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Issue: Batman #88
Publication Date: December 1954
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Issues: #88 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/12/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Son of Batman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tommy Wilson
First Line: See him socking that crook?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Tommy Wilson figure and word balloon in foreground taken from splash page of "The Son of Batman" story this issue.
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Draw Me!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Mystery of the Four Batmen!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Veering (villain, fake archaeologist); Horace Hubert (villain, fake pottery businessman); Professor Egbert Smills (fake orthinologist); Duke Walling (villain); Lefty Lingard (villain, fake pro baseball player)
Synopsis: The Batman and Robin board a cruise ship at sea, the Vardonic, in order to track down an accomplish of a gang operating in Gotham City. The list of suspects includes four "Batmen"!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Annual #6 published January 1963
as The Mystery of the Four Batmen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]small dialogue changes
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2 published October 2010
as The Mystery of the Four Batmen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Penciler credit verified by Dick Sprang. Inker credit verified by Charles Paris.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Movie Mirth
First Line: What's the matter, dear?
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From Content Item: FlagThe Adventures of Bob Hope #2 published April 1950
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Three Letters to Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Queen of Mundovia
Synopsis: When loot from a crime mysteriously disappears, a series of letters arrive to the Caped Crusaders, and Robin succeeds in tracking down the letter writer: Batman himself!
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In Content Item: FlagColossal Comic #13 published April 1960
as Three Letters to Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Charles Paris.
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[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): The Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids
Character(s): Pud; Tim
First Line: Here is the trick which has amazed visitors...
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: I volunteer for the police band - and look what I get - a tuba!
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Little Pete
First Line: Mom asked me to mail this...
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Pages: 1
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The Case of the Harmless Crackpots

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
First Line: Last year, a police sergeant picked up his...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Joe Maloney (Jack Miller ?)
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The Son of Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Ed Wilson]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Ed Wilson (introduction, ex-con); Tommy Wilson (introduction, Ed's son); Big Jim Garver (villain, introduction); Garver's gang [Tipper; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: See him socking that crook?
Synopsis: While impersonating Batman to impress his son, ex-con Ed Wilson is shot and gravely wounded. To protect Tommy, his son, and his father's image, Batman impersonates Wilson and eventually saves the boy from the Garver gang.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Charles Paris.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn Corvette
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Pages: 1
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Electric Baseball
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Specialty Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
Character(s): Red Ryder
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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