Argus ← Live listings
Cover of Batman #140
Photo: listing on reececomics

CATALOG RECORD

Batman #140

DC · Series began 1940 · June 1961

Dates

Cover date
June 1961
On sale
April 13, 1961
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Sheldon Moldoff, Bernard Baily, Henry Boltinoff, Russ Heathinks: Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris, Bernard Baily, Henry Boltinoff, Russ Heathletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Stan Starkmanscript: Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff

Stories

  • The Ghost of the Joker! · 8.67 pages

    The Joker appears to die during a prison escape, but his ghostly figure survives to commit crimes and taunt Batman from beyond the grave.

  • The Charmed Life of Batman! · 8 pages

    Four professional underworld assassins try to bump off Batman, but fail after an alchemist has given the Caped Crusader a charmed life on a TV talk show through the use of a potion.

  • The Eighth Wonder of Space · 8.67 pages

    After being transported to an alien world, Batman and Robin are accidentally turned into aliens with weird powers, but they still can help Batwoman tackle the Yellow Sweater Gang when they return.

Reprinted in

All Favourites Comic (1960)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.