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Batman #75

DC · Series began 1940 · February-March 1953

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Dates

Cover date: February-March 1953
On sale: December 17, 1952
Pages: 44

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Dick Sprang, Henry Boltinoff, Ray Thompson, Raymond Perry, Bob Kane, Fred Harmaninks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Henry Boltinoff, Ray Thompson, Raymond Perry, Fred Harmanletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoffscript: Jack Schiff, David Vern, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Miller

Stories

Outlaw Town, U.S.A.! · 9.67 pages
Batman and Robin pursue the criminal Jenko brothers to Outlaw Town, a western town where all of the residents are criminals and who plan to ambush Batman and Robin.
Mr. Roulette's Greatest Gamble · 9.67 pages
Mr. Roulette has been gambling with his life but Batman and Robin try to stop him.
Untitled · 1 pages
Casey is sent to arrest Spike, which takes a bit more work than Casey anticipated.
Stone Walls and Iron Bars · 2 pages
The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City! · 12 pages
Boss Dyke is executed in the gas chambers for his crimes, and his body is taken to a doctor who transplants the criminal's brain into that of a large gorilla. The gorilla communicates to the doctor that after he and his gang have secured needed funds, he wants his brain then transplanted into that of the Batman, and Batman's brain put into the gorilla. Then the Police will unknowingly kill the Batman!

Reprinted in

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), A Date with Judy (1947), House of Mystery (1951), The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1958), Batman Annual (1961), Super-Heroes Battle Super-Gorillas (1976), DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (2009)