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Issue: Batman #188
Publication Date: December 1966
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Issues: #188 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: 10/20/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from an ad in The Adventures of Bob Hope #102 and 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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Eraser Who Tried to Rub Out Batman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Giella (signed)
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 Eraser [Lenny Fiasco]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #9/1967 published September 1967
as Viskelæret som forsøkte å viske ut Lynvingen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as Batman #188 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Eraser Who Tried to Rub Out Batman!

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; also as an organ grinder] (also in flashback in college); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Celia Smith (flashback); The Eraser [Lenny Fiasco] (villain, Bruce's former college classmate, introduction); Eraser's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Commissioner Gordon gets Batman to investigate a series of crimes in which all of the clues have been erased, and the Caped Crusader goes undercover to do so.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #9/1967 published September 1967
as Viskelæret som forsøkte å viske ut Lynvingen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #98 published October 1967
as The Eraser Who Tried to Rub Out Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as The Eraser Who Tried to Rub Out Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.34
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[untitled]

Activity  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: childrens
Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Hints
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6459
Disclose Notes: Idea from Ernest Polo, Tucson, Arizona.
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The Ten Best-Dressed Corpses in Gotham City!

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): Joe Letterese ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Matt Whitson (villain, magazine publisher); Hampden Dennis (villain, racket boss); Strongin (villain, Dennis' chauffeur)
Synopsis: A newspaper publisher calls in the Police and Batman, explaining to them that three of the men on his magazine's top-ten best dressed list have been murdered. Batman agrees to investigate and nearly dies himself as Bruce Wayne, who also was listed on the newspaper's listing.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #12/1968 published June 1968
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]reworked panel used as cover
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #12/1968 published June 1968
as Kleider töten Leute [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as The Ten Best-Dressed Corpses in Gotham City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10.67
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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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Irene Vartanoff, Mike Friedrich, Jim Schlaffer, Glen Earl Brooks, Erick Everson, Shiela M. Schmidt, and Mrs. Thomas Walsh.

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