Issue Details

Issue	#88
Published	December 1954
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth
Notes	Tommy Wilson figure & word balloon in foreground taken from splash page of "The Son of Batman" story this issue.

Cover Details - "The Son of Batman"

Characters	The Batman; Robin
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer, Sheldon Moldoff [figure of boy only]
Inks	Win Mortimer, Charles Paris [figure of boy only]
Letters	Ira Schnapp (credit by O'Hearn/Desris), Pat Gordon (letters word balloon only)
Notes	Tommy Wilson figure & word balloon in foreground taken from splash page of "The Son of Batman" story this issue.

8 page Batman story "The Mystery of the Four Batmen!"

Characters	The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; V: Duke Walling, Lefty Lingard, Horace Hubert, Egbert Smills, and Dr. Veering (I for all)
Synopsis	The Batman & Ribon board a cruise ship at sea, the Vardonic, in order to track down an accomplish of a gang operating in Gotham City. The list of suspects includes four "Batmen"!
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	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-17-07.
Reprinted	In Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6 (Winter 1964)

1 page Movie Mirth filler

Genre

fact

8 page Batman story "Three Letters To Batman!"

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

Half page Casey the Cop filler

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

1 page Little Pete filler

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

2 page text story "The Case of the Harmless Crackpots"

Genre	adventure
Script	Joe Maloney (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Joe Maloney (Jack Miller?)

8 page Batman story "The Son of Batman!"

Characters	The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Big Jim Garver (I); I: Ed and Tommy Wilson
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger?
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Letters	Pat Gordon