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Batman #112

DC · Series began 1940 · December 1957

first appearance of Signalman

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Signalman (Phillip Cobb) — villain, origin, first appearance

Dates

Cover date: December 1957
On sale: October 8, 1957
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Sheldon Moldoff, Ruben Moreira, Henry Boltinoff, Dick Spranginks: Sheldon Moldoff, Ruben Moreira, Charles Paris, Henry Boltinoffletters: Ira Schnapp, Pat Gordon, Henry Boltinoff, Artie Simekscript: Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Edmond Hamilton

Stories

The Signalman of Crime · 8 pages
A small time criminal moves to Gotham and initiates a series of crimes, dressed as the bizarre Signalman. But Batman solves the clues to Signalman's crimes and nabs him.
Batman's Roman Holiday! · 8 pages
Professor Nichols contacts Bruce and Dick to show them his new time ray, and asks then to send him back into the days of ancient Rome so he can experience what they do on their travels. But when he doesn't automatically return, Batman and Robin head into the past to locate him.
Trouble on the London Express · 1 pages
Am I Really Batman? · 8 pages
Batman wakes from a sound sleep to find himself in a mental ward, not realizing that a Professor Milo had given him a dose of amnesia gas that dulls the will to live.

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanDick GraysonRobinCommissioner James GordonAlfred PennyworthPhillip CobbSignalmanProfessor MiloProfessor Carter Nichols

Reprinted in

Batman (1950), Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (1957), Batman Annual (1959), Batman Annual (1961), 80 Page Giant Magazine (1964), Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (1972), Batman: The Black Casebook (2009), DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (2009), DC's Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains (2020)