Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 44
On-sale Date: 1953-05-27
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #197 Edit Cover
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The League Against Batman!
(Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Script:
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Inks:
Colors:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; the Wrecker
Reprints (2)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!"
(Table of Contents: 1)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page

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Letters:
  • Genre:advocacy; teen; humor

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The League Against Batman!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Rolf Baglund (sculptor); Burke (Policeman); Thomson (Policeman); The Wrecker [Dwight Forrow] (villain, introduction, writer); Doug Forrow (villain, Dwight's brother)
Synopsis:
A new and vicious criminal appears to wreck the attempts of the populace to honor Batman and Robin in any way.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit verified and revised by Martin O'Hearn.

[no title indexed]
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AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

Bearcat Sets Basepath on Fire
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"P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Million-to-One Miller!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Impossible-- But True / comic story / 6 pages

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

Victory by Deception
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Major Mars; Popsicle Products / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

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

License for a Robot!
(Table of Contents: 9)

Robotman / comic story / 5.67 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Robotman
Reprints (2)

[no title indexed]
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Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page

Deputy Sheriff -- Junior!
(Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 2 pages

Script:
Jack Miller (credited)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction; western-frontier

[no title indexed]
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Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

Pow-Wow Smith Television Star!
(Table of Contents: 13)

Pow-Wow Smith / comic story / 7.5 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Pow-Wow Smith

Indexer Notes

Credits supplied by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed]
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Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometer / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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Giant Beach Ball / advertisement / 1 page

The Line of Stars
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Milky Way Candy Bar / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The League Against Batman!
    Batman and Robin
  2. Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!"
    Buzzy
  3. The League Against Batman!
    Batman and Robin
  4. [no title indexed]
    AMF Roadmaster Bicycles
  5. Bearcat Sets Basepath on Fire
    "P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story
  6. Million-to-One Miller!
    Impossible-- But True
  7. Victory by Deception
    Major Mars; Popsicle Products
  8. ["It's stopped snowing at last!"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  9. Editorial Advisory Board
  10. License for a Robot!
    Robotman
  11. [no title indexed]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  12. Deputy Sheriff -- Junior!
  13. [no title indexed]
    Schwinn Bicycles
  14. Pow-Wow Smith Television Star!
    Pow-Wow Smith
  15. [no title indexed]
    Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometer
  16. [no title indexed]
    Giant Beach Ball
  17. The Line of Stars
  18. [no title indexed]
    Milky Way Candy Bar
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  • Merlin Haas
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
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  • Per Sandell
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