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74December 1952-January 1953
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Batman #74

DC · December 1952-January 1953 · on sale 1952-10-22

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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#74
Publication date
December 1952-January 1953
Key date
1952-12-00
On-sale date
1952-10-22
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Movie That Killed Batman!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Skid Turkel
2The Crazy Crime Clown!comic story9.67script: Al Schwartz; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Pat GordonBatman [Bruce Wayne; also as Minos the Mind Reader]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain); Mrs. Bromley; Mr. Bromley; unnamed police officer; unnamed psychiatrist; unnamed judge; Dr. Reed (Director of Gotham's Institute for the Insane); Franz the Strangler; James Dere
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: ?; typeset
6Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lee
7-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop; Sarge; Muggsy O'Doul
8The Movie That Killed Batman!comic story9.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred; Skid Turkel (villain, introduction); Wingate (movie producer)
10-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete
12-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffVarsity Vic
13Smoking Out Smugglerstext article2script: Jim Moss
14The Water Crimes of Mr. Hydro!comic story10script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Hydro [Tim Flagg] (villain); Champ Dexter; James Hobbles; Mrs. Hobbles
15Now More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1
16-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffJerry the Jitterbug; Susan

Plus 4.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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