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Issue Details

Issue #255
Published March-April 1974
Cover Price 0.50
Pages 100
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Anthony Lupus
Genre superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy; Neal Adams
Inks Nick Cardy; Neal Adams
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]

1 page Batman illustration

Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Notes contents page
Reprinted from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #251 [reprint of page 21 of "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!"]

20 page Batman story "Moon of the Wolf"

Characters Batman; James Gordon; Janet Bonner; Anthony Lupus; Professor Milo (death)
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

10 page Batman story "The First Batman"

Characters Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Notes the "first" Batman, Bruce Wayne's father
Reprinted from Detective Comics #235 (September 1956)

12 page Batman story "The Duped Domestics!"

Characters Batman; Robin; Catwoman; Alfred Pennyworth
Genre superhero
Script Alvin Schwartz (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils Bob Kane (confirmed by Robinson)
Inks Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Colors George Roussos (verified by Roussos)
Reprinted from Batman #22 (April-May 1944)

2 page Batman story "The Story of the Batmobile ..."

Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Sprang; Seldon Moldoff; Carmine Infantino; others
Reprinted from ? [reprinted panels from various Batman stories]

15 page Batman story "The True-False Face of Batman!"

Characters GS: Batgirl; Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Sid Greene
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted from Detective Comics #363 (May 1967)

1 page Bat-Maze activity

Script Bob Rozakis
Notes answer to Batman #254 puzzle

1 page Letters to the Batman letters page

Notes Includes letters from Elliot S! Maggin and Mike W. Barr

7 page Robin story "Crazy-Quilt Comes Back!"

Characters V: Crazy-Quilt; Robin
Genre superhero
Script France Herron
Pencils Jim Mooney (verified by Mooney)
Inks Jim Mooney (verified by Mooney)
Reprinted from Star Spangled Comics #123 (December 1951)

14 page Batman story "The Outsider Strikes Again!"

Characters V: Outsider; Batman
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (ghosting for Bob Kane)
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.
Reprinted from Detective Comics #340 (June 1965)