Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 44
On-sale Date: 1952-10-29
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #190 Edit Cover
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How to Be the Batman!
(Table of Contents)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover / 1 page

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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints (2)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Novelty Mart / advertisement / 1 page

How to Be the Batman!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages

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Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed) (Batman and Robin figures)
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin re-cap); Robin [Dick Grayson] (origin re-cap); Commissioner James Gordon; Thomas Wayne (Bruce's father, flashback, death); Martha Wayne (Bruce's mother, flashback, death); Joe Chill (villain, flashback); Dr. Sampson (villain); Dr. Evarts; Walter Nelson
Synopsis:
A criminal psychologist named Dr. Sampson uses an amnesia gas on Batman, blotting out his memory of who he is, and Robin desperately tries everything in his power to restore it before Sampson's mob rules Gotham City.
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

Pencil credits verified to Craig Delich by Schwartz.

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Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!
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Superman / public service announcement / 1 page

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  • Genre:advocacy; superhero
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Superman

The Man with the Life Ray
(Table of Contents: 6)

Impossible-- But True / comic story / 5.67 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inks:
Ruben Moreira (signed)
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  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Roy Raymond

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page

Now More Than Ever
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The Adventures of Bob Hope / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Robotman's Robot!
(Table of Contents: 9)

Robotman / comic story / 5.5 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Robotman

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Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page

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Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Fire Sale
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Whistling Murder
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text article / 2 pages

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typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction; crime

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Private Pete / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yippee! Remember that contest I entered last month?
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Mission with the Mounties!
(Table of Contents: 14)

Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman / comic story / 7.67 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Pow-Wow Smith

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich.

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Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page

Draw Me!
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Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page

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Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page

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Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. How to Be the Batman!
    Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  2. [no title indexed]
    Novelty Mart
  3. How to Be the Batman!
    Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  4. ["Whoopee! This is the real wild west!"]
    Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
  5. Editorial Advisory Board
  6. Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!
    Superman
  7. The Man with the Life Ray
    Impossible-- But True
  8. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  9. Now More Than Ever
    The Adventures of Bob Hope
  10. Robotman's Robot!
    Robotman
  11. [no title indexed]
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  12. ["Fire Sale"]
    Casey the Cop
  13. Whistling Murder
  14. ["Yippee! Remember that contest I entered last month?"]
    Private Pete
  15. Mission with the Mounties!
    Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
  16. [no title indexed]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  17. Draw Me!
    Art Instruction, Inc.
  18. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles
  19. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn
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Issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Craig Delich
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Bob Hughes
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Allen Ross
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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