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Issue Details

Issue #183
Published August 1966
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes average # of copies sold previous year - 453,745

Cover Details - "Hotline call, Batman! Let's get going!"

Characters Batman (an imposter); Robin
Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks Joe Giella (signed)
Notes Inker correction from Tony Isabella on 2 September 2004 (was previously Murphy Anderson, but the cover is signed otherwise).
Reprinted in Batman Gallery, The (DC, 1992 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #2

13 page Batman; Robin story "A Touch of Poison Ivy!"

Characters Poison Ivy; Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [ghosting for Bob Kane]
Inks Joe Giella
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Camp style stories in the fashion of the TV series begin. 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 Lynvingen (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #4/1967; in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #2

Half page Cap's Hobby Hints activity

Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page public service announcement "The Policeman is Your Friend!"

Synopsis Children learn that policemen do more than just catch crooks.
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Credits confirmed by Bob Bailey, Bob Hughes and Gene Reed.

1 page Letters to the Batcave letters page

Letters typeset
Notes Includes a letter from Mike Friedrich

9 page Batman; Robin story "Batman's Baffling Turnabout!"

Characters Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [ghosting 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. Inks previously credited to Sid Greene.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #2