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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).