Giant Batman Album #8

Published
November 1965
Page count
84
Cover price
2/- [0-2-0 AUP]; 0.20 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
 
Colour Comics Pty Ltd

Credits

Editing
, editor

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Show/hide Cover 25 Years of Batman and Robin (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Cover, 1 page
Show/hide 1. The Crimes of the Catwoman (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Ed Hamilton, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
Art
Lew Schwartz, penciller
 
Bob Kane, penciller (figures only)
 
Charles Paris, inker
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #203 (January 1954)
This version
United States
80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #5 (December 1964)
Also printed
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #208 (February 1969)
 (2 pages only)
 
Australia
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #18 ([May 1969?])
 (2 pages only)(80 Page Giant G55)
 
United Kingdom
Superadventure Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1959 series) #1971 (December 1970)
Show/hide 2. Batman's Greatest Thrills (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Bill Woolfolk, scripter
Art
Bob Kane, penciller (Batman & Robin figures only)
 
Sheldon Moldoff, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
Text
Pat Gordon, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #87 (October 1954)
 
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #87 (October 1954)
Batman's Greatest Thrills!
This version
United States
80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #5 (December 1964)
Also printed
Australia
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #57 ([February 1955])
Show/hide 3. The Invisible Batman (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commisioner James Gordon; Big Jack Baker (villain)

Credits

Writing
Bill Woolfolk, scripter [as William Woolfolk]
Art
Bob Kane, penciller (Batman & Robin figures)
 
Lew Schwartz, penciller [as Lew Sayre Schwartz]
 
Ray Burnley, inker
 
Stan Kaye, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #199 (September 1953)
The Invisible Batman
Also printed
United Kingdom
Super Adventure Comic (KGM, 1952 series) #50 ([November 1954])
The Invisible Batman
 
United States
80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #5 (December 1964)
The Invisible Batman!

Synopsis

While battling a crime spree in Gotham, Batman is accidently doused with a radioactive dye, rendering himself invisible.

Show/hide 4. Doom on Channel 14 (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

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) #97 (February 1956)
Show/hide 5. Untitled [Rustling on a Reservation] (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
Jack Burnley, penciller
 
Charles Paris, inker
Text
Ira Schnapp, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #5 (December 1964)
Untitled [Rustling on a Reservation]
Also printed
Australia
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #8 ([November 1965?])

Notes

Complete Sunday Newspaper sndicated story - originally from Batman and Robin Sunday (McClure Newspaper Syndicate) 1945.03.25 - 1945.04.29 [#73-78]

Show/hide 6. Bride of Batman (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
David Vern, scripter
Art
Dick Sprang, penciller
 
Charles Paris, inker
Text
Pat Gordon, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #79 (October-November 1953)
 
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #79 (October-November 1953)
Bride of Batman!
This version
United States
80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #5 (December 1964)
Also printed
United Kingdom
Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #43 ([March 1954?])
Show/hide 7. The City of Ancient Heroes (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 8. Untitled (Warden Willis) Comic story, 1 page

"Look at this! I'll go tell the warden!"

Featuring

Feature
Warden Willis
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Henry Boltinoff, scripter
Art
Henry Boltinoff, line art

Notes

Begins: "Look at this! I'll go tell the warden!"

Show/hide 9. The Man who Shadowed Batman (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Ed Herron, scripter [as France Herron]
Art
Dick Sprang, penciller [as Bob Kane]
 
Charles Paris, inker
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #209 (July 1954)
The Man Who Shadowed Batman!
Also printed
Australia
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #56 ([February 1955])
The Man Who Shadowed Batman
 
United Kingdom
Super Adventure Comic (KGM, 1952 series) #56 ([May 1955?])
The Man Who Shadowed Batman
 
United States
80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #5 (December 1964)
The Man Who Shadowed Batman!

Synopsis

An ingenious criminal discovers a way to shadow the movements of the Batman so that he can complete his crimes with no interference.

Show/hide 10. Untitled (Moolah the Mystic) Comic story, 1 page

"Oh dear, I forgot my key. We're locked out!"

Featuring

Feature
Moolah the Mystic
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Henry Boltinoff, scripter
Art
Henry Boltinoff, line art

Notes

Begins: "Oh dear, I forgot my key. We're locked out!"


Status

This issue includes help from

  • Spiros Xenos

AusReprints ID

  • 2219

Entry created

  • 01/02/2005

Cover added

  • 01/02/2005

Index completed

  • 01/07/2007

Last updated

  • 20/09/2019