Issue Details

Issue	#254
Published	January-February 1974
Cover Price	0.50 USD
Pages	100
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "King of the Gotham Jungle; The Witch of Doom; The Bullet-Hole Club; The Man Who Stole From Batman; The Second Batman and Robin Team"

Characters	Batman; Man-bat; The Witch; the Grasshopper.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy
Notes	Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007].

1 page Batman illustration "Table of Contents"

Characters	Batman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #251 [Reprint of page 21 of "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!"]

13 page Batman story "King of the Gotham Jungle!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; GS: Man-Bat; V: The Getaway Genius; Commissioner James Gordon.
Synopsis	The recent rash of unsolved robberies in Gotham City spurs Man-Bat to come out of retirement.
Genre	superhero
Script	Frank Robbins (signed)
Pencils	Irv Novick (signed)
Inks	Dick Giordano (signed)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-01-07.

13 page Batman story "The Witch and the Manuscript of Doom"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Bob Kane (George Roussos backgrounds)
Letters	George Roussos
Reprinted	from World's Best Comics (DC, 1941 series) #1 (Spring 1941)

12 page Batman story "The Bullet-Hole Club"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joe Flint.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane](verified by Sprang)
Inks	Charles Paris
Reprinted	From World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #50 (Feb.-Mar. 1951).

1 page Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World text article "Shazam Awards"

Characters	Julie Schwartz
Genre	fact
Pencils	Ross Andru, Bernie Wrightson
Inks	?, Bernie Wrightson

14 page Batman story "The Man Who Stole from Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: The Grasshopper; voice of the Outsider at end of story.
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
Inks	Joe Giella
Notes	First mention of the Outsider; reprint information from Don O'Toole on 26 July 2004; original reprint credit: from WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #50, actually reprinted from Detective Comics #334 (December, 1964).
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #334 (December, 1964).

Half page Batman & Robin story

Characters	Batman; Robin.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Irv Novick?
Notes	bridging panel between stories

7 page Robin story "The Phenomenal Memory of Luke Graham!"

Characters	Robin [Dick Grayson]; Luke Graham.
Synopsis	Luke Graham needs the help of Robin the Teen Wonder to convince his college professor that a report he prepared on the Chinese iron industry was not plagiarized.
Genre	superhero
Script	Elliot S! Maggin (signed)
Pencils	Dick Dillin (signed)
Inks	Murphy Anderson (signed)
Editing	Julius Schwartz
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-01-07. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: Robin The Boy Wonder (DC, 2008 series) #1

1 page Batman Oddities! filler

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger [from the stories]
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Bob Kane; Jerry Robinson
Notes	Panels reprinted from Batman #1, Detective #41, Detective #48 and others.

9 page Batman story "The Son of the Joker"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dick Grayson; Kathy Kane; Alfred Pennyworth; GS: Second Batman and Robin Team; The Joker; V: Joker II.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
Letters	Stan Starkman
Reprinted	From Batman (DC, 1940 series) #145 (February, 1962).

Half page Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World text article "Here Comes the Comics-Man"

Genre	informational
Pencils	various
Inks	various
Letters	typeset

1 page Bat-Maze activity

Characters	Batman; Joker; Cat-Woman; Two-Face; Penguin; Riddler
Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Rozakis (signed)
Pencils	? (various)
Inks	? (various)
Letters	typeset; ?

9 page Batman story "The Guardian of the Bat-Signal!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Sgt. Harvey Hainer.
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Pat Gordon
Reprinted	From Batman (DC, 1940 series) #85 (August, 1954).