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Issue Details

Issue #164
Published June 1964
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes First 'New Look'.

Cover Details - "Two-Way Gem Caper"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [ghost for Bob Kane]
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Editor Julius Schwartz's pay records have Bob Kane on pencils. However, it is known that Bob Kane contracted the artwork out to Sheldon Moldoff.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 (February 2003); in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1

13 page Batman; Robin story "Two-Way Gem Caper!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Hootenanny Hotshots; VILLAIN: Mr. Dabblo
Genre Superhero
Script France Herron
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [ghost for Bob Kane]
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Script credit from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #167. Editor Julius Schwartz's pay records have Bob Kane on pencils. However, it is known that Bob Kane contracted the artwork out to Sheldon Moldoff.
Reprinted in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #240 (March 1972); in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 (February 2003); in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #71; in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page filler "Ancient Crime-Detection Methods!"

11 page Batman; Robin story "Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mystery Analysts of Gotham City [Prof. Ralph Vern; Art Saddows; Kaye Daye; Commissioner James Gordon] (intro); Hugh Rankin; The Trapeze Ten (flashback)
Genre Superhero
Script France Herron
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [ghost for Bob Kane]
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Script credit from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #167. Editor Julius Schwartz's pay records have Bob Kane on pencils (as does the reprint in Batman #240). However, it is known that Bob Kane contracted the artwork out to Sheldon Moldoff.
Reprinted in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #240 (March 1972); in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 (February 2003); in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1