Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #164
Published October 1950
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth
Notes Revised inker credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). One former inker credit assigned to Win Mortimer.

Cover Details - "Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal"

Characters Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks George Roussos
Notes Revised inker credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). One former inker credit assigned to Win Mortimer.

12 page Batman and Robin story "Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; Dave Purdy; V: Tiger Bishop
Synopsis News reporter Dave Purdy is given a seemingly easy assignment: he must find and report on a case in which the Bat-Signal ALONE saved a person.
Genre superhero
Script Writer B (Martin O'Hearn)
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)[some Batman & Robin figures); Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-11-07.
Reprinted in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1; in Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) #nn

8 page Impossible -- But True story "The Case of the Talking Dead"

Characters Roy Raymond
Genre detective
Pencils Dan Barry
Inks Dan Barry

Half page Peg filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Robotman story "The Robot-mobile"

Characters Robotman
Genre superhero
Pencils Lee Elias?
Inks Lee Elias?

Half page Little Orville filler

Genre humor

1 page Bonny filler

Genre gag

2 page text story "The Lady With a Gun"

Genre crime
Letters typeset
Notes about Annie Oakley

Half page Casey the Cop filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Superman public service announcement "School Children 'Round the World"

Genre superhero
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Letters Ira Schnapp

10 page Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman story "The Warriors in Wampum"

Characters Pow-Wow Smith
Genre western
Pencils Bruno Premiani?
Inks Bruno Premiani?

Half page Shorty filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff