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Issue: Batman #178
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 12/02/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
Raid of the Rocketeers!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Rocketeers (villains)
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as Batman #178 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Raid of the Rocketeers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Hank Nelson; The Rocketeers (villains)
When two experimental missiles disappear after being launched, the Caped Crusaders follow the path of the third missile and discover that it has been intercepted by a strange beam, set in motion by jet-propelled crooks!
Reprinting
FlagLynvingen #2/1966 published January 1966
as Rakettmennenes angrep [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as Raid of the Rocketeers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11.34
Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

Story in two parts of 5.67 pages each.
Fingerprint Oddities!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery, non-fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Invisible Handicap!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction, opinion
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Can you repair this space ship?
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Miscellaneous
0.5
The Loan Shark's Hidden Hoard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; "Shark" Sharkey (villain, loan shark); Sharkey's gang [Louie; Mako; Chesty; rest unnamed] (villains); Rosy (villain, grifter); Weeper (villain, grifter)
Rosy and Weeper borrow money from a loan shark to bet on a race, and promptly end up losing. They fear that Sharkey will kill them so the Dynamic Duo step in before that can happen.
Reprinting
FlagLynvingen #1/1966 published January 1966
as Ã…gerkarlens skjulte skatt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLynvingen Stort Julenummer #1970 published December 1969
as Sharkey's hemmelighet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as The Loan Shark's Hidden Hoard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11.67
Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters of comment from John Thelin, Robert O'Donnell, David McLaughlin, Ronnie Schwartz, George Davis and G. Allan Poole. First announcement of Batman becoming a TV series.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Warden Willis
Warden, that mattress is old and lumpy. It's killing my back!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1

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