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Issue: Batman #178
Publication Date: February 1966
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Issues: #178 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/02/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
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
Format Notes:  
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Raid of the Rocketeers!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Rocketeers
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as Batman #178 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Raid of the Rocketeers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Hank Nelson; The Rocketeers (villains)
Synopsis: When two experimental missiles disappear after being launched, the Caped Crusaders follow the path of the third missile and discover that it has been intercepted by a strange beam, set in motion by jet-propelled crooks!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #2/1966 published January 1966
as Rakettmennenes angrep [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as Raid of the Rocketeers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.34
Disclose Notes: Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

Story in two parts of 5.67 pages each.
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Fingerprint Oddities!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Invisible Handicap!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Center
First Line: Can you repair this space ship?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Loan Shark's Hidden Hoard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inker(s): Sid Greene
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; "Shark" Sharkey (villain, loan shark); Sharkey's gang [Louie; Mako; Chesty; rest unnamed] (villains); Rosy (villain, grifter); Weeper (villain, grifter)
Synopsis: When Rosy and Weeper borrow money from a loan shark to bet on a race, and promptly end up losing. They fear that Sharkey will kill them so the Dynamic Duo step in before that can happen.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #1/1966 published January 1966
as Ågerkarlens skjulte skatt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen Stort Julenummer #1970 published December 1969
as Sharkey's hemmelighet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as The Loan Shark's Hidden Hoard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julius Schwartz ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters to the Batcave
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from John Thelin, Robert O'Donnell, David McLaughlin, Ronnie Schwartz, George Davis and G. Allan Poole. First announcement of Batman becoming a TV series.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Warden Willis
Character(s): Warden Willis
First Line: Warden, that mattress is old and lumpy. It's killing my back!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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