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Issue Details

Issue #170
Published March 1965
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "Genius of the Getaway Gimmicks!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (added by Gregory Fischer, May 2009).
Reprinted in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 (June 2006); in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page public service announcement "Friends Across the Seas"

Script Jack Schiff?
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Colors Ira Schnapp

12 page Batman and Robin story "Genius of the Getaway Gimmicks!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Getaway Genius [Roy Reynolds] (first appearance; villain); Joker (cameo; flashback; villain)
Genre Superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [as ghost for Bob Kane]
Inks Sid Greene
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes writer credit in Batman 169. Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 (June 2006); in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1

11 page Batman and Robin story "The Puzzle of the Perilous Prizes!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Aunt Harriet; Mrs. Tompkins (first appearance); Jimmy Statten (first appearance); Bimbo (first appearance; a bear); Stilts (first appearance; villain); Pete (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis When Batman and Robin investigate who entered a contest for an elderly lady, they end up capturing an entirely unrelated gang who think Batman and Robin are after them.
Genre Superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Joe Giella [as ghost for Bob Kane]
Inks Joe Giella
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes art id by Bob Hughes and Gene Reed. Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars Bob Hughes and Gene Reed agree that pencils were actually by Giella.
Reprinted in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 (June 2006); in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1

Half page filler "Pore Identification"

Script Julius Schwartz
Pencils Morris Waldinger
Inks Tom Nicolosi
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007).