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COVER DETAILS
Title:
The Secret Adventures of Batman and Robin
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman; The First Batman [Dr. Thomas Wayne]
Pencils:
Curt Swan; Win Mortimer; Sheldon Moldoff
Inks:
Stan Kaye; Sheldon Moldoff
STORY DETAILS
Title:
The First Batman
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lew Moxon (first appearance, villain, death); Joey Chill (villain)
Synopsis:
The discovery of an old Batman-type costume in Bruce Wayne's attic re-opens the Wayne murder case, and helps him realize that Joey Chill had only been HIRED to kill his parents...and the real man responsible was still alive and free.
Pages:
10.000
Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Title:
Am I Really Batman?
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Milo (villain)
Synopsis:
Batman wakes from a sound sleep to find himself in a mental ward, not realizing that a Professor Milo had given him a dose of amnesia gas that dulls the will to live.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inks:
Charles Paris
Notes:
This is a different Professor Milo from the one depicted in story 9 of this issue, "The Man Who Ended Batman's Career." Both were created by Bill Finger (and possibly Sheldon Moldoff), both stories mention Napoleon and both appeared in the same month's comics (September 1957)!
Title:
The Batwoman
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane] (intro)
Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne is pleased that a newcomer, Kathy Kane, has taken such a liking to the Batman. However, when a mysterious new crimefighter appears on the scene, usurping much of Batman's glory, the Dynamic Duo steps in to halt her career before she gets seriously hurt.
Pages:
12.000
Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Notes:
origin & 1st appear of Batwoman
Title:
The Vanished Batman
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Pack Purdy (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis:
Gotham City is shocked to see Robin drive up to Police HQ one day in a Robinmobile, and refuses to comment on the disappearance of his long-time partner in crime-fighting.
Pages:
7.670
Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Title:
The Phantom of the Bat-Cave!
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Pardu (first appearance, villain); The Society of Magicians (first appearance)
Synopsis:
Batman is puzzled when a trophy of a case he just completed disappears and is replaced by another item...right in the confines of the Bat-Cave.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inks:
Charles Paris
Title:
Batman's College Days
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin details); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joe Danton (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne has been invited on a 3-day reunion cruise with some of his old college athletic team chums. But joy turns to fear when their host not only discovers Batman's true identity, but threatens to kill each and every one of them with planted mines.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inks:
Charles Paris
Title:
The Marriage of Batman and Batwoman
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]
Synopsis:
Dick Grayson goes to sleep while Bruce is out on a date with Kathy, and dreams of the loss of their secret identities caused by Bruce and Kathy's marriage.
Pages:
7.500
Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inks:
Ray Burnley
Title:
The Second Boy Wonder!
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Gorilla Hardy (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis:
After battling Gorilla Hardy and his gang, the Dynamic Duo arrive back at the Bat-Cave, but Robin has a surprise for his caped counterpart: he is NOT Dick Grayson, but Fred Loyd, who assumed the role after Dick Grayson was injured.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Ed Herron
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inks:
Charles Paris
Title:
The Man Who Ended Batman's Career
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Starman]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Milo (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis:
Professor Milo decides to end the career of the Caped Crusader by giving him a phobia: the fear of bats!
Pages:
12.000
Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inks:
Charles Paris
Notes:
This is a different Professor Milo from the one depicted in story 2 of this issue, "Am I Really Batman?" Both were created by Bill Finger (and possibly Sheldon Moldoff), both stories mention Napoleon and both appeared in the same month's comics (September 1957)!
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff; Charles Paris
Notes:
Back cover.
Circular panels depicting scenes from five of the interior stories: 4 from the splash pages ("The Vanished Batman," "Am I Really Batman?" "Batman's College Days," and "The Second Boy Wonder") and 1 from its cover ("The Batwoman").
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
NG
PG
CVR
0.5
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.9
10.0
Total
Universal
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
5
2
4
2
4
4
0
4
13
3
6
9
10
1
2
2
1
0
0
76
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
CGCxJSA
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restored
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Total
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
2
5
3
4
2
4
4
0
5
13
3
6
9
10
1
2
2
1
0
0
79
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