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Issue Details

Issue	#118
Published	September 1958
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The Merman Batman"

Characters	Batman; Robin
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Reprinted	in Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329

9 page Batman story "The Battle of Police Island"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

2 page Warden Willis filler

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

6 page Batman story "The Man Who Couldn't Be Tried Twice!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; V: James Lee [I].
Synopsis	Batman's testimony in a court case seemingly allows a guilty man to go free!
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Bob Kane (signed)
Inks	Ray Burnley (verified by Jack Burnley)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Notes	Revised pencil credit by Craig Delich (Nov., 2005). Credit previously given to Sheldon Moldoff. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-14-07.
Reprinted	In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #218 (January-February 1970).

1 page public service announcement "Know Your Pet!"

Characters	Jimmy; Jimmy's mom; Rags (dog)
Synopsis	Jimmy tries to treat his dog like a poodle, not realizing that different pets need different care.
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron
Letters	Ira Schnapp

Half page Casey the Cop filler

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

1 page text story "Gunshot on a Summer Night"

Genre	mystery
Letters	typeset

8 page Batman story "The Merman Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Smarte [I]
Synopsis	While chasing down a wanted criminal, Batman is struck by lightning and falls into the harbor. When he rises out of the water, he discovers that he cannot breathe air and has literally become a human fish.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Pat Gordon
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-3-07.
Reprinted	In Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #5 (Summer 1963)