Batman #13
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
Issue contents
Cover
Bodyguards for Cleopatra!
(Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder)
Cover, 1 page
"Batman and Robin become--"Bodyguards for Cleopatra!""
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
Reprint history
Notes
There was no separate UK version of this issue (UK printings began from issue 21).
1Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller [as Bob Kane]
- Charles Paris, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
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Synopsis
Prof. Nichols uses hypnosis to send Batman and Robin back to Cleopatra's Egypt to investigate their appearance in a mysterious ancient frieze
2"Good morning Professor. We have a little something here for you."
Featuring
- Feature
- Professor Pry The Wise Guy
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Lloyd Piper, scripter
- Art
- Lloyd Piper, line art
Notes
This story is printed on side, two up.
3"You want a lift?! Very well! Hop in the back."
Featuring
- Feature
- Professor Pry the Wise Guy
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Lloyd Piper, scripter
- Art
- Lloyd Piper, line art
Notes
This story is printed on side, two up.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Johnny Quick and His Magic Formula
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Don Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Ralph Mayo, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
Reprint history
Notes
This story is eight pages in the original and is printed her on side, "two up".
5"Gee, I've got a date with Gloria tonight. She's sore at me and won't say a word!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Jerry the Jitterbug
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art
6Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #63 (February-March 1951)
- Also printed
-
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) (1988 [February 1989])
Notes
Original story is 12 pages. This reprint is on side, "two-up".
7"Jeepers, have I got a swell date this afternoon!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Jerry the Jitterbug
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art
8"I'll be down in ten minutes, Larry!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Peg
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art
Notes
This page is printed in red ink. The fourth panel has been edited in this Australian version to read "two pound".
Notes
There was no separate UK version of this issue (UK printings began from issue 21).
Indicia
Printed by Associated Newspapers Ltd. and Kenmure Press, for Colour Comics Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Proprietors, and Produced by the K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., 56 Young Street, Sydney. Gordon and Gotch (A/sia) Ltd., distributors for Australia and New Zaland. Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co. Ltd., 18 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, E.C.4; distributors for the British Isles.