Batman Album #38

Published
December 1977
Page count
100
Cover price
0.75 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Planet Comics [rectangle]
 
Planet Comics [rectangle]

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Batman) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Batman
Genre
Superhero
Code
S-2107

Credits

Art
Ernie Chan, line art [as Ernie Chua]
Text
Gaspar Saladino , letterer
Editing
Julius Schwartz, editor
 
E. Nelson Bridwell, Assistant Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #269 (November 1975)
The Daily Death of Terry Tremayne!
Show/hide 1. The Daily Death of Terry Tremayne (Batman) Comic story, 18 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
David Vern, scripter [as David V. Reed]
Art
Ernie Chan, line art [as Ernie Chua]
Editing
Julius Schwartz, editor
 
E. Nelson Bridwell, Assistant Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #269 (November 1975)
The Daily Death of Terry Tremayne
Show/hide 2. Killers Come in all Sizes (Superman; Batman) Comic story, 18 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman; Batman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
The Atom

Credits

Writing
Bob Haney, scripter
Art
Dick Dillin, penciller
 
John Calnan, inker
Editing
Murray Boltinoff, editor
 
Jack C. Harris, Assistant Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #236 (March 1976)
Killers Come in All Sizes
Also printed
United States
The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #48 (May 1984)
Killers Come in All Sizes

Notes

This story in four parts: splash page (1 page with overall story title), Part 1 The Germ People (6 pp.), Part 2 Mission to Very Small Universe (6 pp.), Part 3 Shall a Child Live? (5 pp.).

Show/hide 3. The Secret of Hunter's Inn! (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Joe Samachson, scripter
Art
Jerry Robinson, line art [as Bob Kane]
Text
George Roussos, letterer
Editing
Jack Schiff, editor
Management
Whitney Ellsworth, Editor-in-Chief

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #18 (August-September 1943)
The Secret of Hunter's Inn!
Also printed
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #443 (October-November 1974)
The Secret of Hunter's Inn!
 
United States
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #5 ([November] 2006)
The Secret of Hunter's Inn

Notes

This reprint is probably sourced from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #443 (October-November 1974).

Show/hide 4. Crackdown on the Crime Exchange (Batman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman
Genre
Superhero
Code
S-2045

Credits

Writing
David Vern, scripter [as David V. Reed]
Art
Ernie Chan, penciller
 
Mike Royer, inker
Editing
Julius Schwartz, editor
 
E. Nelson Bridwell, Associate Editor
 
Bob Rozakis, Assistant Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #452 (October 1975)
Crackdown on the Crime Exchange
Show/hide 5. The Deadly Web of the Crime Exchange! (Batman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman
Genre
Superhero
Code
S-2048

Credits

Writing
David Vern, scripter [as David V. Reed]
Art
Ernie Chan, penciller
 
Mike Royer, inker
Text
Mike Royer, letterer
Editing
Julius Schwartz, editor
 
E. Nelson Bridwell, Associate Editor
 
Bob Rozakis, Assistant Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #453 (November 1975)
The Deadly Web of the Crime Exchange!
Show/hide 6. The Set-Up Caper (Batman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman
Genre
Superhero
Code
S-2097

Credits

Writing
David Vern, scripter [as David V. Reed]
Art
José Luis García-López, penciller [as Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez]
 
Ernie Chan, inker
Text
Ben Oda, letterer
Editing
Julius Schwartz, editor
 
E. Nelson Bridwell, Associate Editor
 
Bob Rozakis, Assistant Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #454 (December 1975)
The Set-Up Caper
Show/hide 7. The People vs. The Batman (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 13 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman and Robin
Genre
Superhero
Characters
The Joker

Credits

Writing
Bill Finger, scripter
Art
Bob Kane, penciller
 
Jerry Robinson, inker
 
George Roussos, backgrounds
Text
George Roussos, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #7 (October-November 1941)
The People vs. the Batman
Also printed
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #242 (June 1972)
The People Vs. the Batman
 
United States
The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #2 (November-December 1979)
The People Vs. the Batman
 
United States
Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #2 (July 1995)
The People Vs. the Batman

Synopsis

Weasel Venner wants to make sure that a fellow criminal doesn't make public the fact that he is the head racketeer in Gotham City, so he arranges for someone to be set up for the murder of Horatio Delmar: that someone being Bruce Wayne!

Notes

"Down Memory Lane with…" Batman receives official police sanction in this story.

Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos.

Letterer credit verified by Roussos.


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 2099

Entry created

  • 27/12/2004

Cover added

  • 19/08/2017

Index completed

  • 30/10/2009

Last updated

  • 19/08/2017