Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1963-04-18
Editing: Jack Schiff (editor)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from ad in Blackhawk #185 and copyright registration.

Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!

public service announcement / 1 page


  • Genre:advocacy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Secret of the Ant-Man

Batman and Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Edie (Dick's date for a dance); Bat-Hound [Ace]; H. H. Hobbs (school benefactor); Mr. Stine (school Biology teacher); Professor Hanson (scientist); Ant-Man [Jumbo Carson] (villain); Al Welles (villain, mob leader); Brady Brothers (villains)
Synopsis:
After Batman announces that he is going away on a secret Government mission, a pint-sized crime fighter by the name of Ant-Man pops up to help him out, but the Boy Wonder wrongly guesses that it is Batman in disguise.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

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

Try a Tongue Teaser!

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page

The Swing Is to DC!

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]

True Crime Laffs / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sydney, Neb: a man explained to police...

Robin Dies at Dawn, Chapter 1

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8.67 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Ace the Bat-Hound; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed Army doctor; Gorilla Gang [Pete; Luke; one unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
Batman undergoes a test simulation for a situation that astronauts may one day face alone in outer space, and during that simulation he sees Robin die. After the test is over, Batman faces the terrible side-effects of his simulation, believing that Robin will actually die, and it so complicates his fight against crime, he decides to retire!
Reprints (11)

Indexer Notes

Story told in two chapters.

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

Great Masterpieces

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]

Detective Comics; World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]

Letters to the Bat-Cave / letters page / 2 pages

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mary Schmitz, Pete Wilson, Melody Clouse, Jan Kodner, Mary Ellen Seitz, Rick Cooper, Michael Kerscher, George Ferris, Ricky Reynolds, Don Keefer, Anna May Lewis, Phillip Clayton, Richard Skol, Gregory Smith, Gary Jarkewicz, James Bergeron, Andy Levine

Robin Dies at Dawn, Chapter 2

Batman and Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Ace the Bat-Hound; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed Army doctor; Gorilla Gang [Pete; Luke; one unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
Batman undergoes a test simulation for a situation that astronauts may one day face alone in outer space, and during that simulation he sees Robin die. After the test is over, Batman faces the terrible side-effects of his simulation, believing that Robin will actually die, and it so complicates his fight against crime, he decides to retire!
Reprints (11)

Indexer Notes

Story is told in two chapters.

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

[no title indexed]

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]

Missile Attack / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page

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