Issue Details

Issue	#7
Published	[November] 2007
Cover Price	49.99 USD; 60.99 CAD
Pages	264
Editing	Scott Nybakken (collected edition editor)
Notes	"The early adventures of the Dynamic Duo continue with this volume collecting mysteries from DETECTIVE COMICS #136-154, published in the late 1940s. Batman and Robin battle the evil schemes of the Joker, meet the Riddler for the first time, and more!" [per solicitation] Black-and-white reconstruction by Rick Keene. Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Publication design by Robbie Biederman.

Cover Details

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Colors	Jamison
Notes	"The early adventures of the Dynamic Duo continue with this volume collecting mysteries from DETECTIVE COMICS #136-154, published in the late 1940s. Batman and Robin battle the evil schemes of the Joker, meet the Riddler for the first time, and more!" [per solicitation] Black-and-white reconstruction by Rick Keene. Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Publication design by Robbie Biederman.
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #152 (October 1949) [portion of cover]

2 page credits "Table of Contents"

Characters	Riddler [Edward Nigma]
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters	typeset

2 page Batman foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Foreword"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre	Superhero
Script	Jim Amash
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Introduction by Jim Amash

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Detective Comics #136"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Scarface Carson
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #136 (June 1948)

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Dead Man's Chest"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Nichols; Mr. Hollis; Captain Henry Morgan (villain); pirates (villains)
Synopsis	At a meeting of the Gotham City Museum Board of Trustees, Bruce Wayne sees a map from 1667 that bears his hand-writing, so he has Professor Nichols send him and Dick back to that era to see if they can solve that age old mystery.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #136 (June 1948)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - Detective Comics #137]; The Rebus Crimes"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #137 (July 1948)

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Rebus Crimes"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Crayley; Mr. Millman; Joker (villain)
Synopsis	A clever rebus sign on a local furrier's store gives the Joker yet a new and novel method of committing his crimes!
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #137 (July 1948)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - Detective Comics #138]; The Invisible Crimes"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker (silhouette)
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #138 (August 1948)

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Invisible Crimes"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Walter Timmins (first appearance); Mr. Laird (first appearance); Mr. Stacy (first appearance); Mr. Morse (first appearance); Joker (villain)
Synopsis	The Joker follows up an article in the newspaper about a scientist discovering a lost elixir of invisibility and becomes a real terror to Batman until the crime fighter takes some of the elixir himself.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #138 (August 1948)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Detective Comics #139"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Shing Far [aka Nick Baily]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #139 (September 1948)

12 page Batman and Robin story "Crimes of Jade"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Detective Ling Ho (first appearance); Mr. Ho (first appearance; death); Shing Far [aka Nick Baily] (first appearance; villain); Ding How (first appearance; villain); Wong How (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis	When a brazen crime involving the theft of jade rocks Chinatown, Batman teams up with a Chinese detective to track down the criminals.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #139 (September 1948)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Detective Comics #140"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Riddler [Edward Nigma]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #140 (October 1948)

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Riddler"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Eagle; Riddler [Edward Nigma] (first appearance; villain; origin)
Synopsis	Having grown up an expert and a cheat when it came to solving puzzles, Edward Nigma decides to use this capacity to mystify the Police and Batman.....as the Riddler!
Genre	Superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Notes	Charles Paris is erroneously listed as the writer in the credits instead of the inker.
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #140 (October 1948)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Detective Comics #141"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Notes	The Archive credits Lew Sayre Schwartz as penciler for the cover, but Mr. Schwartz confirmed to Craig Delich that Bob Kane was the penciler, not Mr. Schwartz. Verified by Craig Delich via e-mail on 4/29/08.
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #141 (November 1948)

10 page Batman and Robin story "The Gallery of Public Heroes"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; James Coy (first appearance); Blackie Nason [also as Mr. Jones] (first appearance; villain); Lippy (first appearance; villain; death)
Synopsis	Blackie Nason was captured because of his picture being in the Police "Rogue's Gallery," so after he escapes from prison, he has plastic surgery, then sets up his "Gallery of Undercover Cops."
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Notes	The Archive credits Lew Sayre Schwartz as penciler for the story, but Mr. Schwartz confirmed to Craig Delich that Bob Kane was the penciler, not Mr. Schwartz. Verified by Craig Delich via e-mail on 4/29/08.
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #141 (November 1948)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - Detective Comics #142]; The Riddler's Puzzle Contest"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Riddler [Edward Nigma]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #142 (December 1948)

12 page Batman and Robin story "Crime's Puzzle Contest"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain)
Synopsis	The Riddler returns from the "dead" to continue his campaign of puzzle contests to baffle the Police and the Dynamic Duo.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #142 (December 1948)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - Detective Comics #143]; The Pied Piper of Peril"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Pied Piper
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #143 (January 1949)

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Pied Piper of Peril!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Pied Piper (villain)
Synopsis	The Pied Piper returns to continue his crminal activities of committing a series of "pipe" crimes, each with a pipe related to the victim's name!
Genre	Superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #143 (January 1949)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - Detective Comics #144]; The Mystery Broadcast"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kay Kyser
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #144 (February 1949)

12 page Batman and Robin story "Kay Kyser's Mystery Broadcast"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kay Kyser; Eddie Blinn; Big Jack Bancroft (villain)
Synopsis	Big Jack Bancroft kidnaps Kay Kyser and his saxophonist [whom he resembles] in order to get on Kyser's radio show, "The College of Musical Knowledge" in order to hide from the Police. Kyser has to find a way to tip off Batman to this and invite him to his program in order to round up the crook.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #144 (February 1949)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Detective Comics #145"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #145 (March 1949)

12 page Batman and Robin story "Robin, the Boy Failure"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (cameo; villain); Crime Surgeon (cameo; villain); The Yellow Masks (first appearance; villains)
Synopsis	Dick Grayson accidently suffers from a case of amnesia after rescuing a woman from near death. Bruce devises a plan for the youngster to "assume" the role of Robin in order to try and shock him into remembering his true identity.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #145 (March 1949)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Detective Comics #146"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Numbers [Carl C. Cave]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #146 (April 1949)

12 page Batman and Robin story "Three's a Crime"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Numbers [Carl C. Cave] (villain); Jack Fasset (villain)
Synopsis	Carl Cave is lucky with numbers, especially concerning the lucky number "3", and he believes that number can protect him from the minions of the law....and Batman himself!
Genre	Superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #146 (April 1949)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - Detective Comics #147]; Tiger Shark"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tiger Shark [Dr. Gaige]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #147 (May 1949)

12 page Batman and Robin story "Tiger Shark"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robert "Alps" Evans; "Jet" Fuller; Tiger Shark [Dr. Gaige] (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis	A new villain decides to create a criminal empire underwater, so the Dynamic Duo create their own weapon of offense: the Sub-Batmarine!
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #147 (May 1949)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - Detective Comics #148]; The Experiment of Professor Zero"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Zero
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #148 (June 1949)

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Experiment of Professor Zero"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Carlyle; Mr. Gresham; Mr. Parnell; Professor Zero (first appearance; villain); Beefy (villain)
Synopsis	Batman and Robin fall victim, like others, to a mad scientist who has found a way to reduce humans to pigmy size!
Genre	Superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #148 (June 1949)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - Detective Comics #149]; The Sound-Effect Crimes"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #149 (July 1949)

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Sound-Effect Crimes"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker (villain)
Synopsis	The sound effects from a radio drama spur the Joker to institute a new crime idea: that of using sound to create panic among the city's populace in order to make easy scores.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #149 (July 1949)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Detective Comics #150"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #150 (August 1949)

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Ghost of Gotham City"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Judge Whipple; D.A. Robert J. Pierce; Dr. Paul Visio [as Rifle Rafferty] (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis	A clever doctor uses a phony "ghost" of executed mobster Rifle Rafferty and a group of stool pigeons within Gotham City's mobs in order to convince the Police and the Dynamic Duo that Rafferty has come back from the dead to exact revenge.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #150 (August 1949)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Detective Comics #151"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #151 (September 1949)

12 page Batman and Robin story "I.O.U. My Life"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Peter Chaney; Mr. Jenkins (death); Homer Davis [also as Mr. Jenkins] (villain); Ben Kole (villain); Lazy Larry Gang (villains)
Synopsis	Ben Kole, a supposed student of Egyptology, has the weird hobby of saving people's lives, then demanding that they sign an "I.O.U. My Life" form in order to later blackmail those he saved.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #151 (September 1949)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Detective Comics #152"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #152 (October 1949)

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Goblin of Gotham City"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale; Joe Baily; Edwin Cole; The Goblin [Martin Tate] (villain); Joker (villain; cameo); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain; cameo); Catwoman (villain; cameo)
Synopsis	Vicki gets the chance to do a great story on "Three dead men who live today because of the Batman," but a new Jekyll & Hyde criminal almost destroys the good this story will do.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Notes	The Archive credits Lew Sayre Schwartz as penciler for the story, but Mr. Schwartz confirmed to Craig Delich that Bob Kane was the penciler, not Mr. Schwartz. Verified by Craig Delich via e-mail on 4/29/08.
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #152 (October 1949)

1 page Batman cover reprint (on interior page) "[Cover - Detective Comics #153]; The Flying Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #153 (November 1949)

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Flying Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Prof. Carl Wilde; Slits Danton (villain)
Synopsis	The Batman takes to the air, like his namesake, on the trail of Slits Danton, all thanks to the creation of special "bat wings" created by a scientist... or so the Caped Crusader thinks!
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #153 (November 1949)

1 page Batman and Robin cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Detective Comics #154"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #154 (December 1949)

12 page Batman and Robin story "Underground Railroad of Crime"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mary Holmes; Jim Millan
Synopsis	Batman goes undercover in the State Prison as Jim Millan, hoping to discover how prisoners who have escaped from that institution seem to disappear forever.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Charles Paris
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Notes	The Archive credits Lew Sayre Schwartz as penciler for the story, but Mr. Schwartz confirmed to Craig Delich that Bob Kane was the penciler, not Mr. Schwartz. Verified by Craig Delich via e-mail on 4/29/08.
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #154 (December 1949)

2 page biography (nonfictional) "Biographies"

Genre	Fact
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Biographies for Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jim Mooney, Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Lew Sayre Schwartz & Dick Sprang. Some biographical material provided by Craig Delich and Dr. Jerry Bails.

1 page Batman and Robin (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Backcover"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Scarface Carson; Riddler; Joker
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang; Win Mortimer
Inks	Dick Sprang; Win Mortimer
Colors	Jamison (color reconstruction)
Editing	Jack Schiff (original)
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #136 (June 1948) [cover]; from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #140 (October 1948) [cover]; from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #149 (July 1949) [cover]; from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #153 (November 1949)