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Batman #86

DC · Series began 1940 · September 1954

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Dates

Cover date: September 1954
On sale: July 12, 1954
Pages: 44

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Martin Naydel, Sheldon Moldoff, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Raymond Perryinks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Martin Naydel, Stan Kaye, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Raymond Perryletters: Ira Schnapp, Pat Gordon, Martin Naydel, Henry Boltinoffscript: Jack Schiff, Edmond Hamilton, Martin Naydel, Bill Woolfolk, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Herron

Stories

The Voyage of the First Batmarine! · 9.67 pages
After volunteering to become divers to remove explosives underwater at great depths, the Dynamic Duo are unable to properly rise to the surface slowly enough to prevent the bends. So they turn an ordinary submarine into a Bat-Marine and fight the criminal element under Slant Stacy successfully until the master criminal finds a way to get Batman out of the water, hoping he will die from the bends.
The Joker's Winning Team! · 10 pages
A baseball game inspires the Joker to become a manager of crime, as he decides to "trade" various crooks for others who have specialized talents that he can use to commit various crimes.
Hotel Cop · 2 pages
Batman -- Indian Chief! · 9.67 pages
The Dynamic Duo come upon a duo dressing very much the same as the famed Batman and Robin, these being an Indian version. They are asked by the wounded "Man-of-the-Bats" to substitute for he and his fighting aide in battling against Black Elk, who has been terrorizing the countryside, and who suspects Man-of-the-Bats and Great Eagle to be the same man.

Reprinted in

Batman Annual (1961), Batman from the 30s to the 70s (1971), DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (2009), Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954), Colossal Comic Annual (1956), Batman vs. the Joker (1966), Batman: The Black Casebook (2009)