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CATALOG RECORD

Batman Annual #1

DC · Series began 1961 · [Summer] 1961

Dates

Cover date
[Summer] 1961
On sale
June 29, 1961
Pages
84

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Curt Swan, Sheldon Moldoff, Dick Sprang, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartzinks: Charles Paris, Stan Kayeletters: Ira Schnappscript: Edmond Hamilton, David Vern, Bill Finger

Stories

  • How to Be the Batman! · Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder · 12 pages

    Batman loses his memory after being exposed to amnesia gas, when the antidote fails, Robin must teach the Cowled Crimefighter all that he has forgotten.

  • The Strange Costumes of Batman! · Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder · 12 pages

    A look at some of the specialized costumes that Batman has utilized over his career, including one garment that he had hoped never to use.

  • Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal! · Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder · 11 pages

    Reporter Dave Purdy saves Batman by dazzling an approaching murderer with the Bat Signal. The Masked Manhunter is happy to let Purdy have the credit, even though he had been forced to do an impromptu wiring job which enabled the intrepid reporter's plan to work.

  • The Origin of the Bat-Cave! · 12 pages

    Professor Nicholls sends the Dynamic Duo back in time 300 years, there they meet Jeremy Coe, a frontiersman spy who doubles as a Red Indian. When they realize that Coe's headquarters is in the cavern that will one day become the Bat-Cave, they help him with Colonial Age versions of their crime fighting apparatus.

  • Batman's Electronic Crime-File! · Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder · 12 pages

    The microfilm from Batman's crime file is stolen from the Bat-Cave. It is then a race against time to apprehend the villains, before they start to use the information to give them the edge over the Dynamic Duo.

  • Thrilling Escapes of Batman and Robin! · 12 pages

    Villainous Paul King captures Batman and Robin, he then sets about devising an inescapable trap, based on Robin's recollections about their previous ingenious escapes.

  • The Amazing Inventions of Batman · Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder · 8 pages

    Batman gets word that one of his inventions is to be used against him, he and Robin must then examine their many crime fighting innovations for clues.

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