Batman #19
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia
Issue contents
Cover
The Joker's comedy of Errors!
(Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
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2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman and Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain); Bragg (henchman); unnamed henchmen; unnamed elevator operator; unnamed electric company employees; unnamed newsboy; John Dillinger (portrait); Danny (inmate); Clancy (prison guard); unnamed English fishermen; unnamed English reporters; unnamed citizens; unnamed waiter; unnamed police officers; unnamed mayor
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Bob Kane, penciller (Batman and Robin figures only)
- Lew Schwartz, penciller [as Lew Sayre Schwartz]
- Charles Paris, inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
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- First print
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #66 (August-September 1951) — The Joker's Comedy of Errors!
- Also printed
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #54 ([August 1970?]) — The Joker's Comedy of Errors
Synopsis
Joker is ridiculed when one of his crimes is foiled by his own mistake, so he decides to launch a crime spree based on famous mistakes, or "boners", in history.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Jerry the Jitterbug
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
Notes
Pages are printed on side, two up.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Johnny Quick
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller, scripter
- Art
- Ralph Mayo, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
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Notes
Pages in this story are printed on side, two up. The original story was eight pages.
5"Come on, Peg, let's go in the water!!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Peg
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
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6Featuring
- Feature
- Batman and Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Griffin Balfor (movie director, villain, introduction, death); Wanda Ware (actress); Lud Valento (actor); unnamed fans; unnamed police officers; John Kent (actor); Mr. Land (movie insider); Jack Flame (newsman); Max Flower (cameraman); unnamed henchmen
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
Reprint history
- First print
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #66 (August-September 1951) — The Movie Stars Who Died Twice!
- Also printed
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #54 ([August 1970?]) — The Movie Stars Who Died Twice
Synopsis
Batman and Robin investigate when a series of movie actors die in real-life as their deaths depicted in their films. They find that the actors' deaths were staged by a former director who forces them, and Batman and Robin, to perform in a new movie that he is making.
Notes
Pages are printed on side, two up. The original story was 12 pages.
7
8"The Sarge says there's been a lot of speeders lately"
Featuring
- Feature
- Casey the Cop
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #66 (August-September 1951) — Untitled
9"What a Doll!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Peg
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
Notes
There was no separate UK version of this issue (UK printings began from issue 21).
Indicia
Printed by Associated Newspapers Ltd. And Kenmure Press Pty. Ltd., for Colour Comics Pty. Ltd., Sydney. Proprietors and produced by the K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., 56 Young Street, Sydney. Gordon and Gotch (Australasia) Ltd. Distributors for Australia and New Zealand. Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co. Ltd., 18 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, E.C.4. distributors for the British Isles.