Issue | #2 |
Published | [Winter] 1961 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 84 |
Editing | Jack Schiff |
Notes | On Sale Date - November 16th 1961 |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff; Dick Sprang |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon; "Slant" Stacy |
Synopsis | Batman risks death from the "bends" if he does not regulate his decrompression rate after an underwater mission. "Slant" Stacy takes advantage of the situation, and the Masked Manhunter must find methods to combat the wily crook without emerging from the water. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | Dick Sprang |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Notes | original title: Voyage of the First Batmarine |
Reprinted | from Batman #86 (September 1954) |
Characters | Batman; Robin; Angus McLaughlie; Sam Smathers; Commissioner James Gordon |
Synopsis | Scottish Laird of Batmanor, Angus McLaughlie, bequeaths his castle to Batman in the hope that the famed detective will solve a 400 years old mystery involving the King's gold. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | Dick Sprang |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Reprinted | from Detective Comics #198 (August 1953) |
Characters | Batman; Robin; Chief-Man-Of-The-Bats [Great Eagle]; Little Raven [Little Eagle]; Black Elk |
Synopsis | Out over the mountains, the Dynamic Duo spot a smoke signal in the shape of a bat. Upon further investigation they meet Sioux Indians, Great Eagle and his son Little Eagle. An injury to Great Eagle means that Batman must substitute for him as Great-Man-Of-The-Bats, a prairie version of himself! |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Ed (France) Herron |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Reprinted | from Batman #86 (September 1954) |
Characters | Batman; Robin; Commissioner James Gordon; The Sinister 8 (Frenchy Le Doix, Singh Dan, Baron Hengler, Ling Chee, Luigi Verona, Aldo Toledano, Liverpool Kid, Sumatra Joe) |
Synopsis | Batman and Robin are assigned to escort a group of criminals, the Sinister 8, to Satan Island prison. Scuppered and marooned on a South Sea Island, the Dynamic Duo must pit their wits against all 8 deadly adversaries. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | David Vern (verified by Martin O'Hearn) |
Pencils | Lew Sayre Schwartz |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Reprinted | from Batman #72 (August-September 1952) |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Harvey Harris; Arthur Mellen |
Synopsis | When Bruce Wayne receives a package from Master Detective Harvey Harris, he realises that mistakes made in his past could reveal his secret identity in the present. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Edmond Hamilton |
Pencils | Dick Sprang |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Reprinted | from Detective Comics #226 (December 1955) |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Merko the Great |
Synopsis | When Merko the Great, a stage magician, is abducted during the interval of a charity show, Batman assumes his identity and improvises ways to perform his act. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Reprinted | from Detective Comics #207 (May 1954) |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dick Grayson; Batman of Zur-En-Arrh [Tlano] |
Synopsis | When the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh, a distant planet, teleports Batman to his world, the Caped Crimefighter finds he has super-powers comparable to Superman's. He then uses his newly acquired abilities to help drive invaders from Zur-En-Arrh. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Ed (France) Herron |
Pencils | Dick Sprang |
Inks | Charles Paris |
Reprinted | from Batman #113 (February 1958) |
Characters | Batman; Robin; Batwoman; Bat-Girl; Bat-Mite; Ace, The Bathound; Commissioner Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth |
Synopsis | Pin Up of the Batman Family |
Genre | Superhero |
Notes | On Back Cover |
Reprinted | in Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #2; in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #51 |