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Batman #80

DC · Series began 1940 · December 1953-January 1954

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Dates

Cover date: December 1953-January 1954
On sale: October 14, 1953
Pages: 44

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Horace Elmo, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Nick Cardy, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Bob Kane, Fred Harmaninks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Horace Elmo, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Nick Cardy, Fred Harmanletters: Ira Schnapp, Horace Elmo, Gaspar Saladino, Henry Boltinoffscript: Horace Elmo, Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Miller, Bill Woolfolk

Stories

The Joker's Movie Crimes! · 9.67 pages
The Joker forms a movie production company and films his crimes as instructional films for the underworld. Soon, Joker raises the stakes and starts filming a movie to show the underworld how to handle Batman and Robin by continually making the Dynamic Duo look silly with his pranks.
Dick Grayson's Nightmare! · 9.67 pages
With Batman out of town, Dick is a witness to bizarre circumstances which he reports to the police, but with no evidence to support his story, no one believes him. Later Dick witnesses a gang of criminals committing a robbery, but he knows that no one will believe him, so he must find a way to stop the crooks as Robin.
The Deadly Dingo! · 2 pages
Calling All Con Men! · 2 pages
The Machines of Menace! · 10 pages
Batman and Robin investigate when monstrous machines are used to commit robberies and trace them to a small island run by criminals who control the machines.

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanDick GraysonRobinJokerCommissioner James Gordon

Reprinted in

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Gang Busters (1947), Colossal Comic Annual (1956), Blackhawk (1957), Blackhawk (1959)