Batman #35
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia
- Published
- April 1953
- Page count
- 28
- Cover price
- 8d [0-0-8 AUP]
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Matte colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
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Colour Comics Pty Ltd
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Credits
- Editing
- ?
This issue has variants:
Issue contents
Cover
The Joker's Utility Belt!
(Batman)
Cover, 1 page
"In this issue: The Crime Clown steals Batman's thunder with "The Joker's Utility Belt!""
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
Reprint history
1"the whole family can enjoy Australian House and Garden's profitable project -- How to live off two acres!"
Details
- Printed
- 1953
- More...
- Australian House and Garden [You'll be "Down on the Farm"]
![Australian House and Garden [You'll be "Down on the Farm"] (1953)](/image/gallery/996/australian-house-and-garden-youll-be-down-on-the-farm.jpg "Australian House and Garden [You'll be \"Down on the Farm\"] (1953)")
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- David Vern
- Pencils
- Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
Reprint history
- First print
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Batman (DC, 1940 series) #73 (October-November 1952) — The Joker's Utility Belt!
- Also printed
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Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #35 ([July 1953?]) — The Joker's Utility Belt
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Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #10 ([July 1966?]) — The Joker’s Utility Belt
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #53 ([May 1970?]) — The Joker's Utility Belt
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The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) (1988 [February 1989]) — The Joker's Utility Belt
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Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (Longmeadow Press, 1990 series) (November 1990) — The Joker's Utility Belt!
Synopsis
When the Joker's seemingly easy capture of the Caped Crusaders goes terribly wrong when Batman springs a surprise on him using his utility belt, the Crime Clown decides to outdo the Batman with his OWN utility belt!
3Featuring
- Feature
- MacRobertson O.K. Peanut Bar
Notes
This advertisement is at the bottom of page 7 of the preceding story.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Harvey Dent [formerly Two-Face]; Gilda Dent; Two-Face [Wilkins] (villain, impersonates Two-Face, introduction); Boss Moroni [referred to as "Lucky" Morony] (flashback)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only)
Lew Sayre Schwartz - Inks
- Charles Paris
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (original credited editor), Jack Schiff (actual original editor)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #50 (December 1948-January 1949) — The Return of Two-Face!
- Also printed
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Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #35 ([July 1953?]) — The Return of Two-Face
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #53 ([May 1970?]) — The Return of Two-Face
Synopsis
After Harvey Dent begins having nightmares of being Two-Face again, Two-Face returns to start a new crime spree. Once Batman and Robin capture him, they learn that it is Harvey's butler Wilkins, who had masqueraded as Two-Face so that Harvey would be blamed for his crimes.
5"Hello, Michael! How about chasing after the bus for an old friend! I've just missed it!!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Michael and His Midget Racer
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Script
- Jim Borella Swan
- Art
- Jim Borella Swan
- Letters
- Jim Borella Swan
Reprint history
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First published in this issue
- Also printed
-
Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #35 ([July 1953?]) — Untitled
6"What money system is used by Eskimos in the islands off Alaska?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Quick Quiz
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Script
- H. T. Elmo (signed)
- Art
- H. T. Elmo (signed)
- Letters
- H. T. Elmo (signed)
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #173 (October 1952) — No title recorded
- Unknown (Bottom tier)
Notes
The original first line for this feature was "Can a tiger whip a bull?". The order of the two tiers (two panels each) in the original feature has been swapped. A third tier has also been added, starting "Is it possible for fish to live without air?" The feature is signed in the final panel.
Notes
The Australian and UK versions of this issue appear to have different one-page features on the covers.
Indicia
Printed by Associated Newspapers Ltd. And Kenmure Press Pty. Ltd., for Colour Comics Pty. Ltd., Sydney. Proprietors and produced by the K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., 56 Young Street, Sydney. Gordon and Gotch (Australasia) Ltd., distributors for Australia and New Zealand. Printed by President Press, 60-70 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.