Dates
- Cover date
- June 1963
- On sale
- April 18, 1963
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Batman 156 (Facsimile Edition) (2026). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Creators
Stories
- The Secret of the Ant-Man · 7.67 pages
After Batman announces that he is going away on a secret government mission, a pint-sized crime fighter by the name of Ant-Man pops up to help him out, but the Boy Wonder wrongly guesses that it is Batman in disguise.
- Robin Dies at Dawn, Chapter 1 · 8.67 pages
Batman undergoes a test simulation for a situation that astronauts may one day face alone in outer space, and during that simulation he sees Robin die. After the test is over, Batman faces the terrible side-effects of his simulation, believing that Robin will actually die, and it so complicates his fight against crime, he decides to retire!
- Robin Dies at Dawn, Chapter 2 · 7.67 pages
Batman undergoes a test simulation for a situation that astronauts may one day face alone in outer space, and during that simulation he sees Robin die. After the test is over, Batman faces the terrible side-effects of his simulation, believing that Robin will actually die, and it so complicates his fight against crime, he decides to retire!
Reprinted in
Batman 156 (Facsimile Edition) (2026), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2005), Batman: The Black Casebook (2009), Robin, The Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years (2015)