Giant Batman Album #31

Published
1975
Page count
100
Cover price
0.40 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Planet Comics (1)
 
Planet Comics (1)

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Cover, 1 page

"The Mysterious Cavalier strikes at the Dynamic Duo! The Strange Costumes of Batman; Alfred; Robin; Ally Babble"

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
, line art (various)

Reprint history

 
First published in this issue
 (composition)
Based on
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #255 (March-April 1974)
 (Alfred)
 
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #257 (July-August 1974)
 (Ally Babble)
 
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #258 (September-October 1974)
 (Cavalier)
 
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #259 (November-December 1974)
 (Strange Costumes)
 
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #444 (December 1974-January 1975)
 (Robin)

Notes

Source of main Batman image and space-suited Batman unknown.

Show/hide 1. Ally Babble and the Fourteen Peeves (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero
Code
N-932

Credits

Writing
Bill Finger, scripter
Art
Dick Sprang, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #30 (August-September 1945)
This version
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #257 (July-August 1974)
Show/hide 2. Dick Grayson Detective (Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero
Code
N-1101

Credits

Writing
David Vern, scripter
Art
Jim Mooney, line art

Reprint history

First print
United States
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #111 (December 1950)
This version
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #444 (December 1974-January 1975)
Show/hide 3. Twenty-Ton Robbery (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero
Code
N-977

Credits

Writing
Don Cameron, scripter
Art
Dick Sprang, line art
Text
Pat Gordon , letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #26 (December 1944-January 1945)
This version
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #258 (September-October 1974)
Show/hide 4. Bullet-Hole Club (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero
Code
N-759

Credits

Writing
David Vern, scripter
Art
Dick Sprang, penciller
 
Charles Paris, inker
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #50 (February-March 1951)
 
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #50 (February-March 1951)
Bullet-Hole Club
This version
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #254 (January-February 1974)
Also printed
Australia
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #44 ([February 1968?])
Show/hide 5. The Duped Domestics (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Al Schwartz, scripter [as Alvin Schwartz]
Art
Bob Kane, penciller
 
Jerry Robinson, inker
Text
George Roussos, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #22 (April-May 1944)
This version
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #255 (March-April 1974)
Show/hide 6. The Strange Costumes of Batman (Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

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

Reprint history

First print
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #165 (November 1950)
This version
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #259 (November-December 1974)
Also printed
United States
Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961)
 
Australia
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #1 ([June 1962?])
 
Australia
Mighty Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #58 ([April 1967?])
Show/hide 7. The Man Who Couldn't be Tried Twice (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Bill Finger, scripter
Art
Bob Kane, penciller
 
Ray Burnley, inker
Text
Ira Schnapp, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #118 (September 1958)
This version
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #218 (January-February 1970)
Show/hide 8. The Man from Robin's Past (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Bill Finger, scripter
Art
Sheldon Moldoff, penciller
 
Charles Paris, inker
Text
Stan Starkman, letterer
Editing
Jack Schiff, editor
 
Murray Boltinoff, editor
 
George Kashdan, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #129 (February 1960)
This version
United States
80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #8 (March 1965)
 (More Secret Origins)
Also printed
Australia
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #11 ([June 1960])
Show/hide 9. Rackety-Rax Racket (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero
Characters
The Joker

Credits

Writing
Don C. Cameron, scripter
Art
Dick Sprang, line art [signed as Bob Kane]
Text
Pat Gordon , letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited as F. W. Ellsworth]

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #32 (December 1945-January 1946)
Rackety-Rax Racket!
Also printed
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #257 (July-August 1974)
Rackety-Rax Racket!

Notes

Source of main Batman image and space-suited Batman unknown.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 1890

Entry created

  • 23/10/2004

Cover added

  • 23/10/2004

Index completed

  • 10/06/2007

Last updated

  • 19/09/2019