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Batman #79

DC · Series began 1940 · October-November 1953

Dates

Cover date
October-November 1953
On sale
August 19, 1953
Pages
44

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Horace Elmo, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoffinks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Horace Elmo, Ray Burnley, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoffletters: Ira Schnapp, Pat Gordon, Horace Elmo, Henry Boltinoffscript: David Vern, Horace Elmo, Jack Schiff, Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Miller

Stories

  • Bride of Batman! · 10 pages

    When the Shah of a foreign nation wants Vicki as his wife, she gets out of it (or so she thinks) by announcing that she is secretly engaged to Batman!

  • The Batman of Yesterday! · 9.67 pages

    After a train has been robbed of a valuable gold shipment, a suspected criminal comes forward saying that he found gold in treasure that was buried 200 years ago. Determined to prove he is lying, Batman and Robin travel back to 1753 to find where the treasure is really buried and encounter a masked hero of the past.

  • Grand Jury · 2 pages
  • Batman -- Gang Boss! · 10 pages

    Batman and Robin are escorting a prisoner transport when their plane crashes on what appears to be a deserted island. But the island is controlled by the murderous pirate Lars Veking, and Batman and Robin find unexpected brothers-in-arms in the form of the prisoners they are escorting. One by one, the prisoners use their criminal talents to help defeat Veking. Afterwards, the prisoners turn on Batman and Robin, who are forced to flee. The prisoners steal Veking's submarine and head for the mainland, only to find the Police waiting for them. Batman and Robin were stowaways in the torpedo tubes!

  • Untitled · 0.67 pages

    Jerry shows off a pipe that he received as a birthday gift.

Reprinted in

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Detective Comics (1937), Batman (1950), Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958), 80 Page Giant Magazine (1964)

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