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Issue Details

Issue #109
Published August 1957
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The 1,001 Inventions of Batman"

Characters Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Reprinted in Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329; in Untold Legend of the Batman, The [MPI Audio Edition] (DC, 1980 series) #2

8 page Batman story "Three Crimes Against Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters Pat Gordon

1 page public service announcement "Earn While You Learn?"

Script Jack Schiff?
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Colors Ira Schnapp

1 page Casey the Cop filler

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

8 page Batman story "Follow the Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters Pat Gordon

1 page Warden Willis filler

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

Half page Shorty filler

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

1 page text story "Beware: Detective at Work"

Genre crime
Letters typeset

8 page Batman story "The 1,001 Inventions of Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Curt Mathias
Synopsis A criminal scientist succeeds in X-raying and then building his version of the Batman's effective crime tool, the Seeing Eye, to use against the Dynamic Duo.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters Pat Gordon
Notes When reprinted in Batman Annual #1, the story was re-titled "The Amazing Inventions of Batman." Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-11-07.
Reprinted in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #261; in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1; in Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) #nn