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Issue Details

Issue #169
Published February 1965
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "Partners in Plunder!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Murphy Anderson
Reprinted in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 (June 2006); in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page Superboy public service announcement "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"

Characters Superboy
Genre superhero
Script Jack Schiff?
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Colors Ira Schnapp

13 page Batman and Robin story "Partners in Plunder!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Herbie (villain)
Synopsis Penguin uses an umbrella barrage to trick Batman into planning his next crime for him.
Genre Superhero
Script France Herron
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [ghost for Bob Kane]
Inks Joe Giella
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 (June 2006); in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page Letters to the Batcave letters page "Letters to the Batcave"

Script Julius Schwartz
Letters typeset
Notes Includes a letter from Mike Friedrich. Credit for script confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]

9 page Batman and Robin story "A Bad Day for Batman!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mr. Tremaine; Bill Ferris
Synopsis Batman tells the press about his bad day.
Genre Superhero
Script France Herron
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [as ghost for Bob Kane]
Inks Sid Greene
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Robin does not appear in this story. Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 (June 2006); in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page filler "Fingerprint Facts"

Script Julius Schwartz
Pencils Morris Waldinger
Inks Tom Nicolosi
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007).