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Issue: Batman Annual #1
Publication Date: January 1961
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Issues: #1 of 28 Issues (54 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/29/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound; saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In5
Disclose Reprinted From7
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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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1,001 Secrets of Batman and Robin

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGiant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition #[nn] published August 1999
as 1,001 Secrets of Batman and Robin [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 published June 2009
as Batman Annual #1: 1,001 Secrets of Batman and Robin [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Giant Batman Annual

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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How to Be the Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon
Synopsis: Batman loses his memory after being exposed to amnesia gas, when the antidote fails, Robin must teach the Cowled Crimefighter all that he has forgotten.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #190 published December 1952
was How to Be the Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Origin retold.
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The Strange Costumes of Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon
Synopsis: A look at some of the specialized costumes that Batman has utilized over his career, including one garment that he had hoped never to use.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #165 published November 1950
was The Strange Costumes of Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon; Dave Purdy
Synopsis: Reporter Dave Purdy saves Batman by dazzling an approaching murderer with the Bat Signal. The Masked Manhunter is happy to let Purdy have the credit, even though he had been forced to do an impromptu wiring job which enabled the intrepid reporter's plan to work.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #164 published October 1950
was Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Secrets of Batman's Utility Belt; Famed Batarangs

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Origin of the Bat-Cave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Nicholls; Jeremy Coe
Synopsis: Professor Nicholls sends the Dynamic Duo back in time 300 years, there they meet Jeremy Coe, a frontiersman spy who doubles as a Red Indian. When they realize that Coe's headquarters is in the cavern that will one day become the Bat-Cave, they help him with Colonial Age versions of their crime fighting apparatus.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #205 published March 1954
was The Origin of the Bat-Cave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Batman's Electronic Crime-File!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon; John Vanner
Synopsis: The microfilm from Batman's crime file is stolen from the Bat-Cave. It is then a race against time to apprehend the villains, before they start to use the information to give them the edge over the Dynamic Duo.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #229 published March 1956
was The 10,000 Secrets of Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: original title: "The 10,000 Secrets of Batman"
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Thrilling Escapes of Batman and Robin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin; Vicki Vale; Paul King
Synopsis: Villainous Paul King captures Batman and Robin, he then sets about devising an inescapable trap, based on Robin's recollections about their previous ingenious escapes.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #221 published July 1955
was The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: original title: "1,001 Escapes of Batman and Robin"
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The Amazing Inventions of Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman; Robin; Commissioner Gordon
Synopsis: Batman gets word that one of his inventions is to be used against him, he and Robin must then examine their many crime fighting innovations for clues.
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #109 published August 1957
was The 1,001 Inventions of Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: original title: "1,001 Inventions of Batman"
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
First Line: See the many fantastic faces of Superman...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for Superman Annual #3.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Secret Origins
First Line: At last! The giant comic book you've dreamed about is here!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for Secret Origins #1.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
First Line: Follow the adventures of Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for Detective Comics, Batman, and World's Finest Comics.

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