Batman #81
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- February 1954
- Page count
- 44
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/11140
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth
Issue contents
Cover
Two-Face Strikes Again!
(Batman; Robin)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman; Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]
Credits
- Art
- Win Mortimer
Reprint history
Notes
Art credits confirmed by Mortimer.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Batman and Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Charles Ford; John Fields Benson; Tarando; Chicago Al Garver; John Fields Benson (a clown); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (villain)
Credits
- Script
- David Vern Reed
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Charles Paris
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #47 ([April 1954]) — Two-Face Strikes Again!
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Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown, 1971) #73-168329 (October 1971) — Two-Face Strikes Again!
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The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) ([October] 1990) — Two-Face Strikes Again!
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The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1992 series) ([March] 1992) — Two-Face Strikes Again!
Synopsis
When the reformed Harvey Dent tries to prevent a robbery, he is caught in an explosion and reverts to Two-Face. He embarks on a new crime spree, and Batman and Robin deduce that Two-Face is going after people who commonly show two faces to the world. At a ceremony making Bruce Wayne honorary chief of a local tribe, Batman and Robin are trapped by Two-Face and strapped to a giant coin. Two-Face flips the coin over a bed of spikes, and though the gimmick is rigged to land face down, the dynamic duo manages to create a magnetic field and flip the coin so that they land safely.
Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, penciler credit confirmed by Sprang and inker credit confirmed by Paris.
1st Earth-1 appearance of Two-Face.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Shorty
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Shorty
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #117 (December 1964) — Untitled
3Featuring
- Feature
- Binky
- Genre
- Teen
- Characters
- Binky Biggs
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- Win Mortimer
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
4Featuring
- Feature
- Varsity Vic
- Genre
- Humor; teen
- Characters
- Varsity Vic
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
5Featuring
- Feature
- Batman and Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Marcia (fellow student of Grayson's); Mr. Camera (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Script
- David Vern
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane]
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Letters
- Pat Gordon
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #46 ([March 1954]) — The Boy Wonder Confesses!
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Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #46 ([June 1954?]) — The Boy Wonder Confesses
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Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #46 ([June 1954?])
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #185 (October 1966) — The Boy Wonder Confesses!
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Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #12 ([March 1967?]) — The Boy Wonder Confesses
Synopsis
When Dick is late to school one morning, he is asked by his teacher why....and he tells them that he was out catching a crook as Robin the Boy Wonder.....then goes outside and proves it!
Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Quick Quiz
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Script
- H. T. Elmo
- Art
- H. T. Elmo
- Letters
- H.T. Elmo
Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
7Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction; crime
Credits
- Author
- Jack Miller [as J. E. Melrose] (credited)]
- Art
- Raymond Perry
- Colours
- Raymond Perry ?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Casey the Cop
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
9Featuring
- Feature
- Batman and Robin
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; Thomas Melzer [aka Melver] (art collector, introduction); The Phantom Bandit ["Muggsy" Morton] (villain, introduction); Morton's un-named assistant (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Woolfolk
- Art
- Dick Sprang
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Super Adventure Comic (KGM, 1952 series) #47 (August 1954) — The Phantom Bandit of Gotham City
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #48 ([February 1969?]) — The Phantom Bandit of Gotham City
Synopsis
Mystified by the crimes of the Phantom Bandit, who can break into even the most secure vault, Vivki Vale and the Caped Crusaders believe they know just who the bandit really is.
Notes
Penciler credit verified by Sprang. Inker revision verified by Craig Delich (November 2005), previously given to Charles Paris. Writer credit taken from Woolfolk's payment records (http://martinohearn.blogspot.com) - prior indexer thought Bill Finger wrote this.
Indicia
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