Issue Details

Issue	#83
Published	April 1954
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	44
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The Testing of Batman"

Characters	Batman; Robin.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
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

9 page Batman story "The Duplicate Batman!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; V: Fish Frye (I); I: Harry Larson (D)
Genre	superhero
Script	David Vern (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Bill Elder?
Letters	Pat Gordon
Notes	Inker credit revised by Craig Delich 12-15-07. Previously was Charles Paris.
Reprinted	In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #228 (February 1971).

Half page Quick Quiz activity

Script	H. T. Elmo (signed)
Pencils	H. T. Elmo (signed)
Inks	H. T. Elmo (signed)
Letters	H. T. Elmo
Notes	Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 12-15-07.

2 page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

Genre	teen humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Special Brotherhood Week (2/21-28) Quiz"

Characters	Buzzy
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Letters	Ira Schnapp

9 page Batman story "The Deep-Sea Diver Mystery!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Ringo; Big Jim's gang (I for all).
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Bill Elder?
Letters	Pat Gordon
Notes	Inker credit revised by Craig Delich 12-15-07. Previously was Charles Paris.
Reprinted	In Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-44 (June-July 1976).

1 page Casey the Cop filler

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

2 page text story "Bedloe Street Beat"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset

9 page Batman story "The Testing of Batman!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Hatchet Marley; I: Dr. Thorson.
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton (credit by O'Hearn)
Pencils	Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Pat Gordon