Cover illustration is from pin-up centerfold originally appearing in Detective Comics #352. This illustration also appears at the end of the collection, titled as "Batman and Robin Retail Poster 1966" in the table of contents.
Collection of Batman stories and covers illustrated by Carmine Infantino.
For issues where Infantino did the cover but not the interior, only the cover is included. Covers by other artists are included for issues where Infantino pencilled the interior story but not the cover.
Collects stories from:
Detective Comics #327, 329, 331, 333, 335, 337, 339, 341, 343, 345, 347, 349, 351, 353, 357, 359, 361, 363, 366-367, 369, 500
The Brave and the Bold #172, 183, 190, 194
DC Comics Presents: Batman #1
Incudes covers from Detective Comics #327-347, 349, 351-371, Batman #166-175, 181, 183-184, 188-192, 194-199, The Brave and the Bold #172, 183, 190, 194 and DC Comics Presents: Batman #1.
Note: there are 4 Batman stories credited to Infantino that are not included in the collection:
1) "Hate of the Hooded Hangman!" from Detective Comics #355 (cover is included in collection, but story is not),
2) "The Death of the Flash" featuring Batman and Flash from The Brave and the Bold #67 (story and cover omitted from collection),
3) "The Joker's Happy Victims" from Batman Kellogg's Pop-Tart Comics (1966) (reprinted in The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told),
4) "The Catwoman's Catnapping Caper!" from Batman Kellogg's Pop-Tart Comics (1966) (reprinted in Batman in the Sixties).
Printed and bound in the USA.
Title page with 2 illustrations, the first is from Detective Comics #335 cover, the second is from "The Weather Wizard's Triple-Treasure Thefts!" from Detective Comics #353 (both with pencils by Infantino, inks by Giella).
Writer and inker credits, with illustration from Detective Comics #374 cover. This cover is not illustrated by Infantino, pencils and inks are by Irv Novick.
Indicia page with 2 illustrations, the first is from "Batman Battles the Living Beast-Bomb!" from Detective Comics #339 (pencils by Infantino inks by Giella); the second is from Batman #194 cover (pencils by Infantino, inks by Anderson).
Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn for GCD index for original issue. This collection does not include a writer credit for this story.
First full-length story in the history of Detective Comics.
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| Inks: | Murphy Anderson (Batman and Robin figures) |
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Story in 2 Parts (with same overall title): unnumbered part 1 (5.67 pages) and Part 2 (7.67 pages)
Story is divided into two chapters, the first is 5.67 pages, the second is 9.67 pages.
Two pages of the story are 2/3rds of a page.
Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1 credits cover inks to Murphy Anderson, but the Table of Contents for this collection credit Joe Giella. GCD index for original issue credits Joe Giella.
Cover is penciled and inked by Joe Kubert, it is not by Infantino. Infantino did pencil the interior story for this issue which the cover represents.
Two pages of sequence are 2/3rds of a page.
| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed) |
| Inks: | Murphy Anderson (signed) |
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed as Infantino) |
| Inks: | Murphy Anderson (signed as Anderson) |
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed) |
| Inks: | Joe Giella (signed) |
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Story in two parts: unnumbered part 1 (5.67 pages) and Part 2 (8.67 pages).
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed as Infantino) |
| Inks: | Joe Giella (signed as Giella) |
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed) |
| Inks: | Joe Giella (signed) |
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The story from Detective Comics #355, "Hate of the Hooded Hangman!", which is credited to Infantino, is not included in this collection, only the cover is included.
| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed) |
| Inks: | Joe Giella (signed) |
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed) |
| Inks: | Murphy Anderson (signed) |
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| Editing: | Julius Schwartz (original editor) |
Story in two parts of 7.5 pages each.
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed as Infantino) |
| Inks: | Joe Giella (signed as Giella) |
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed) |
| Inks: | Joe Giella (signed) |
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed as Infantino) |
| Inks: | Joe Giella (signed as Giella) |
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Story in two parts: unnumbered part 1 (5.5 pp.), Part 2 (7.5 pp.)
| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed) |
| Inks: | Murphy Anderson (signed) |
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed as Infantino) |
| Inks: | Murphy Anderson (signed as Anderson) |
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed as Infantino) |
| Inks: | Murphy Anderson (signed as Anderson) |
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed) |
| Inks: | Murphy Anderson (signed) |
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed) |
| Inks: | Murphy Anderson (signed) |
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed as Infantino) |
| Inks: | Murphy Anderson (signed as Anderson) |
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed) |
| Inks: | Murphy Anderson (signed) |
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Story continues in next issue.
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed as Infantino) |
| Inks: | Murphy Anderson (signed as Anderson) |
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Story continues from previous issue.
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| Pencils: | Carmine Infantino (signed as Infantino) |
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Cover is by Kane/Anderson, not by Infantino. Infantino did pencil the interior story for this issue which the cover represents.
Includes a page from the story from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #47 (June-July 1948) in black & white and negative. Pencil credits from GCD index for original issue, inker credits confirmed from the Table of Contents of this collection.
Wraparound cover.
Cover is penciled and inked by Jim Aparo, not by Infantino. Infantino did pencil the interior story for this issue which the cover represents.
Cover is penciled and inked by Jim Aparo, not by Infantino. Infantino did pencil the interior story for this issue which the cover represents.
The Huntress' insignia appears on page 13, panel 7.
Cover is penciled and inked by Jim Aparo, not by Infantino. Infantino did pencil the interior story for this issue which the cover represents.
Cover is penciled and inked by Jim Aparo, not by Infantino. Infantino did pencil the interior story for this issue which the cover represents.
Cover art is an homage to the cover of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #183. Cover is penciled and inked by Adam Hughes, not by Infantino. Infantino did pencil the interior story for this issue which the cover represents.
Titled in Table of Contents as "Batman and Robin Retail Poster 1966". Originally printed as 2 page centerfold in Detective Comics #352 (June 1966).