Batman #166
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- September 1964
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.12 USD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/18588
Credits
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Issue contents
Cover
Two-Way Deathtrap!
(Batman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Credits
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Joe Giella
1Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Stony; Big Joe; Mitch (villain); Beany (villain)
Credits
- Script
- France Herron
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane]
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Century Comic (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #102 ([December 1964?]) — Two-Way Deathtrap
-
Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([February] 2003) — Two-Way Deathtrap!
- From GCD
- from BATMAN (DC, 1940 series) #166 (September 1964)
Synopsis
Two crooks overhear Batman creating a supposedly inescapable trap and make plans to lure Batman into such a trap.
Notes
Editor Julius Schwartz's pay records have Bob Kane on pencils. However, it is known that Bob Kane contracted the artwork out to Sheldon Moldoff. Story in 2 parts: unnumbered part 1 (7.67 pages) and Part 2 (3.67 pages; same title as part 1 but without exclamation point).
2Featuring
- Feature
- Scienti-Fact
- Genre
- Math & science
Notes
Information on the planet Pluto.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Letters to the Batcave
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Letters of comment from Mike Friedrich (future comics writer), Stephen Mahinka, Mickey Gaither and Mary Royeton.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Patricia Powell (Policewoman); Commissioner James Gordon; Lt. Detective Mike "Bulldog" Powell; un-named caterer; Charles (caterer's assistant); gang of thieves (villains)
Credits
- Script
- France Herron
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane]
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #64 (December 1964) — A Rendezvous With Robbery!
-
Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #Volume 1 ([February] 2003) — A Rendezvous with Robbery!
- From GCD
- from BATMAN (DC, 1940 series) #166 (September 1964)
Synopsis
Patricia Powell is hoping this is the time she finally meets Bruce Wayne, but things go awry when someone robs the Wayne Estate.
Notes
Editor Julius Schwartz's pay records have Bob Kane on pencils. However, it is known that Bob Kane contracted the artwork out to Sheldon Moldoff. This story is continued in part from the second story of Batman #165. A caption at the end of the story indicates that a follow-up to this story was planned, but was never published.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Science in Crime Detection
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.