Issue Details

Issue	#119
Published	October 1958
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "Rip-Van Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batman [Dick Grayson]; Robin.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)

7 page Batman story "The Arch-Rivals of Gotham City"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; GS: Batwoman.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	Pat Gordon

1 page Binky public service announcement "Lost -- A Free Education"

Characters	Binky
Genre	teen; fact
Script	Jack Schiff?
Pencils	Bob Oksner
Inks	Bob Oksner
Letters	Ira Schnapp

Half page filler "Fingerprint Facts"

Genre

fact

7 page Batman story "The Secret of Batman Island"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; A. K. Barnaby.
Synopsis	The founder/owner of Batman Island is followed home by criminals seeking films the man has been shooting that could finger them for a crime they committed.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Pat Gordon
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-05-07.
Reprinted	In Batman #256 (May-June, 1974).

Half page filler "Humorous Sheriff!"

Genre

humor

1 page Jail Jests filler

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page text story "Fatal Incident"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset

7 page Batman story "Rip Van Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson].
Synopsis	Looking for criminal Al Hackett, Batman enters a greenhouse w/exotic flowers and accidently trips over a vine, smashing into a case with a flower that gives off a strange vapor, and he passes out. When he awakes, he finds himself in the future --- but circumstances reveal that Dick Grayson is now Batman and has taken on a new partner.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Pat Gordon
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-3-07.
Reprinted	In Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #5 (Summer 1963).

1 page Casey the Cop filler

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff