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Issue Details

Issue #192
Published February 1953
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 44
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The Phantom Eye of Gotham City"

Characters Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Phantom Eye of Gotham City"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; V: Phantom Eye [Nails Riley] [I]
Synopsis As vicious criminal creates a means to televise crimes as they happen and making the Dynamic Duo look like they are inept. He goes further to disguise himself as Batman and get unmasked on TV as a wealthy big-game hunter, forcing Batman to actually prove who he is or give up his crime fighting vendetta.
Genre superhero
Script David Vern?
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Revised writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Credit previously assigned to Writer A. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-23-07.
Reprinted In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #187 (December 1966-January 1967).

1 page Casey the Cop filler

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

8 page Impossible -- But True story "The Case of the Fabulous Frauds"

Characters Roy Raymond
Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

1 page Private Pete filler

Genre military humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Superboy public service announcement "The Holiday Spirit!"

Characters Superboy
Genre superhero
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer
Letters Ira Schnapp

6 page Robotman story "Robotman -- Servant for a Day"

Characters Robotman
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Certa?
Inks Joe Certa?
Reprinted in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #4

2 page text story "The Truth About the Lie Detector"

Genre fact
Letters typeset

8 page Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman story "The Lady and the Killers"

Characters Pow-Wow Smith
Genre western
Pencils Leonard Starr
Inks Leonard Starr
Notes Art credits verified by Craig Delich.