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Issue Details

Issue #216
Published February 1955
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The Batman of Tomorrow"

Characters Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Batman of Tomorrow"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; GS: Batman (of the Future) Brane Taylor; Vicki Vale; Commissioner James Gordon; V: Martin Vair
Synopsis When Bruce Wayne injures his arm, to keep Vicki from discovering that Batman has the same problem, the Caped Crusader seeks out the Batman of the Future to step in for him.....almost with disastrous results!
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane)
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-25-07.
Reprinted in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #187 (December 1966-January 1967); in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #57

1 page Binky public service announcement "Special Christmas Quiz"

Characters Binky
Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Ruben Moiera
Inks Ruben Moiera
Letters Ira Schnapp

5 page Captain Compass story "The Robot Sailors!"

Characters Captain Compass
Genre detective
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa

Half page Daffy & Doodle filler

Genre humor
Script Lit-Win?
Pencils Lit Win
Inks Lit Win
Notes Lit-Win is a pen name.

1 page Batman Whirly-Word Game activity

Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes puzzle

2 page(?) text story "The Most Robbed Bank in the World"

Genre crime
Script Joe Mabely (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Man No Prison Could Hold!"

Characters Roy Raymond
Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

1 page Casey the Cop filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff