Giant Batman Album #27
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
Issue contents
Cover
Three Bat Mystery Thrillers!
(Batman; Man-Bat)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman; Man-Bat
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Bernie Wrightson, line art (House of Mystery #195)
- Neal Adams, line art (Detective Comics #416)
- Nick Cardy, line art (Detective Comics #429)
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Based on
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House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971) — Bat Out of Hell!
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #416 (October 1971) — Man-Bat Madness!
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #429 (November 1972) — Man-Bat Over Vegas!
Notes
This cover is an Australian compilation of three US covers, including a House of Mystery "bat" cover unrelated to Batman (but with the lead story also reprinted in this issue).
1Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Man-Bat
Credits
- Writing
- Frank Robbins, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Frank Robbins, line art [signed]
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original editor
Reprint history
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder (The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City)
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mystery Analysts of Gotham City [Prof. Ralph Vern; Art Saddows; Kaye Daye; Commissioner James Gordon] (intro); Hugh Rankin; The Trapeze Ten (flashback)
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Herron, scripter [as France Herron]
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, penciller [signed as Bob Kane]
- Joe Giella, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #164 (June 1964) — Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat!
- Also printed
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Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #63 ([November 1964?]) — Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat
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Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([February] 2003) — Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat!
Notes
This feature reprints the first story of the Mystery Analysts of Gotham City. The introduction is changed to "Re-introduce" the Mystery Analysts.
3Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-Suspense
- Code
- J-1251
- Characters
- Cain (host)
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Oleck, scripter
- Art
- Nestor Redondo, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Joe Orlando, original editor
Reprint history
- First print
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House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971) — Bat Out of Hell
- Also printed
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Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007) — Bat Out of Hell (black and white)
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superman and Batman with Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Vicki Vale; Lois Lane; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Princess Varina; Count Zitu; Perry White; Commissioner Gordon; Captain Stefan; Pete Kaney's Mob
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Dick Sprang , penciller
- Jim Mooney , penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Text
- Pat Gordon, letterer
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff, original Associate Editor
- George Kashdan, original Associate Editor
- Management
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor-in-Chief
- Jack Schiff, original Managing Editor
Reprint history
- First print
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #85 (November-December 1956) — The Super-Rivals
- Also printed
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Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #80 ([February 1957]) — The Super-Rivals
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Super Adventure Comic (KGM, 1952 series) #80 (May 1957) — The Super-Rivals
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #188 (October 1969) — The Super-Rivals
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Showcase Presents: World's Finest (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007) — The Super-Rivals
Synopsis
When Princess Varina comes to America, Batman and Superman seem to both have fallen in love with her and fight for her attention.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-1296
- Characters
- Man-Bat
Credits
- Writing
- Frank Robbins, scripter
- Art
- Frank Robbins, line art
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #429 (November 1972) — Man-Bat Over Vegas!
- Also printed
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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) ([November] 1988) — Man-Bat Over Vegas!
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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) ([June] 1989) — Man-Bat Over Vegas!
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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) ([June] 1989) — Man-Bat Over Vegas!
