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Issue Details

Issue #130
Published March 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff (Editor); Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor); George Kashdan (Associate Editor)

Cover Details - "The Hand from Nowhere!"

Characters Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Letters credit from O'Hearn/Desris.

7 page Batman story "Batman's Deadly Birthday"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon
Synopsis Gotham City prepares a number of fund-raising events to celebrate the anniversary of Batman's first case. At every event, however, criminals manage to make off with the proceeds.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters Stan Starkman
Notes Script credit from O'Hearn. Pencils credit verified by Sprang. The Batman TV show borrowed one of their "death traps" -- the Dynamic Duo stuck on the top of a big cake with plaster "icing" -- from this story.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Detective Comics #276 ad"

Half page filler "Patrolman!"

Genre fact

1 page Buzzy public service announcement Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz

Characters Buzzy
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Letters Ira Schnapp

8 page Batman story "The Master of Weapons"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Graham; Bailey (studio accountant); Ace the Bat-Hound
Synopsis Graham is Paragon Pictures' technical director and designer of many historical weapons. While arguing with studio accountant Bailey over his need for more money, he takes a fall from a set piece, and is rushed to the hospital. Some time later, he vanishes from the hospital. One week later a new costumed villain hits Gotham, one armed with ancient weapons.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris
Letters Stan Starkman
Notes Inks credited verified by Paris.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Brave and the Bold #28 ad"

1 page Letters to the Bat-Cave letters page

Letters Typeset

1 page Warden Willis filler

Genre gags
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page Batman story "The Hand from Nowhere"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Lex Luthor (villain)
Synopsis Batman investigates reports of a mysteriour giant hand and some aliens present at thefts of seemingly worthless minerals.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane]
Inks Charles Paris
Letters Stan Starkman
Notes Script credit from O'Hearn. Inks credit verified by Paris. This story features the only time Lex Luthor appears in a Batman story by himself as the lead villain before the 1990's.
Reprinted In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #218 (January-February 1970).

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "World's Finest Comics #108 ad"