Detective Comics #159
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- May 1950
- 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/8272
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder)
Cover, 1 page
"What happens when the underworld learns Batman's secret identity?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bruce Wayne; T. Worthington Chubb
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #12 ([June 1951]) — Untitled
-
Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #8 ([June] 2012) — Detective Comics #159
- Printed in
- Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1953 series) #4/1953 (april 1953)
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #7 ([August] 2019)
1Featuring
- Feature
- Kodak
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; T. Worthington Chubb (villain); Chubb's gang [Lefty; Joe; rest unnamed] (villains)
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bob Kane, penciller [signed]
- Charles Paris, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #8 ([June] 2012) — Bruce Wayne -- You Are Batman!
- Printed in
- Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1953 series) #4/1953 (april 1953)
- Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1953 series) #5/1953 (mai 1953)
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #7 ([August] 2019)
Synopsis
Bruce Wayne receives a special delivery letter in which the writer claims to know that he is Batman and warns him not to interfere with crimes being committed or his true identity will be revealed to the world.
Notes
Pencil credit verified to Craig Delich by Lew Sayre Schwartz; we previously credited Schwartz.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Wheaties
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
4Featuring
- Feature
- Batman; World's Finest Comics
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
5Featuring
- Feature
- Impossible-- But True
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Roy Raymond
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Dan Barry, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
6Featuring
- Feature
- "U. S." Royal; U. S. Royal Bike Tires
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
7Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
8Featuring
- Feature
- Bazooka
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
9Featuring
- Feature
- Robotman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Frank Bolle , line art
- Tom Cooke , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
10Featuring
- Feature
- Columbia
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
11Featuring
- Feature
- Leave It to Binky
- Genre
- Advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Binky Biggs; Lucy Biggs; Li'l Allergy; Mr. Biggs; Mrs. Biggs
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Schiff, scripter
- Art
- Sheldon Mayer, line art
- , inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
Synopsis
Everyone in Binky's family learns a lesson about being more thoughtful and accommodating to one another.
Notes
Published in cooperation with leading national social welfare and youth-serving organizations.
Art credits from Bob Hughes, Gene Reed, Merlin Haas, Edgar Loftin, and Allen Ross. Loftin and Ross question Mayer inks credit. Bob Bailey argues Bob Oksner base with Mayer heads.
12Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
13"Now in the job here, one thing is important..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Shorty
- Genre
- Humour
- Characters
- Shorty
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
14Featuring
- Feature
- Nestlé's Crunch
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
15Featuring
- Feature
- Another Exciting "R. C." and Quickie Adventure; Royal Crown Cola
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
16Featuring
- Feature
- Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- Pow-Wow Smith
Credits
- Writing
- Don C. Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Carmine Infantino, penciller
- , inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Script credit from Craig Delich.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Shoot-a-Plane
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
18Featuring
- Feature
- The Adventures of Alan Ladd; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
19Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy B-B Guns
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Fred Harman, line art [signed]
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
20Featuring
- Feature
- Hollywood Film Studios
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
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.