Giant Batman Album #20
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
Issue contents
Cover
No title recorded
(Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder)
Cover, 1 page
"5 classic tales The Origin of Alfred The Origin of Robin The Origin of Clay Face The Man behind the Red Hood The Game of Death"
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Bill Draut, penciller
- Vince Colletta, inker
Reprint history
- First print
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #213 (July-August 1969) (80 Page Giant G61)
- Compare
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #38 (April 1940)
1Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- E. Nelson Bridwell, scripter
- Art
- Ross Andru, penciller
- Mike Esposito, inker
- Editing
- E. Nelson Bridwell, editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #213 (July-August 1969) (80 Page Giant G61)
- Also printed
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DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #19 (Fall 1979)
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Don Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Bob Kane, penciller
- Jerry Robinson, inker
- George Roussos, backgrounds
- Text
- George Roussos, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #16 (April-May 1943)
- This version
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #213 (July-August 1969) (80 Page Giant G61)
- Also printed
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Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown, 1971) #73-168329 (October 1971)
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Batman: The Dark Knight Archives (DC, 1992 series) #4 (July 2003)
Synopsis
Things get very complicated when an English butler, named Alfred, suddenly shows up on the doorstep of Wayne Manor and announces that he is there is attend to their needs in order to fulfill a promise that he made to the original butler for the Wayne family. Then he discovers accidently that his new masters are in reality Batman and Robin!
3Featuring
- Feature
- Hunting Hawks
- Genre
- Non-Fiction
Credits
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, editor
Reprint history
4Featuring
- Feature
- Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- David Vern, scripter
- Art
- Jim Mooney, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
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Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #127 (April 1952) — The Game of Death
- Also printed
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Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #51 ([May 1953]) — The Game of Death!
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #213 (July-August 1969) (80 Page Giant G61)
5Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Joker (origin)
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Lew Schwartz, penciller [as Bob Kane]
- Win Mortimer, penciller (Robin figure on splash)
- George Roussos, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #168 (February 1951) — The Man Behind the Red Hood!
- Also printed
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Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #14 ([August 1951]) — The Man Behind the Red Hood
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #213 (July-August 1969) — The Man Behind the Red Hood!
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Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown, 1971) #73-168329 (October 1971) — The Man behind the Red Hood!
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Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-39 (October-November 1975) — The Man Behind the Red Hood!
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The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) (1988 [February 1989]) — The Man Behind the Red Hood
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Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (Longmeadow Press, 1990 series) (November 1990) — The Man Behind the Red Hood
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Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #8 ([June] 2012) — The Man Behind the Red Hood!
Synopsis
Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- W-251
Credits
- Writing
- David Vern, scripter
- Art
- Jim Mooney, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #125 (February 1952)
- Also printed
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World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #190 (December 1969)
Notes
"The Editor's Round Table"
7Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- V & O: Clay-Face
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger, scripter
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- E. Nelson Bridwell, original editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #213 (July-August 1969) — The Challenge of Clay-Face
- Also printed
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Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #298 (December 1961) — The Challenge of Clay-Face
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Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #33 ([May 1962?]) — The Challenge of Clay-Face
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Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #20 ([May 1970?])
Indicia
Printed by Kenmure Press Pty Ltd, cnr Derby and Wetherill Streets Nth Lidcombe, NSW,
for the Proprietors Colour Comics Pty Ltd, Sydney, and produced by
The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd, 142 Clarence Street, Sydney.
Gordon & Gotch (A/sia) Ltd, distributors for Australia and New Zealand.
Sequences in this issue Copyright National Periodical Publications Inc.