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Issue: Batman #80
Publication Date: December 1953
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Issues: #80 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/14/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Machines of Menace!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits confirmed by Mortimer.
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Draw Me!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Joker's Movie Crimes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain); Foley; Benny Sadler
Synopsis: The Joker forms a movie production company and films his crimes as instructional films for the underworld. Soon, Joker raises the stakes and starts filming a movie to show the underworld how to handle Batman and Robin by continually making the Dynamic Duo look silly with his pranks.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: Penciler credit verified by Sprang and inker credit verified by Paris.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Scripto
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Quick Quiz
First Line: Is whalebone...bone?
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Pages: 0.5
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Binky Says: "Know Your Community!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Binky Biggs; Joe
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Pages: 1
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Dick Grayson's Nightmare!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Doc (villain); Blinky (villain); Moose (villain, introduction)
First Line: Help, Batman!
Synopsis: With Batman out of town, Dick is a witness to bizarre circumstances which he reports to the police, but with no evidence to support his story, no one believes him. Later Dick witnesses a gang of criminals committing a robbery, but he knows that no one will believe him, so he must find a way to stop the crooks as Robin.
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Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: Actually a Robin story with Batman making only a token appearance.

Penciler credit verified by Sprang and inker credit verified by Paris.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Pud
First Line: He's the first snake charmer we've seen in India...
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman DC National Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop; Sarge
First Line: Come on! I'll call the station house...
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Pages: 1
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The Deadly Dingo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlackhawk #138 published July 1959
as The Deadly Dingo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Calling All Con Men!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (header)
Inker(s): ? (header)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Machines of Menace!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Nero Thompson (villain, introduction); Sparky Watts (villain, named after the Boody Rogers comic character, introduction); Ned Herzo (villain, introduction); Eric Golar (inventor, introduction)
Synopsis: Batman and Robin investigate when monstrous machines are used to commit robberies and trace them to a small island run by criminals who control the machines.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Paris.
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The Line of Stars Presents

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; The Adventures of Bob Hope
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes small reproductions of the covers to The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis #9 and The Adventures of Bob Hope #24.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
Character(s): Red Ryder
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Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Science-Fiction Book Club
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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