Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1960-10-13
Editing: Jack Schiff (credited) (editor); Murray Boltinoff (credited) (associate editor); George Kashdan (credited) (associate editor)
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Challenge of the Joker!
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's the Joker on his sky sled!
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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page

The Case of the Crazy Crimes
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat-Mite; Mr. X (villain); a sea creature (villain); a robot (villain); several gorillas (villains)
Synopsis:
To have "some fun," Bat-Mite creates a series of imaginary villains for the Batman to overcome.
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Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/. Inker credit verified by Paris.

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Detective Comics; World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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The Batman Whirly-Word Game / activity / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This always has the last word!
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Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Puzzle Page

Children of Tomorrow!
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public service announcement / 1 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction; advocacy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Somewhere in Asia... I'm hungry...

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Article relates how sub-standard conditions affect children in the world and quotes the "UN Declaration of the Rights of a Child."

The Town That Hated Batman
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bert Collins (villain, gangster); The Vordians (villains, aliens)
Synopsis:
Batman visits an old mining town seeking a criminal, but when he begins asking questions about the man, the people become hostile toward the Caped Crusader.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/. Inker credit verified by Paris.

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Giant Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Letters to the Bat-Cave / letters page / 1 page

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typeset

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Warden Willis / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The safe won't open. Better call in a locksmith!
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Warden Willis

The Challenge of the Joker
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 8.67 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain); Joker's henchmen (villains)
Synopsis:
Batman faces the Joker, who, this time, uses the four basic elements to commit his crimes.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Martin O'Hearn. Inker credit verified by Paris.

Mechanical Monsters on the Loose!
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The Brave and the Bold; Cave Carson / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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Strange Old Laws / cartoon / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; non-fiction
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Task Force / advertisement / 1 page

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Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page

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The National Sports Council / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Challenge of the Joker!
    Batman and Robin
  2. ["The $10,000 challenge only Joe Weider dares to make!"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. The Case of the Crazy Crimes
    Batman and Robin
  4. ["This famous symbol..."]
    Detective Comics; World's Finest Comics
  5. ["This always has the last word!"]
    The Batman Whirly-Word Game
  6. Children of Tomorrow!
  7. The Town That Hated Batman
    Batman and Robin
  8. ["The next Giant Superman annual..."]
    Giant Superman
  9. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Bat-Cave
  10. ["The safe won't open. Better call in a locksmith!"]
    Warden Willis
  11. The Challenge of the Joker
    Batman and Robin
  12. Mechanical Monsters on the Loose!
    The Brave and the Bold; Cave Carson
  13. ["What's this - A taxi meter?"]
    Strange Old Laws
  14. [no title indexed]
    Task Force
  15. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  16. [no title indexed]
    The National Sports Council
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  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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