| Issue | #1 |
| Published | [Summer] 1961 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
| Pages | 84 |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
| Notes | On Sale Date - June 29th 1961 |
| Characters | Batman; Robin |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff; Dick Sprang |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Reprinted | in Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon |
| Synopsis | 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. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Ed Hamilton? |
| Pencils | Lew Sayre Schwartz |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Notes | Origin retold |
| Reprinted | from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #190 (December 1952) |
| Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon |
| Synopsis | A look at some of the specialised costumes that Batman has utilised over his career, including one garment that he had hoped never to use. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Dick Sprang |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Reprinted | from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #165 (November 1950) |
| Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon; Dave Purdy |
| Synopsis | 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. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | David Vern |
| Pencils | Lew Sayre Schwartz |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Reprinted | from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #164 (October 1950) |
| Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Nicholls; Jeremy Coe |
| Synopsis | 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 realise 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. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Reprinted | from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #205 (March 1954) |
| Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon; John Vanner |
| Synopsis | 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. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Ed Hamilton? |
| Pencils | Dick Sprang |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Notes | original title: The 10,000 Secrets of Batman |
| Reprinted | from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #229 (March 1956) |
| Characters | Batman; Robin; Vicki Vale; Paul King |
| Synopsis | 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. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Bill Finger? |
| Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Notes | original title: 1,001 Escapes of Batman and Robin |
| Reprinted | from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #221 (July 1955) |
| Characters | Batman; Robin; Commissioner Gordon |
| Synopsis | 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. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Dick Sprang |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Notes | original title 1,001 Inventions of Batman |
| Reprinted | from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #109 (August 1957) |