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77June-July 1953
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Batman #77

DC · June-July 1953 · on sale 1953-04-15

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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#77
Publication date
June-July 1953
Key date
1953-06-00
On-sale date
1953-04-15
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Crime Predictor!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Now More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Crime Predictorcomic story10script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Blank [Dr. Edward Arvin] (villain, introduction); Mugs Wilden; Boyar; Rog Robey
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6The Secret Starcomic story9.67script: Al Schwartz; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Secret Star [Ted Blakely (FBI agent); Harry Vincent (honor student); Lt. Philip Gray (intelligence agent); Dave Fells (police officer); Sam Olson (police officer)] (introduction for all); Dean Moore; Matt "Sugar" Kroler (vill
9-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop; Sarge
10Shortchanging Swindlerstext article2letters: typeset
11-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffVarsity Vic
13-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete; Herky
14Batman Pounds a Beat!comic story9.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; "Dancer" Kern (villain, introduction); Captain Tom Harby; Ralph Edney
16Quick Quizactivity0.5script: Horace Elmo; pencils: Horace Elmo; inks: Horace Elmo; letters: Horace Elmo
18Peter Porkchops Learns "Carelessness Is No Joke!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto Feuer; letters: Ira SchnappPeter Porkchops

Plus 6.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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