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Issue: Batman #148
Publication Date: June 1962
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Issues: #148 of 715 Issues (1363 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: 04/17/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Challengers of the Unknown #26 and copyright registration.
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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
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The Joker's Greatest Triumph!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
First Line: At last I've unmasked Batman and have discovered his secret identity!
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Pages: 1
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Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today!

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Character(s): Atom; Hawkman; Aquaman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Alien Force Twins!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; alien invasion force (villains); Batman and Robin energy twins (villains)
Synopsis: Alien bandits create electrical twins of Batman and Robin to fend them off when the Caped Crusaders attempt to enter a strange city that appears out of nowhere.
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Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Mooney.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Detective Comics; World's Finest Comics
First Line: This famous symbol is your guarantee...
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Your Pass to New Worlds!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Character(s): Ted; Frank
First Line: Aw, I don't believe it!
Synopsis: Frank takes his friends to the public library where they are impressed with the different kinds of books that can teach them new things.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Atom
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lefty Looie
Character(s): Lefty Louie
First Line: Some idea the warden has...
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Pages: 0.5
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The Boy Who Was Robin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Vandeveer Wayne (Bruce's young cousin); Jumpy Regan (villain, actor)
First Line: What--?
Synopsis: A young cousin of Bruce's wreaks havoc by pretending to be Robin, even going so far as to hiring a crook/actor to play the role of Batman!
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Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Contains two separate giant prop sequences!
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown; Tales of the Unexpected
First Line: For the very best...
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Hello, Sonny! Rushing to your violin lesson?
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #3 published July 1949
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Character(s): Superman
First Line: Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Batman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Prints a letter from Tom Fagan of Rutland, Vermont about the Rutland Halloween Parade and its Batman float.
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The Joker's Greatest Triumph

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain); Joker's henchmen (villains)
Synopsis: The Joker unmasks Batman but doesn't reveal his identity. Later, he unmasks the Caped Crusader again, only to reveal a robot beneath the cowl.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Sixties #[nn] [1st Printing] published March 1999
as The Joker's Greatest Triumph [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Inker credit verified by Paris. This story was parodied by author Donald Barthelme in his prose story "The Joker's Greatest Triumph," published in the Barthelme collection Come Back, Dr. Caligari (Little, Brown and Company, 1964).
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Hawk-a-a-a!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blackhawk
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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For the Best in Comics Entertainment

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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