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Issue Details

Issue #119
Published October 1958
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "Rip-Van Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batman [Dick Grayson]; Robin.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

7 page Batman story "The Arch-Rivals of Gotham City"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; GS: Batwoman.
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters Pat Gordon

1 page Binky public service announcement "Lost -- A Free Education"

Characters Binky
Genre teen; fact
Script Jack Schiff?
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
Letters Ira Schnapp

Half page filler "Fingerprint Facts"

Genre fact

7 page Batman story "The Secret of Batman Island"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; A. K. Barnaby.
Synopsis The founder/owner of Batman Island is followed home by criminals seeking films the man has been shooting that could finger them for a crime they committed.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
Inks Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters Pat Gordon
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-05-07.
Reprinted In Batman #256 (May-June, 1974).

Half page filler "Humorous Sheriff!"

Genre humor

1 page Jail Jests filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page text story "Fatal Incident"

Genre adventure
Letters typeset

7 page Batman story "Rip Van Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson].
Synopsis Looking for criminal Al Hackett, Batman enters a greenhouse w/exotic flowers and accidently trips over a vine, smashing into a case with a flower that gives off a strange vapor, and he passes out. When he awakes, he finds himself in the future --- but circumstances reveal that Dick Grayson is now Batman and has taken on a new partner.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
Inks Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters Pat Gordon
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-3-07.
Reprinted In Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #5 (Summer 1963).

1 page Casey the Cop filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff