Issue Details

Issue	#109
Published	August 1957
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The 1,001 Inventions of Batman"

Characters	Batman; Robin
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Reprinted	in Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329; in Untold Legend of the Batman, The [MPI Audio Edition] (DC, 1980 series) #2

8 page Batman story "Three Crimes Against Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Pat Gordon

1 page public service announcement "Earn While You Learn?"

Script	Jack Schiff?
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Colors	Ira Schnapp

1 page Casey the Cop filler

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

8 page Batman story "Follow the Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Pat Gordon

1 page Warden Willis filler

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

Half page Shorty filler

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

1 page text story "Beware: Detective at Work"

Genre	crime
Letters	typeset

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

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Curt Mathias
Synopsis	A criminal scientist succeeds in X-raying and then building his version of the Batman's effective crime tool, the Seeing Eye, to use against the Dynamic Duo.
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Pat Gordon
Notes	When reprinted in Batman Annual #1, the story was re-titled "The Amazing Inventions of Batman." Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-11-07.
Reprinted	in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #261; in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1; in Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) #nn