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Issue Details

Issue #190
Published December 1952
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 44
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "How to Be the Batman"

Characters Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer

12 page Batman and Robin story "How to Be the Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Dr. Sampson
Synopsis A scientist named Dr. Sampson uses an amnesia gas on Batman, blotting out his memory of who he is, and Robin desperately tries everything in his power to restore it before Sampson's mob rules Gotham City.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger?
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)[Batman & Robin figures]; Lew Sayre Schwartz [verified by Schwartz]
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Art credits verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Brief origin recaps of Batman and Robin. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-11-07.
Reprinted in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1; in Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) #nn

1 page Superman public service announcement "UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer
Letters Ira Schnapp

5 page Impossible -- But True story "The Man With the Life Ray"

Characters Roy Raymond
Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

1 page Casey the Cop filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

2 page text story "Whistling Murder"

Genre crime
Script Jack Miller (as Joseph Macklin)
Letters typeset

5 page Robotman story "Robotman's Robot!"

Characters Robotman
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Certa?
Inks Joe Certa?

1 page Private Pete filler

Genre military humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman story "Mission With the Mounties!"

Characters Pow-Wow Smith
Genre western
Pencils Leonard Starr
Inks Leonard Starr
Notes Art credits by Craig Delich.