Batman #75

Published
August 1956
Page count
32
Cover price
6d
Colour
Colour
Format
Comic series
Branding
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
 
Colour Comics Pty Ltd

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover No title recorded (Batman) Cover, 1 page

"32 pages. Every page in color. "None knows from where they come nor when, but they strike like lighting at evil men! Batman and Robin!" Featuring "The Ballad of Batman""

Featuring

Feature
Batman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
Win Mortimer, line art
Text
Ira Schnapp, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #95 (October 1955)
Also printed
Australia
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #75 ([August 1956])
Based on
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #187 (December 1966-January 1967)

Notes

These colour reprints may have been re-coloured in Australia.

Show/hide 1. The Ballad of Batman (Batman) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman
Genre
Super-hero

Credits

Writing
Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
Art
Dick Sprang, penciller
 
Charles Paris, inker
Colours
Pat Gordon , colourist
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #95 (October 1955)
Also printed
Australia
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #75 ([August 1956])
 
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #187 (December 1966-January 1967)
 (80 Page Giant G30)
 
Australia
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #13 ([July 1967?])

Notes

This is sometimes credited with being the last Golden Age "Earth 2" Batman story.

Show/hide 2. The Frozen Archer (The Green Arrow) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Green Arrow
Genre
Super-hero

Credits

Art
George Papp, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #199 (April 1954)
Also printed
Australia
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #75 ([August 1956])
Show/hide 3. The Desert Island Batman (Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Super-hero

Credits

Writing
Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
Art
Sheldon Moldoff, penciller
 
Charles Paris, inker
Text
Pat Gordon, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #98 (March 1956)
Also printed
Australia
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #75 ([August 1956])
Show/hide 4. The Death Ships from the Past (Tommy Tomorrow) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Tommy Tomorrow
Genre
Science fiction

Credits

Art
Jim Mooney, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #173 (October 1952)
Also printed
Australia
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #75 ([August 1956])

Notes

These colour reprints may have been re-coloured in Australia.

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Book Palace

AusReprints ID

  • 171

Entry created

  • 21/11/2003

Index completed

  • 08/10/2008

Last updated

  • 03/09/2022