Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1964-09-24
Editing: Julius Schwartz
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #333 Edit Cover
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Hunters of the Elephants' Graveyard!
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Murphy Anderson (Batman and Robin figures)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

Per Bob Bailey conversation with Murphy Anderson at Heroescon in June 2005, Anderson confirmed he inked the Batman and Robin figures. Editor Julius Schwartz's pay records only list Joe Giella as the inker.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page

Hunters of the Elephants' Graveyard!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13.34 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Gorla [Alice Foss]; Evan Bender
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Story in 2 Parts (with same overall title): unnumbered part 1 (5.67 pages) and Part 2 (7.67 pages)

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page

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Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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80-Page Giant; The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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104 Cars / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page

Worth Wishing For...
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Trix Cereal; Trix Rabbit / comics-form advertising / 0.75 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Scienti-Fact / cartoon / 0.25 page

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; math & science
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The strange shadow effects of Saturn visible on its rings are a mystery...
Reprints (4)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 1 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Bob Butts, Doug Potter and Michael Friedrich (future comics writer).

The Robbery That Never Happened!
(Table of Contents: 11)

The Elongated Man / comic story / 9.67 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny; Richard Bell
Reprints (3)

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L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms Cereal / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'll take a look here to see if everything is all right.
Characters:
Casey the Cop
Synopsis:
Casey foils a robbery at a bowling alley.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 7 of "The Robbery That Never Happened!"

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Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.33 page

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Honesty Is the Best Policy!
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public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
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?
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:advocacy

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page

More Movie Monsters Are on the Loose!
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Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Hunters of the Elephants' Graveyard!
    Batman and Robin
  2. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Joe
  3. Hunters of the Elephants' Graveyard!
    Batman and Robin
  4. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. [no title indexed]
    Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle
  6. [no title indexed]
    80-Page Giant; The Flash
  7. [no title indexed]
    104 Cars
  8. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  9. Worth Wishing For...
    Trix Cereal; Trix Rabbit
  10. ["The strange shadow effects of Saturn visible on its rings are a mystery..."]
    Scienti-Fact
  11. [no title indexed]
    Batman's Hot-Line
  12. The Robbery That Never Happened!
    The Elongated Man
  13. [no title indexed]
    L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms Cereal
  14. ["I'll take a look here to see if everything is all right."]
    Casey the Cop
  15. [no title indexed]
    Silly Putty
  16. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  17. ["Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue..."]
  18. Honesty Is the Best Policy!
  19. [no title indexed]
    American Body Building Club
  20. More Movie Monsters Are on the Loose!
    Aurora Products
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