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Issue: Batman #196
Publication Date: November 1967
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Issues: #196 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: 09/05/1967
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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino [as Infantino] (signed)
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson [as Anderson] (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]
First Line: Batman-- Where are you? Are you all right? Answer me!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #3 published September 2008
as Batman #196 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Psychic Super-Sleuth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
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]; Commissioner James Gordon; Petru Dubrov (psychic detective); Joe Tolliver (ex-jewel thief); Hank (ex-jewel thief); Lenny (ex-jewel thief); Petru Dubrov impostor (villain); impostor's gang (villains)
Synopsis: The Dynamic Duo team up with a person they believe to be a psychic detective, but soon learn that he is an impostor, and his men are holding the real Dubrov prisoner.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #3 published September 2008
as The Psychic Super-Sleuth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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. Writer credit also found in Batman #200.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters to the Batcave
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Dave Truesdale, Guy Lillian, Billy Neville.
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The Purloined Parchment Puzzle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
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
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; District Attorney Danton; Donald Connery (museum curator); Howard Purley (museum guard); Police Lieutenant Bert Savelli; James Frost (villain, thief); three jewel thieves (villains)
Synopsis: A large theft at a local bank, occurring in a locked room with only the guard present, seems to present itself as an open-and-shut case, but the Caped Crusader thinks otherwise...and proves it.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #2/1968 published January 1968
as Das gestohlene Pergament [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #3 published September 2008
as The Purloined Parchment Puzzle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.5
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. Writer credit also found in Batman #200.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters to the Batcave -- Extra
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Paul Broughton and PFC William Alwine.

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