Giant Batman Album #30
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Batman)
Cover, 1 page
"Exclusive! Astounding tales of Batman's Trophies! "The Beast of Dinosaur Island"; "The Perilous Giant Penny"; The Mysterious Mummy Case""
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-1712
Credits
- Art
- Jim Mooney, penciller (#38)
- Nick Cardy, penciller (#256)
- Ray Burnley, inker (#38)
- Nick Cardy, inker (#256)
- Colours
- , colourist (#38)
- Tatjana Wood, colourist (#256)
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer (#256)
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor (editor #38)
- Julius Schwartz, original editor (editor #256)
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1Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-867
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller
- Ray Burnley, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
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- First print
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #30 (September-October 1947) — The Penny Plunderers!
- Also printed
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #256 (May-June 1974) — The Penny Plunderers!
Notes
Origin of the Batcave's giant penny.
2Featuring
- Feature
- The Grim Ghost
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-1176
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Howard Purcell, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- M. C. Gaines, original Managing Editor
- Sheldon Mayer, original Editor
- Ted Udall, original Assistant Editor
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Notes
this story originally featured 'The Gay Ghost'. This reprint is sourced from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #212 (June 1972).
![Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #30 — Untitled [Flight of the Vultures] (page 1)](/image/83267/page-1-giant-batman-album-colour-comics-1962-series-30-untitled-fli.jpg "Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #30 — Untitled [Flight of the Vultures] (page 1)")
3Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-866
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Paul Cooper, penciller
- Ray Burnley, inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
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Synopsis
Dick, interested in comic magazines, accompanies Bruce to the offices of the editor of Crescent Comics, and is invited to write a script. However, ideas do not come easy and is superceded by a case involving ex-con Big Ed Conroy. The Dick discovers that he can use real facts for his story, which is soon published and titled "Crooks' Come-Back". Batman and Robin are challenged to a game of "Touch Hunt" on famed Dinosaur Island in return for a gift to charity in the amount of $5000.....if they win the game. But they soon discover that they are the prey being hunted....by a very human adversary!
Notes
Origin of the mechanical dinosaur in the Batcave. This reprint is from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #256 (May-June 1974).
4"The Sandman prowls again, and justice scores a blow to crime……"
Featuring
- Feature
- The Sandman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-962
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter [as Larry Dean]
- Art
- Bert Christman, line art
- Editing
- Vin Sullivan, editor [as Vincent A. Sullivan]
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- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #40 (July 1939) — Untitled [The Tarantula Strikes]
- Also printed
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Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #94 (November 1971) — The Tarantula Strikes
Synopsis
The Sandman comes up against a very crafty and dangerous adversary while investigating the kidnapping of a famed actress and subsequent demand for $500,000 ransom. The Sandman comes up against a very crafty and dangerous adversary while investigating the kidnapping of a famed actress and subsequent demand for $500,000 ransom.
Notes
First appearance of the Sandman. This reprint is sourced from Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #94 (November 1971).
![Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #30 — Untitled [The Tarantula Strikes] (page 1)](/image/83262/page-1-giant-batman-album-colour-comics-1962-series-30-untitled-the.jpg "Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #30 — Untitled [The Tarantula Strikes] (page 1)")
5Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-895
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Jim Mooney, penciller
- Ray Burnley, inker
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
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6Featuring
- Feature
- The Shining Knight
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Chuck A. Winter, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
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Synopsis
Justin dreams he's in the future where everyone has a flying car. Justin dreams he's in the future where everyone has a flying car.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Alias The Spider
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-897
Credits
- Writing
- Paul Gustavson, scripter
- Art
- Paul Gustavson, line art
- Editing
- Gill Fox, editor
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Notes
This reprint sourced from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #441 (June-July 1974). This story is also referred to as "The Poker Game Strangler".
![Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #30 — Untitled [The Secret of Mouse Malone] (page 1)](/image/83265/page-1-giant-batman-album-colour-comics-1962-series-30-untitled-the.jpg "Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #30 — Untitled [The Secret of Mouse Malone] (page 1)")
8Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-868
Credits
- Writing
- Don Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Jerry Robinson, line art [as Bob Kane]
- George Roussos, backgrounds
- Text
- George Roussos, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
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- First print
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #12 (August-September 1942) — Brothers in Crime!
- Also printed
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #256 (May-June 1974) — Brothers in Crime!
Synopsis
While visiting their trophy room, the Caped Crusaders come across a bullet-proof vest, a keepsake from a case invoving the Rafferty Brothers, who unwittingly implicated their brother Peter in a murder.
9"A generalization--a statement of the way things invariably behave under given conditions."
Featuring
- Feature
- What’s the difference between--
- Genre
- Non-Fiction
- Characters
- Isaac Newton; Albert Einstein; Pierre Laplace
Credits
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, original Editor
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- First print
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Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #12 (April 1962) — Untitled [Law... Theory... Hypothesis...]
- Also printed
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Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #222 (January-February 1970) — Law... Theory... Hypothesis
Notes
Information about scientific use of the words law, theory and hypothesis.
10Featuring
- Feature
- The Green Arrow
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- George Papp, line art
- Editing
- Jack Schiff, editor
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11Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-865
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; the Joker
Credits
- Writing
- Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Bob Kane, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
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- First print
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #158 (April 1950) — The Thousand and One Trophies of Batman!
- Also printed
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #256 (May-June 1974) — The Thousand and One Trophies of Batman!
Synopsis
As they add trophy 1000 to the Bat-Cave's collection, the Caped Crusaders decide to check over the other trophies to make sure they are in good shape. They are called out on another case, bringing back trophy 1001 unaware that the evil Dr. Doom is hiding inside and plans to rig some of the trophies in the Bat-Cave to kill the Dynamic Duo.
Notes
There is no story in this issue that clearly relates to "The Mysterious Mummy Case!" that is promoted on this issue's cover. This issue includes the Trade Practices Act 1974 advertisement.