Issue Details

Issue	#196
Published	June 1953
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	44
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The City Without Guns"

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

12 page Batman and Robin story "City Without Guns"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Inspector Deggers; V: Frank Lumardi [I].
Synopsis	When Bruce and Dick visit London's Scotland Yard, they are shocked to see a frame that once held a picture of Batman and Robin empty, and seek to find out why this has happened.
Genre	superhero
Script	Billl Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane)
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-18-07.
Reprinted	In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #223 (July-August 1970).

Half page Quick Quiz activity

Script	H. T. Elmo ?
Pencils	H. T. Elmo
Inks	H. T. Elmo
Letters	H. T. Elmo ?
Notes	Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 11-18-07.

5 page Impossible -- But True story "The Man From the 5th Dimension!"

Characters	Roy Raymond
Genre	detective
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira

6 page Robotman story "The Repeating Robotman!"

Characters	Robotman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa

2 page text story "Invitation to a Burlary"

Genre	crime
Script	Jack Miller (signed)
Letters	typeset

Half page Casey the Cop filler

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

8 page Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman story "The Garments of the Golden Chief"

Characters	Pow-Wow Smith
Genre	western
Pencils	Leonard Starr
Inks	Leonard Starr

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "Carelessness is No Joke!"

Characters	Peter Porkchops
Genre	funny animal
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Otto Feuer
Inks	Otto Feuer
Letters	Ira Schnapp