Issue Details

Issue	#261
Published	March-April 1975
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.60 USD
Pages	100
Editing	Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover Details - "The Mystery That Never Was!"

Characters	Batman; Robin
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Nick Cardy (signed); Neal Adams
Inks	Nick Cardy (signed); Neal Adams
Notes	Cardy's credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]

1 page Batman illustration

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Notes	contents page
Reprinted	from ?

20 page Batman story "The Mystery That Never Was!"

Characters	Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Hal Hemingway; Tom Wilson
Genre	superhero
Script	Denny O'Neil
Pencils	Irv Novick
Inks	Dick Giordano
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted	in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #2/1976

13 page Batman story "Crime's Man-Hunt"

Characters	Batman; Robin
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang ?
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #92 (October 1944)

1 page Bat-Puzzle activity

Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Rozakis
Pencils	Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff; ?
Letters	typeset
Notes	puzzle

1 page Strange Laws filler "Mobile, Alabama passed an ordinance..."

Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

8 page Batman story "The 1,001 Inventions of Batman"

Characters	Batman; Robin
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Colors	Pat Gordon
Reprinted	from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #109 (August 1957)

2 page Batman illustration "The Women in the Batman's Life"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff, Bob Kane, Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane
Inks	Jack Abel, Joe Giella, ?
Reprinted	from ? [reprinted panels from various Batman stories]

12 page Batman story "A Christmas Peril!"

Characters	Happy Hoggsby (intro, villain); Scranton Loring and his family (intro); Batman; Robin
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron
Pencils	Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Inks	Jerry Robinson (verified by Robinson)
Colors	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Reprinted	from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #27 (February-March 1945)

8 page Batman story "The Great Batman Contest"

Characters	Batman; Robin
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Colors	Pat Gordon
Reprinted	from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #100 (June 1956)

1 page Batman's Workshop activity "Bat Kite"

Reprinted

from ?

13 page Batman story "The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City!"

Characters	Blockbuster (intro, villain); Batman; Robin
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Joe Giella
Notes	Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted	from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #345 (November 1965).