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Issue: Batman #164
Publication Date: June 1964
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Issues: #164 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: 04/16/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Sea Devils #17 and copyright registration.

First "New Look."
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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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Two-Way Gem Caper!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dynamic Duo Archives #1 published April 2003
as Cover - Batman #164 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dynamic Duo Archives #1 published April 2003
as Cover reprints on back cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]cover
In Content Item: FlagBatman Strikes! [Burger King Edition] #1 published November 2004
as The Batman Nobody Knows! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as Batman #164 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Editor Julius Schwartz's pay records have Bob Kane on pencils. However, it is known that Bob Kane contracted the artwork out to Sheldon Moldoff.
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Are You a Good Neighbor?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Two-Way Gem Caper!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Hootenanny Hotshots (folk singers); Mr. Dabblo (villain); Dabblo's accomplice (villain)
Synopsis: Batman discovers a plot to waylay a group of folk singers in order to perpetrate the theft of a pearl from a museum, and eventually nabs the villain after foiling a trap set for the criminal.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #71 published July 1965
as Two-Way Gem Caper! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dynamic Duo Archives #1 published April 2003
as Two-Way Gem Caper! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as Two-Way Gem Caper! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.34
Disclose Notes: Story in two parts of 7.67 and 5.67 pages.

Script credit from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #167. Editor Julius Schwartz's pay records have Bob Kane on pencils. However, it is known that Bob Kane contracted the artwork out to Sheldon Moldoff.

This story introduces several new elements to the "New Look" Batman. Batman has redesigned the Bat-Cave with an automatic elevator leading to Wayne Manor. The Batmobile has also been redesigned into a sports car. The Bat-Cave exit is no longer a barn, it is now a hidden door on a hillside and leads to the highway.

Batman also uses a Hot-Line phone which links the Batmobile (later on the Bat-Cave, too) to Commissioner Gordon's office. Gordon's physical appearance also looks younger and slimmer than prior appearances.
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Watch for the first Superboy 80 page annual!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Showcase; I -- Spy!
First Line: Emerging from his cloak of shadows
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue...
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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Genres: superhero
First Line: For the very best in comics reading
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Ancient Crime-Detection Methods!

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Genres: non-fiction
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In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #415 published September 1971
as Ancient Crime-Detection Methods! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #3/1972 published May 1972
as Hvordan man avslører forbrytelser! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Norman E. Doerner and Christy Londos.
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Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mystery Analysts of Gotham City [Prof. Ralph Vern; Art Saddows; Kaye Daye; Martin Tellman; Commissioner James Gordon] (introduction); District Attorney Danton (not named in the story); Hugh Rankin (private investigator); The Trapeze Ten (flashback)
Synopsis: A private investigator seeks to join the Mystery Analysts, but is blackballed by Batman for a very specific reason.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #63 published November 1964
as Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #240 published March 1972
as Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #12/1972 published June 1972
as Batman wahrt sein Gesicht [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dynamic Duo Archives #1 published April 2003
as Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #167. Editor Julius Schwartz's pay records have Bob Kane on pencils (as does the reprint in Batman #240). However, it is known that Bob Kane contracted the artwork out to Sheldon Moldoff.

The disguise Batman creates for himself has more than a passing resemblance to editor Julius Schwartz.
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Detective Comics
First Line: Follow the adventures of Batman and Robin...
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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First Line: Be my guest at America's greatest amusement park
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100 Magnets

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126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos

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[untitled]

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First Line: Boys! Men! My secret new dynaflex method...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Fighting Ships

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Helen of Toy.
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