story12pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; George C. Hudson (introduction, death); John Foster (villain, introduction); Fellows (butler, introduction); Martha (introduction); the Human Spider Mob (villains, introduction for all)
16Superman on Safety First!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman [Clark Kent]
17Watch for Wakely!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6
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Series context

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