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Batman #157 (1963) · The Collector

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Batman (1940)
#157

DC Comics#157

Batman

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Batman #157

The Villain of the Year / The Hunt for Batman's Secret Identity

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: August 1963
On sale: Jun 6, 1963
Cover price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Credits

Writers: Dave Wood, Bill Finger
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris
Letterers: Stan Starkman, David Huffine

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Grand Comics Database issue 17804

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After receiving a tip on a crime from reporter Hal Lake, Batman goes undercover and discovers that Lake is using an underworld alias in order to gather information, is mentally unbalanced, and a criminal called the Jackal.

Covers

Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris

Editor

Jack Schiff

Cover letters

Gaspar Saladino

Characters

aka Marty Kale]
Alfred Pennyworth
Batman
Batwoman
Commissioner James Gordon
Gaxton
Mirror Man
Mirror Man's gang [Harry Vance
rest unnamed]
Robin
Snooper
The Barker Gang [Reed
The Denton Gang
The Jackal [Hal Lake
unnamed actor
Vicki Vale

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