Giant Batman Album #1

Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
Issue contents

"1,001 Secrets of Batman and Robin. Strange Costumes. Origin of the Batcave. Thrilling Escapes. Tales of the Bat-Signal. Amazing Inventions plus secrets of the utility belt and the famed batarangs."
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Sheldon Moldoff, penciller
- Dick Sprang, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
Reprint history
- First print
-
Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961)
- Also printed
-
Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) ([August] 1999)
- Based on
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #165 (November 1950)
- Compare
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #231 (May 1956)
- Based on
- Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #221 — The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin! (page 1)
- Batman (DC, 1940 series) #109 — The 1,001 Inventions of Batman (page 1)

Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Super-hero
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger , scripter
- Art
- Bob Kane, penciller (Batman & Robin figures)
- Lew Schwartz, penciller [as Lew Sayre Schwartz]
- Charles Paris, inker
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #190 (December 1952)
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #190 (December 1952) — How to Be the Batman!
- This version
-
Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961)
- Also printed
-
Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) ([August] 1999)
Synopsis
A scientist named Dr. Sampson uses an amnesia gas on Batman, blotting out his memory of who he is, and Robin desperately tries everything in his power to restore it before Sampson's mob rules Gotham City.

Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Super-hero
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #165 (November 1950)
- This version
-
Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961)
- Also printed
-
Mighty Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #58 ([April 1967?])
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #259 (November-December 1974)
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #31 ([1975?])
-
Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) ([August] 1999)

Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Super-hero
Credits
- Art
- Bob Kane, penciller (some Batman & Robin figures)
- Lew Schwartz, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, editor
Reprint history

Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Super-hero
Reprint history

Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Super-hero
Reprint history
- First print
-
Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961)
- Also printed
-
Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) ([August] 1999)
Notes
Diagram showing contents of utility belt and various batarangs

Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Super-hero
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #205 (March 1954)
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #205 (March 1954) — The Origin of the Batcave
- This version
-
Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961)
- Also printed
-
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #57 ([February 1955])
-
Batman (Colour Comics, 1952 series) #57 ([February 1955?])
-
Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown, 1971) #73-168329 (October 1971)
-
Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) ([August] 1999)

Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Super-hero
Credits
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #229 (March 1956) (The 1,000 Secrets of Batman)
- This version
-
Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961)
- Also printed
-
Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) ([August] 1999)

Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Super-hero
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger , scripter
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, penciller [as Bob Kane]
- Charles Paris, inker
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #221 (July 1955) (The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin)
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #221 (July 1955) — The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin!
- This version
-
Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961)
- Also printed
-
Batman (Colour Comics, 1952 series) #65 ([October 1955?]) (The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin)
-
All Star Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #41 ([October 1966?]) (The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin)
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Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #23 ([March 1967?]) (The Thousand-and-One Escapes of Batman and Robin)
-
Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) ([August] 1999)

Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Super-hero
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #109 (August 1957) — The 1,001 Inventions of Batman
- This version
-
Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961)
- Also printed
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #109 (August 1957)
-
Batman (Colour Comics, 1952 series) #91 ([December 1957?])
-
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #91 ([December 1957])
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Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #91 ([December 1957]) — The 1,001 Inventions of Batman
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Batman (Colour Comics, 1952 series) #91 ([December 1957?]) — The 1,001 Inventions of Batman
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Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #1 ([June 1962?]) (The Amazing Inventions of Batman)
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #261 (March-April 1975)
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #261 (March-April 1975) — The 1,001 Inventions of Batman
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Wonder Woman (KG Murray, 1975 series) #129 ([January 1976?])
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Wonder Woman (KG Murray, 1975 series) #129 ([January 1976?]) — The 1,001 Inventions of Batman
-
Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) ([August] 1999)
-
DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #1 (April 2009) — The Amazing Inventions of Batman
Indicia
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