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Issue Details

Issue #205
Published March 1954
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 44
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The Origin of the Bat-Cave"

Characters Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Origin of the Batcave"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols
Synopsis When the Caped Crusaders discover an ancient piece of pottery in the Bat-Cave, they have Professor Nichols send them back in time to see if they can discover the origin of this artifact.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-11-07.
Reprinted in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1; in Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) #nn; in Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Start the Day Off Right"

Genre TEEN
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Letters Ira Schnapp

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Puzzle of the Blind Artist!"

Characters Roy Raymond
Genre detective
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

1 page Casey the Cop filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

5 page Captain Compass story "Mission to Mystery!"

Characters Captain Compass
Genre detective
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa

2 page text article "Robot Detective"

Genre crime
Script Jack Miller (as Jack Mason)
Letters typeset

7 page Mysto Magician Detective story "The Riddle of the Doomed Magicians!"

Characters Mysto
Genre occult
Script George Kashdan
Pencils Leonard Starr
Inks Leonard Starr
Reprinted In Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #421 (March 1972).