Batman Album #32
The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd
Australia.
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Issue contents
Cover
The First Batman
(Batman)
Cover, 1 page
"Here it is Robin--the costume of a Batman who fought crime even before I started my own career as a crime fighter!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, line art
Reprint history
- First print
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #258 (September-October 1974) (3 Evil Eyes)
- Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #235 — The First Batman (page 1)
- Based on
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #255 (March-April 1974) (The First Batman)
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #260 (January-February 1975) (The Grade A Crimes)
Notes
"The First Batman" image from Batman 255, March-April 1974; "Grade A Crimes" image from Batman 260, January-February 1975; "3 evil eyes" image from Batman 258, September-October 1974.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-514
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Editing
- E. Nelson Bridwell, editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #112 (December 1957) — The Signalman of Crime
- This version
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Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #1 (July-August 1972)
- Also printed
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Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #24 ([May 1958]) — The Signalman [of Crime]
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Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #1 (July-August 1972) — The Signalman of Crime
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Batman Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #32 ([April 1976?])
Synopsis
Phil Cobb comes to Gotham City with the aim of becoming a big shot crook, and adopts the identity of The Signalman to get a reputation for outwitting Batman. However, with some luck, Batman and Robin escape one of The Signalman's traps and capture him.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-813
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Lew Moxon [I & D]; Joey Chill
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, penciller [as Bob Kane]
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #235 (September 1956) — The First Batman
- Also printed
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Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #105 ([February 1959?]) — The First Batman
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Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #4 (Winter 1963) — The First Batman
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Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #4 ([December 1963?]) — The First Batman
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #37 ([May 1966?]) — The First Batman
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #255 (March-April 1974) — The First Batman
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The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #2 (November-December 1979) — The First Batman
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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) ([November] 1988) — The First Batman
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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) ([June] 1989) — The First Batman
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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) ([June] 1989) — The First Batman
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Batman: The Black Casebook (DC, 2009 series) ([June] 2009) — The First Batman
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DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([August] 2010) — The First Batman
Synopsis
The discovery of an old Batman-type costume in Bruce Wayne's attic re-opens the Wayne murder case, and helps him realize that Joey Chill had ONLY been hired to kill his parents....and the real man responsible was still alive and free.
Notes
This version includes a reprint panel with Batman.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Super-hero
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Bob Kane, line art
- George Roussos, backgrounds
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
Reprint history
4Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-1193
Credits
- Writing
- Joe Greene, scripter [as Joseph Greene]
- Art
- Dick Sprang, line art
- Text
- Dick Sprang, letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, editor
- Management
- Whitney Ellsworth, Editor-in-Chief
Reprint history
- First print
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #92 (October 1944)
- This version
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #261 (March-April 1975)
Synopsis
A group of crooks, led by Brainy Bulow, are down on their luck and worried that they can't make an honest dollar. Then they notice a "Wanted" poster, and decide to go into an honest business for once: rounding up wanted felons and cashing in on their rewards!
Notes
This reprint includes an introduction by "Batman's silken rope" (!?!)
5Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-1140
Credits
- Writing
- Ruth Kaufman, scripter [as Bunny Lyons]
- Art
- Jack Burnley, line art
- Ray Burnley, backgrounds
- Text
- Betty Bentley , letterer
- Ira Schnapp , letterer
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #16 (April-May 1943) — The Grade A Crimes!
- Also printed
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #260 (January-February 1975) — The Grade A Crimes!
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Batman Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #32 ([April 1976?])
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Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (July 2003) — The Grade A Crimes!
Synopsis
After a series of early-bird robberies, Batman notes the appearances of a milkman and his horse-drawn wagon at the scene of every crime, and makes the connection that it is involved in the heists. After a series of early-bird robberies, Batman notes the appearances of a milkman and his horse-drawn wagon at the scene of every crime, and makes the connection that it is involved in the heists.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-978
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Harlan Bates; V: Count Florian.
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Bob Kane, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #43 (December 1949-January 1950) — The Man with a Thousand Eyes!
- Also printed
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Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #12 ([June 1951]) — The Man with a Thousand Eyes!
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #47 (November 1968) — The Man with a Thousand Eyes
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #258 (September-October 1974) — The Man with a Thousand Eyes!
Synopsis
Count Florian, a criminal Batman and Robin once battled in London, comes to America and successfully steals a civilian invention in order to spy on America.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-1057
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tweedledum (Deever Tweed, villain, I); Tweedledee (Dumfree Tweed, villain, I); Slug [villain].
Credits
- Writing
- Don C. Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Bob Kane, penciller
- Jerry Robinson, penciller
- Jerry Robinson, inker
- Charles Paris, inker (page 7 only)
- George Roussos, backgrounds
- Text
- George Roussos, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
- Bernard Breslauer, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #74 (April 1943) — Tweedledum and Tweedledee!
- Also printed
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #209 (February 1972) — Tweedledum and Tweedledee
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Batman Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #32 ([April 1976?])
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Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #3 ([November] 1993) — Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Synopsis
Batman and Robin are faced with the dual problem of two rather rotund adversaries who set traps for their victims and wait for them to walk into them.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-544
Credits
- Art
- Nick Cardy, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Sheldon Moldoff , letterer
- Editing
- E. Nelson Bridwell, original editor
Reprint history
Notes
This is the first two pages of the 12 page story from Detective Comics #33, The Batman Wars Against the Dirigible of Doom [page 1-2].
9Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-527
- Characters
- The Joker; the Penguin
Credits
- Writing
- Don Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Jack Burnley, penciller
- Jerry Robinson, inker
- Text
- George Roussos, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #25 (October-November 1944)
- This version
-
Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #2 (September-October 1972)
- Also printed
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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) ([November] 1988)
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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) ([June] 1989)
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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) ([June] 1989)
Notes
First team up of the Joker and the Penguin.
Indicia
Printed by New Zealand Newspapers Ltd., Great South Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland, N.Z.
Published by The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd, 142 Clarence Street, Sydney, 2000
Sequences in this issue Copyright National Periodical Publications Inc.
Distributors: Gordon & Gotch (A/sia) Ltd, Melbourne,
The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Sydney