Batman #63 for Sale - First Appearance of Drury Walker - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue: #63
Publication date: February-March 1951
Key date: 1951-02-00
On-sale date: 1950-12-06
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Drury Walker - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Killer Moth - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Origin of Killer Moth!	cover	1	pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Dick Grayson, Killer Moth First, Robin, Drury Walker First, Bruce Wayne
2	Big Town	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Sy Barry
3	The Joker's Crime Costumes!	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Alfred Beagle, Dick Grayson, Joker, Robin, Bruce Wayne
6	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
7	The Case of the Flying Saucers	comic story	12	pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Joe Letterese	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
9	Panic Stalks the Forest at the Dread Cry of "Warpath!"	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67	pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray
10	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
11	Passport to Fame	text article	2	pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
12	-	comic story	2	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Jerry the Jitterbug
13	Clue Cartoon	activity	0.5	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
15	-	comic story	0.75	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Pete
17	The Origin of Killer Moth!	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Killer Moth First, Robin, Drury Walker First, Bruce Wayne
18	-	comic story	0.75	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Peg
20	Heroics	cartoon	1	script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen	Jimmy Conners; Ellie Suggs; Pat Burgess; Russ Latona
21	The World of Adventure in Books	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Green Arrow, Tom Hawk, Sir Justin, Oliver Queen, The Shining Knight, Tomahawk

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0-930289-36-6	1989	On eBay ›
Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0-681-41015-9	1990	On eBay ›
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0930289-36-6	1989	On eBay ›
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0-446-39125-5; 0-446-39126-3	1988	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 ISBN 978-1-4012-8965-2	2019	On eBay ›
Batman in the Fifties #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-950-5	2021	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #6263 of 715#64 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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