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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published December 1964
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84
Editing Jack Schiff
Notes On Sale Date - October 29th 1964

Cover Details - "Silver Anniversary Issue Celebrating 25 Years of Batman And Robin"

Characters Batman; Robin; Catwoman; Vicki Vale
Genre superhero
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #199 (September 1953); from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #203 (January 1959); from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #209 (July 1954); from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #79 (October-November 1953)

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Table of Contents"

Letters typeset

12 page Batman & Robin story "The Crimes of the Catwoman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Horace Braham
Synopsis A reformed Selina Kyle is provoked into returning to crime as the Catwoman.
Genre Superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #203 (January 1959)

10 page Batman & Robin story "Batman's Greatest Thrills"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred; Commissioner Gordon; Vicki Vale; The Joker
Synopsis Even whilst appearing on the television programme, "Your Life Story", the Dynamic Duo are still able to apprehend The Joker.
Genre Superhero
Script William Woolfolk
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris
Reprinted From Batman (DC, 1940 series) #87 (November 1954)

12 page Batman & Robin story "The Invisible Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon; Big Jack Baker; Verne Lever
Synopsis When Batman is rendered invisible by radioactive dye, he must smash a gold bullion caper, prove his identity in court, and finally find an antidote for his condition.
Genre Superhero
Script William Woolfolk
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Ray Burnley; Stan Kaye
Notes penciller verified by Craig Delich with both Lew Schwartz and Sheldon Moldoff. Two inkers were necessary because of the short deadline.
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #199 (September 1953)

6 page Batman & Robin story "Rustling on a Reservation"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Featherfoot; One-Wing
Synopsis Batman motivates a tribe of Pueblo Indians to track down evil One-Wing's band of cattle rustlers.
Genre Superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Charles Paris
Reprinted from Sunday strips #73-78 (3/25/1945 - 4/29/1945)

10 page Batman & Robin story "Bride of Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon; Vicki Vale; The Shah of Nairomi; Eloise Leach
Synopsis To deflect unwanted romantic attention from the Shah of Nairomi, Vicki Vale announces to the world that she is engaged to Batman. To avoid an awkward international incident, The Caped Crusader plays along with the scheme.
Genre Superhero
Script David Vern
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Charles Paris
Reprinted From Batman (DC, 1940 series) #79 (October-November 1953)

8 page Batman & Robin story "The City of Ancient Heroes"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Gimmick Gang
Synopsis Once a year, the residents of Legend City dress as mythological characters. When the Gimmick Gang hit the city to steal "King Midas's" gold, Batman and Robin must follow them and crack their disguises.
Genre Superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris
Reprinted From Batman (DC, 1940 series) #116 (June 1958)

1 page Giant Batman letters page

Letters typeset

12 page Batman & Robin story "The Man Who Shadowed Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon; Alfred; The Inventor
Synopsis Batman places a strangely shaped key in his utility belt for analysis. It is, however, a tracking device with which The Inventor can follow every move that he makes.
Genre Superhero
Script Ed (France) Herron
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Charles Paris
Reprinted from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #209 (July 1954)

1 page Batman and Robin story "Sequence from Daily Newspaper Syndicated Strip"

Characters Batman; Robin; The Joker
Synopsis Batman and Robin capture The Joker on a clock tower.
Pencils Bob Kane
Notes 14 panel excerpt depicting the final 4 strips of an ongoing adventure.
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