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Batman #138 (1961) · The Collector

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Batman (1940)
#138

DC Comics#138

Batman

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Batman #138

Batman's Master / The Simple Crimes of Simple Simon / The Secret of the Sea Beast

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: March 1961
On sale: Jan 12, 1961
Cover price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Credits

Writers: Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff
Pencillers: Sheldon Moldoff, Henry Boltinoff
Inkers: Sheldon Moldoff, Henry Boltinoff, Charles Paris
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Grand Comics Database issue 16129

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Batman battles a renegade scientist using a Batman robot, which is damaged during the battle. Soon after, the mysterious Kadar appears on the scene, a mystic who knows Batman's every thought and plan.

Stan Starkman, Henry Boltinoff

Cover

Sheldon Moldoff

Editor

Jack Schiff

Associate editors

Murray Boltinoff, George Kashdan

Cover letters

Ira Schnapp

Characters

a Batman robot
also as Hassel]
Batman
Batman [Bruce Wayne
Casey the Cop
Chips Hassel
Commissioner James Gordon
Dorian
Dorian's henchmen
Hal Torson
Hassel's gang
Lester Guinn
Robin
Sea-Beast
Simon's henchmen
Simple Simon
The Tiger
The Tiger's Gang

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