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Issue: Batman #213
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 05/06/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Disclose Notes: Also designated on cover as Giant (DC, 1969 series) #G61 and as G-61 on indicia page.

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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
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
A 30th Anniversary Celebration

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bill Draut
Vince Colletta
?
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Clayface [Matt Hagen] (second Clayface); Joker
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #4 published September 2009
as Batman #213 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
E. Nelson Bridwell
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover list of stories and where they are from with indicia information at bottom of page.
The Origin of Robin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
E. Nelson Bridwell
Ross Andru
Mike Esposito
?
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (origin); John Grayson; Mary Grayson; Boss Zucco; Police Detective Harvey Harris (flashback, cameo)
After his parents are murdered by Boss Zucco's men, Dick Grayson is taken in by Bruce Wayne who trains him as Robin and together they bring Boss Zucco to justice.
Reprinting
FlagLynvingen #11/1969 published November 1969
as Dick Grayson blir til Robin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Special Series #19 published January 1979
as The Origin of Robin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder #1 published March 2008
as The Origin of Robin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #4 published September 2009
as The Origin of Robin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11.5
A newly-created origin of Robin with new details added.
Here Comes Alfred!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don C. Cameron
Bob Kane
Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
?
George Roussos
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth (Bruce Wayne's butler, introduction)
Reprinting
FlagBatman #16 published April 1943
was Here Comes Alfred! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
Inks credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letters credit from Roussos.

This story was traced, not reprinted from original source material.
The Game of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Vern
Jim Mooney
Jim Mooney
?
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Robin
Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprinting
FlagStar Spangled Comics #127 published April 1952
was The Game of Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5.67
Art credits verified by Mooney.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
E. Nelson Bridwell
typeset
Subject Matter
Giant Batmail
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
N-104
Letters of comment from (Name withheld)(from Prague, Chechoslovakia), John Cowie and Mike K. Muth. List of where story excerpts in issue #208 came from.
The Man Behind the Red Hood!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Finger
Bob Kane (figures only); Lew Schwartz
Charles Paris
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman and Robin
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker (villain, origin)
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #168 published February 1951
was The Man Behind the Red Hood! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
The table of contents credits the reprint from Detective Comics #186 but the story is really reprinted from Detective Comics #168.

Charles Paris ink credit verified by Charles Paris.
The Challenge of Clay-Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff
Charles Paris
?
Stan Starkman
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Clay-Face [Matt Hagen] (villain, origin)
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #298 published December 1961
was The Challenge of Clay-Face [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12.67
Charles Paris ink credit verified by Charles Paris.

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