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Issue: Batman #181
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 04/19/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
 
 
Beware of -- Poison Ivy!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Carmine Infantino [as Infantino] (signed)
Murphy Anderson [as Anderson] (signed)
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as Batman #181 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Beware of -- Poison Ivy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Kanigher
Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Joe Giella
?
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley] (introduction); Ivy's gang (villains); Dragon Fly (villain); Silken Spider (villain); Tiger Moth (villain)
While Bruce and Dick are attending an art show, a woman shows up, claiming to be the greatest criminal of those currently residing in Gotham.
Reprinting
FlagLynvingen #4/1967 published April 1967
as Pass opp for "Farlige Ivy" [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
FlagBatman #208 published January 1969
as Beware of -- Poison Ivy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]4-page excerpt
FlagBatman in the Sixties #[nn] [1st Printing] published March 1999
as Beware of -- Poison Ivy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as Beware of -- Poison Ivy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11.34
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 is in 2 parts, unnumbered part 1 (5.67 pages) and Part 2 (5.67 pages).
Best Bat-Wishes Batman and Robin

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carmine Infantino (signed)
Murphy Anderson (signed)
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as Best Wishes Batman and Robin [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Perfect Crime -- Slightly Imperfect!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox
Chic Stone ?
Sid Greene
?
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Mystery Analysts of Gotham City [Kaye Daye; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; District Attorney Danton; Martin Tellman; Commissioner James Gordon; Hugh Rankin; Art Saddows]; Nancy Owens (actress); Fern Hunter [also as Kaye Daye] (villain); Hunter's gang [Joe; Chuck; other un-named] (villains)
At the latest meeting of the Analysts, Kaye announces that she didn't write her latest book, and seems to be threatened by a voice from her brooch. Batman has a feeling that the Kaye at the meeting is an impostor, so he looks into the matter.
Reprinting
FlagLynvingen #5/1967 published May 1967
as Den fullkommne forbrytelse! Bare litt ufullkommen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman #260 published January 1975
as The Perfect Crime-- Slightly Imperfect! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as The Perfect Crime -- Slightly Imperfect! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11.67
Robin does not appear in this story.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Julius Schwartz ?
typeset
Subject Matter
Letters to the Batcave
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters of comment from Jeff Sosnaud, R. Bryn Olime, Mickey Gaither, Mike Friedrich (future comics writer) and Ken Hodl.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Direct Currents
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5

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