Price: 0.25 USD
Pages: 84
On-sale Date: 1967-11-14
Editing: E. Nelson Bridwell (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #198 Edit Cover
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Special All-Villain Issue!
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Kane (reprinted page)
Murphy Anderson ? (see notes)
Inks:
Charles Paris (reprinted page)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Includes a page from the story from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #47 (June-July 1948) in black & white and negative. Nick Caputo suspects that Anderson may have penciled the cover.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Also designated on cover as 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G43 and as G-43 on indicia page.

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Giant Batman
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table of contents / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
? (illustration)
Inks:
? (illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:G-43

The Origin of the Batman!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Have you ever wondered why Bruce Wayne
Characters:
Feets Borgam (killer, death); Monty Julep (illegal gambler, death)
Synopsis:
While investigating criminal activity at a transport company, Batman recognizes the owner, Joe Chill, as the man who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne years before. Batman tries to find evidence of Chill's illegal operations, but when he fails, he decides to reveal his identity to Chill and tells him that will be watching him and will catch him eventually. In a panic, Chill flees to his gang, but when they find out Chill is responsible for Batman's existence they shoot him, and only after do they realize that they should have asked Chill for Batman's real name.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit from Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks credit verified by Paris; letters credit from Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

The Jungle Cat-Queen!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That empress of the underworld
Characters:
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit verified by Sprang; inks credit verified by Paris.

[no title indexed]
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Giant Batmail / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Nils Holman, Unsigned, Nick Minglis, Mark Dillman, Wendy DeBare, Lester Hancock.

The Web of the Spinner
(Table of Contents: 5)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8.5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Like a spider
Characters:
The Spinner (Villain; Introduction); "Peanuts" Gilson
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn; inks credit verified by Paris. Last page condensed.

[Oswald Who?]
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's a rare day
Characters:
Reprints (0)
  • from Batman Sunday (McClure Syndicate) 1946.02.10 - 1946.03.10

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit verified by Burnley; inks credit verified by Paris.

[no title indexed]
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Bill and His Family / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:First, to pull down the shades...

The Crimes of Batman!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed as Bob Kane) (Batman & Robin figures)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's this??
Characters:
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Inks credit verified by Paris.

The Menace of False Face
(Table of Contents: 9)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A millionaire --
Characters:
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Inks credit verified by Paris.

The Bandit of the Bells!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:From morning till midnight
Characters:
The Gong [Ed Peale] (villain, introduction); Henry Morton
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin face a new villain, The Gong, who commits crimes based on bells.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.

[no title indexed]
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Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • Job Number:6599
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Drats! The pick-up brushes on my slot car always get pulled...

Indexer Notes

Idea from Brady Pinketon, Satellite Beach, Fla.

[no title indexed]
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Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Special All-Villain Issue!
    Batman and Robin
  2. Giant Batman
  3. The Origin of the Batman!
    Batman and Robin
  4. The Jungle Cat-Queen!
    Batman and Robin
  5. [no title indexed]
    Giant Batmail
  6. The Web of the Spinner
    Batman and Robin
  7. [Oswald Who?]
    Batman and Robin
  8. ["First, to pull down the shades..."]
    Bill and His Family
  9. The Crimes of Batman!
    Batman and Robin
  10. The Menace of False Face
    Batman and Robin
  11. The Bandit of the Bells!
    Batman and Robin
  12. ["Drats! The pick-up brushes on my slot car always get pulled..."]
    Cap's Hobby Hints
  13. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Craig Delich
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • John Monagle
  • Matthew Peets
  • Jason Sacks
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
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