Issue | #1 |
Published | July-August 1972 |
Cover Price | 0.20 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Signalman [Phil Cobb]; The Puppet Master; The Clock King |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Murphy Anderson |
Inks | Murphy Anderson |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Signalman [Phil Cobb] (first appearance and origin) |
Synopsis | Phil Cobb comes to Gotham City with the aim of becoming a big shot crook, and adopts the identity of The Signalman to get a reputation for outwitting Batman. However, with some luck, Batman and Robin escape one of The Signalman's traps and capture him. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Notes | Reprints first appearance and origin of The Signalman |
Reprinted | from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #112 (December 1957) |
Characters | Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Clock King (intro, villain); unamed police officers |
Synopsis | The Clock King is successful in a series of crimes, besting Green Arrow and Speedy, until he traps them in his headquarters, where the archers escape his trap and capture The Clock King. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Ed (France) Herron |
Pencils | Lee Elias |
Inks | Lee Elias |
Notes | Reprints first vs Clock King |
Reprinted | from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #111 (August 1960) |
Characters | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Puppet Master (intro, villain); Carol Ferris; Biffy (small-time crook) |
Synopsis | The Puppet-Master invents a Hypno-Ray and commits crimes using others as puppets, until he attempts to capture Green Lantern, who instead captures him. Meanwhile, Carol Ferris daydreams of marrying Green Lantern. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | John Broome |
Pencils | Gil Kane |
Inks | Joe Giella |
Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Notes | The Hypno-Ray is similar to an emotion controlling ray invented by Mind Games in Action Comics Weekly 611-613. Green Lantern uses a high speed stunt like The Flash. |
Reprinted | From Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #1 (July-August 1960) |
Synopsis | Article about the change in price and page count in DC comics. |
Genre | fact |
Script | Carmine Infantino; various DC editors |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Signed by the following editors: Julius Schwartz; Joe Orlando; Dorothy Woolfolk; Murray Boltinoff; Denny O'Neil; Sol Harrison; Joe Kubert; Jack Kirby; E. Nelson Bridwell. Between pages 4-5 of the third story. |