Batman #72
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- August-September 1952
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/9897
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
Issue contents
Cover
The Jungle Batman!
(Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #33 ([February 1953]) — The Jungle Batman
-
Batman (Colour Comics, 1952 series) #33 ([February 1953?]) — The Jungle Batman
- Printed in
- in Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329
Notes
Art credits confirmed by Mortimer, letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Schiff, scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Sinister Eight [Frenchy Le Doix; Singh Dan; Baron Nengler; Ling Chee; Luigi Verona; Aldo Toledano; Liverpool Kid; Sumatra Joe] (villains); Hurd (villain, submarine commander)
Credits
- Writing
- David Vern, scripter
- Art
- Bob Kane, penciller [signed] (Batman and Robin figures only)
- Lew Schwartz, penciller [as Lew Sayre Schwartz]
- Charles Paris, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Pat Gordon, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Batman (Colour Comics, 1952 series) #33 ([February 1953?]) — The Jungle Batman
-
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #33 ([February 1953]) — The Jungle Batman
-
Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 ([Winter] 1961) — The Jungle Batman!
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #2 ([December 1962?])
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #2 ([December 1962?]) — The Jungle Batman
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #49 ([May 1969?]) — The Jungle Batman
-
DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #1 (April 2009) — The Jungle Batman!
- From GCD
- from Batman (DC, 1940 Series) #72
- from Batman #72 (August-September 1952)
Synopsis
After capturing the feared Sinister Eight, Commissioner Gordon asks the Dynamic Duo to deliver the crooks by radio-controlled ship to their prison at Satan's Island. The ship is torpedoed and sunk during a storm at sea by the Sinister Eight's minions, and all are washed ashore on an island, where Batman and Robin have to avoid capture by the villains before they can capture them.
Notes
Script credit by Martin O'Hearn, pencil credits verified by Schwartz, and inker credit verified by Charles Paris.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
4"Where is the last harbor of the good ship 'Mayflower'?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Quick Quiz
Credits
- Writing
- Horace Elmo, scripter [as H. T. Elmo]
- Art
- Horace Elmo, line art [as H. T. Elmo]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Horace Elmo, letterer [as H. T. Elmo]
Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Wildroot Cream-Oil
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
6"I'd better hurry. I'm meeting Sue at eight!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Varsity Vic
- Genre
- Humor; teen
- Characters
- Varsity Vic
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
7Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Masked Bandit [Biff] (villain); The Maskers (villains)
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Dick Sprang, penciller
- Charles Paris, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Pat Gordon, letterer
Notes
Penciler credit verified by Dick Sprang and inker credit verified by Charles Paris.
8"Being bugler is awful..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Private Pete
- Genre
- Humor; military
- Characters
- Private Pete
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
9Featuring
- Feature
- Necco
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
10"-And then I ran for a touchdown..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Peg
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Peg
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
11Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- David Kahn, author [credited as Donald King]
- Art
- Raymond Perry, line art
- Colours
- Raymond Perry , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Colorist credit by Craig Delich.
12"Today we're going to have a contest!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
- Genre
- Children
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ray Thompson, line art [signed as Ray T.]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
13"Boo! Throw the umpire out!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Shorty
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Shorty
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
14Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
15Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
16Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- N-288
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed wife of Hack Dawes; unnamed wife of Tom Weaver; The Death-Cheaters Club [John Hedges Grant (sportsman, death); Jeff Sievers (villain, accountant, faked death); Hack Dawes (truck driver); Tom Weaver (writer); Stanley Duff (banker); Jim Sawyer (stevedore); Gregory Orrick (actor); Bruce Wayne (socialite)]; Little Doughy (villain); Joey the Rod (villain)
Credits
- Writing
- David Vern, scripter
- Art
- Jim Mooney, line art [signed as Bob Kane]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- From GCD
Synopsis
Batman becomes a member of the strange "Death Cheaters Club," but a wanted criminal, who fits the qualifications for membership, is denied the same...and vows vengeance against all the members!
Notes
Script credit by Martin O'Hearn, art credits verified by Jim Mooney, and letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
17Featuring
- Feature
- The Phantom Stranger; House of Mystery
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
18"Shoplifting again, eh Benny?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Casey the Cop
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop; Benny (villain)
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
Reprint history
19Featuring
- Feature
- Our Army at War; All-American Men of War; Star Spangled War Stories
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Inside back cover.
20Featuring
- Feature
- Wilson Chem. Co.
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ray Thompson, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
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