DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1

DC Comics

United States

Published: April 2009
Page count: 272
Cover price: 39.99 USD; 45.99 CAD
Colour: Colour
Format: Comic series
ISBN: 978-1-4012-2192-8
GCD: www.comics.org/issue/611913

Credits

Editing: Scott Nybakken (collection editor)
Jack Schiff (original editor)

Issue contents

Cover Untitled (Batman and Robin) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman; Robin

Credits

Script: None
Art: Rodney Ramos
Colours: Allen Passalaqua
Letters: None
Editing: None

DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #1 — Untitled

1. Contents Table of contents, 3 pages

Credits

Script: None
Art: None
Colours: None
Letters: Typeset
Editing: None

2. A Word From the Publisher Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

Credits

Script: Paul Levitz
Art: None
Colours: None
Letters: Typeset
Editing: None

3. Introduction Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 5 pages

Credits

Script: Michael Uslan
Letters: Typeset
Editing: None

Notes

Contains 2 sets of panels showing differences between the original stories and the reprints in the Annuals.

4. Batman Annual #1: 1,001 Secrets of Batman and Robin (Batman and Robin) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman; Robin

Credits

Script: None
Pencils: Curt Swan
Sheldon Moldoff
Dick Sprang
Inks: Charles Paris
Letters: None
Editing: None

5. How to Be the Batman (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; James Gordon; Doctor Sampson

Credits

Script: Bill Finger
Pencils: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inks: Stan Kaye
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #190 (December 1952)
— How to Be the Batman!
Also printed: Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #44 ([January 1954])
— How to Be the Batman!
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #1 ([June 1962?])
— How to be the Batman

6. The Strange Costumes of Batman! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; James Gordon; Doctor Robert Darcy

Credits

Script: Edmond Hamilton
Pencils: Dick Sprang
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

7. Untold Tales of the Batsignal! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dave Purdy; James Gordon; Vicki Vale

Credits

Pencils: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

8. Secrets of Batman's Utility Belt Illustration, 1 page

Credits

Editing: None

9. The Origin of the Bat-Cave! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols

Credits

Script: Bill Finger
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #205 (March 1954)
— The Origin of the Batcave
Also printed: Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #57 ([February 1955])
— The Origin of the Bat-Cave
: Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #57 ([May 1955?])
— The Origin of the Bat-Cave!
: Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #5 (August 1958)
— The Origin of the Bat-Cave!
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #1 ([June 1962?])
— The Origin of the Bat-Cave
: Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown, 1971) #73-168329 (October 1971)
— The Origin of the Bat-Cave!

10. Batman's Electronic Crime-File! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; John Creeden

Credits

Pencils: Dick Sprang
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

Notes

Original story title is "The 10,000 Secrets of Batman!".

11. The Thrilling Escapes of Batman and Robin (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale; Paul King

Credits

Script: Bill Finger
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Inks: Stan Kaye
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #221 (July 1955)
— The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin!
Also printed: Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #65 ([January 1956?])
— The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #1 ([June 1962?])
— Thrilling Escapes of Batman and Robin

Notes

Original story title is "The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin!".

12. The Amazing Inventions of Batman (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Credits

Script: Edmond Hamilton
Pencils: Dick Sprang
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #109 (August 1957)
— The 1,001 Inventions of Batman
Also printed: Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #91 ([December 1957])
— The 1,001 Inventions of Batman
: Batman (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #91 ([December 1957?])
— The 1,001 Inventions of Batman
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #1 ([June 1962?])
— The Amazing Inventions of Batman
: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #261 (March-April 1975)
— The 1,001 Inventions of Batman
: Wonder Woman (KG Murray, 1975 series) #129 ([January 1976?])
— The 1,001 Inventions of Batman

Notes

Original story title is "The 1,001 Inventions of Batman".

13. Batman Annual #2: Batman and Robin in Their Most Thrilling Roles! (Batman and Robin) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman; Robin

Credits

Script: None
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Dick Sprang
Lew Sayre Schwartz
Win Mortimer
Inks: Charles Paris
Stan Kaye
Letters: None
Editing: None

14. The Underseas Batman (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 9.67 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Slant Stacy

Credits

Script: Edmond Hamilton
Pencils: Dick Sprang
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

Notes

Original story title is "The Voyage of the First Batmarine!".

15. The Lord of Batmanor (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Credits

Script: Edmond Hamilton
Pencils: Dick Sprang
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #198 (August 1953)
— The Lord of Batmanor!
Also printed: Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #51 ([September 1954])
— The Lord of Batmanor
: Super Adventure Comic (KGM, 1952 series) #51 ([December 1954])
— The Lord of Batmanor!
: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 ([Winter] 1961)
— The Lord of Batmanor!
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #2 ([December 1962?])
— The Lord of Batmanor

16. Batman -- Indian Chief! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 9.67 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] Chief Man-of-the-Bats [Great Eagle]; Little Raven [Little Eagle]; Black Elk

Credits

Script: France Herron
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Inks: Stan Kaye
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #86 (September 1954)
— Batman--Indian Chief!
Also printed: Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #55 ([December 1954])
— Batman -- Indian Chief!
: Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #55 ([March 1955?])
— Batman--Indian Chief!
: Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #3 ([August 1957])
— Batman -- Indian Chief!
: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 ([Winter] 1961)
— Batman -- Indian Chief!
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #2 ([December 1962?])
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #2 ([December 1962?])
— Batman--Indian Chief
: Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown, 1971) #73-168329 (October 1971)
— Batman -- Indian Chief
: Batman: The Black Casebook (DC, 2009 series) ([June] 2009)
— Batman -- Indian Chief!

17. The Jungle Batman! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; James Gordon; Sinister 8 [Frenchy Le Doix; Singh Dan; Baron Hengler; Ling Chee; Luigi Verona; Aldo Toledano; Liverpool Kid; Sumatra Joe]

Credits

Script: David Vern Reed
Pencils: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #72 (August-September 1952)
— The Jungle Batman!
Also printed: Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #33 ([February 1953])
— The Jungle Batman!
: Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #33 ([May 1953?])
— The Jungle Batman
: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 ([Winter] 1961)
— The Jungle Batman!
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #2 ([December 1962?])
— The Jungle Batman
: Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #49 ([May 1969?])
— The Jungle Batman

18. 1962 Batman and Robin Calendar Illustration, 2 pages

Credits

Script: None
Editing: None

19. When Batman Was Robin (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Robin [Bruce Wayne]; Harvey Harris

Credits

Script: Edmond Hamilton
Pencils: Dick Sprang
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #226 (December 1955)
— When Batman Was Robin
Also printed: Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #80 ([January 1957])
— When Batman Was Robin!
: Batman (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #80 (January 1957)
— When Batman Was Robin
: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 ([Winter] 1961)
— When Batman Was Robin
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #2 ([December 1962?])
— When Batman was Robin

20. Batman the Magician! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Credits

Script: Bill Finger
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #207 (May 1954)
— Batman the Magician!
Also printed: Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #61 ([June 1955])
— Batman the Magician!
: Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #61 ([September 1955?])
— Batman the Magician
: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 ([Winter] 1961)
— Batman the Magician!
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #2 ([December 1962?])
— Batman the Magician
: All Star Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #43 ([February 1967])
— Batman the Magician!
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #21 ([October 1970])
— Batman the Magician

21. Batman -- The Superman of Planet X! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batman [Tlano]

Credits

Script: France Herron
Pencils: Dick Sprang
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #113 (February 1958)
— Batman -- The Superman of Planet X!
Also printed: Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #25 ([June 1958?])
— Batman--The Superman of Planet X!
: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 ([Winter] 1961)
— Batman -- the Superman of Planet X!
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #2 ([December 1962?])
— Batman--The Superman of Planet X
: Batman: The Black Casebook (DC, 2009 series) ([June] 2009)
— Batman -- the Superman of Planet X

22. Greetings From the Bat Family (Batman) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Batman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat-Girl [Betty Kane]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Bat-Mite; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Bat-Hound [Ace]

Credits

Script: None
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Letters: None
Editing: None

23. Batman Annual #3: Batman and Robin's Most Fantastic Foes! (Batman and Robin) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman; Robin; Gorilla Boss; Joker; Two-Face; Human Firefly/ Mad Hatter; Mirror Man

Credits

Script: None
Art: Win Mortimer
Letters: None
Editing: None

24. The Mad Hatter of Gothan City (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch]

Credits

Script: Bill Finger
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

25. The Human Firefly! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Firefly [Garfield Lynns]

Credits

Script: France Herron
Pencils: Dick Sprang
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #184 (June 1952)
— The Human Firefly!
Also printed: Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #30 ([December 1952])
— The Human Firefly
: Super Adventure Comic (KGM, 1952 series) #30 ([March 1953?])
— The Human Firefly
: Super Adventure Comic (KGM, 1952 series) #30 ([March 1953?])
: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #3 (Summer 1962)
— The Human Firefly
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #3 ([June 1963?])
— The Human Firefly
: Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #44 ([February 1968?])
— The Human Firefly
: Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #44 ([February 1968?])

26. The Mental Giant of Gotham City! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Barney Barrows

Credits

Script: Edmond Hamilton
Pencils: Dick Sprang
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

Reprint history

Based on: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #217 (March 1955)
— The Mental Giant of Gotham City
: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #217 (March 1955)
First print: Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #87 ([November 1966])
— The Mental Giant of Gotham City
Also printed: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #3 (Summer 1962)
— The Mental Giant of Gotham City
: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #3 (Summer 1962)
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #3 ([June 1963?])

27. The Joker's Aces! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker

Credits

Script: David Vern Reed
Pencils: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inks: Stan Kaye
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #59 (July-August 1952)
— The Joker's Aces!
Also printed: Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #40 ([September 1953])
— The Joker's Aces
: Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #40 ([December 1953?])
— The Joker's Aces
: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #3 (Summer 1962)
— The Joker's Aces
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #3 ([June 1963?])
— The Joker's Aces

28. The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Credits

Script: David Vern Reed
Pencils: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inks: Stan Kaye
Editing: None

Reprint history

Based on: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #75 (February-March 1953)
— The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City!
Printed in: Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #39 (August 1953)
— The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City!
Also printed: Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #39 ([November 1953?])
— The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City
: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #3 (Summer 1962)
— The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City
: Batman Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #36 ([April 1977?])
— The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City

29. The New Crimes of Two-Face (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 9.67 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Two-Face [Paul Sloane]

Credits

Script: Bill Finger
Pencils: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #68 (December 1951-January 1952)
— The New Crimes of Two-Face!
Also printed: Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #24 ([May 1952])
— The New Crimes of Two-Face
: Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #24 ([August 1952])
— The New Crimes of Two-Face!
: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #3 (Summer 1962)
— The New Crimes of Two-Face
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #3 ([June 1963?])
— The New Crimes of Two-Face
: Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown, 1971) #73-168329 (October 1971)
— The New Crimes of Two-Face!

30. The Mysterious Mirror-Man! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mirror-Man [Floyd Ventris]

Credits

Script: Bill Finger
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Inks: Charles Paris
Editing: None

Reprint history

First print: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #213 (November 1954)
— The Mysterious Mirror-Man!
Also printed: Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #29 ([October 1958?])
— The Mysterious Mirror-Man
: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #3 (Summer 1962)
— The Mysterious Mirror Man
: Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #3 ([June 1963?])
— The Mysterious Mirror Man

31. A Collector's Item... (Batman and Robin) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Batman and Robin
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Batman; Robin; Two-Face; Mirror-Man; Firefly; Barney Barrows

Credits

Script: None
Art: Win Mortimer
Editing: None

Notes

Four 1/4 sized covers.

32. Afterword Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 2 pages

Credits

Script: Richard Bruning
Art: None
Colours: None
Letters: Typeset
Editing: None

33. Biographies Text article, 4 pages

Credits

Author
Art: None
Colours: None
Letters: Typeset
Editing: None

Notes

Biographies for Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton, France E. "Eddie" Herron, Stan Kaye, Sheldon Moldoff, James Winslow "Win" Mortimer, Charles Paris, David Vern Reed, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Dick Sprang, and Curt Swan.

Notes

None; Color reconstruction by Digikore and Digital Chameleon.

Status

AusReprints ID

69405

Index completed

20/11/2011

Last updated

20/11/2011