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DC Comics Classics Library
The Batman Annuals
Volume 1

Collects: Batman Annual #1-3

First Printing: 2009

ISBN: 978-1-4012-2192-8
List Price: $39.99

264 Pages

Editor - Collected Edition: Scott Nybakken

Written by Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton, David Vern Reed and France Herron

Pencilled by Sheldon Moldoff, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Dick Sprang and Win Mortimer

Inked by Stan Kaye, Charles Paris and Min Mortimer

Cover by Rodney Ramos (after art by Sheldon Moldoff, Dick Sprang and Charles Paris)

Introduction by Michael Uslan

Afterword by Richard Bruning

Batman Annual #1
(Summer 1961)

1st Story: "How To Be Batman"

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inker: Stan Kaye

2nd Story: "The Strange Costumes Of Batman"

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

3rd Story: "Untold Tales Of The Bat-Signal"

Writer: Unknown
Penciller: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inker: Charles Paris

Feature: "Secrets Of The Utility Belt And The Famed Batarangs"

Writer: Unknown
Penciller: Unknown
Inker: Unknown

4th Story: "The Origin Of The Batcave"

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

5th Story: "Batman's Electronic Crime-File"

Writer: Unknown
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

6th Story: "The Thrilling Escapes Of Batman And Robin"

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Stan Kaye

7th Story: "The Amazing Inventions Of Batman"

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

Batman Annual #2
(Winter 1961)

1st Story: "The Underseas Batman"

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

2nd Story: "The Lord Of Batmanor"

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

3rd Story: "Batman - Indian Chief"

Writer: France Herron
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Stan Kaye

4th Story: "The Jungle Batman"

Writer: David Vern Reed
Penciller: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inker: Charles Paris

Feature: "Batman's 1962 Pin-Up Calendar"

Artist: Unknown

5th Story: "When Batman Was Robin"

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

6th Story: "Batman The Magician"

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

7th Story: "Batman - The Superman Of Planet X"

Writer: France Herron
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

Pin-Up: "Greetings From The Batman Family"

Artist: Sheldon Moldoff


Batman Annual #3
(Summer 1962)

1st Story: "The Mad Hatter Of Gotham City"

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

2nd Story: "The Human Firefly"

Writer: France Herron
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

3rd Story: "The Mental Giant Of Gotham City"

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

4th Story: "The Joker's Aces"

Writer: David Vern Reed
Penciller: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inker: Stan Kaye

5th Story: "The Gorilla Boss Of Gotham City"

Writer: David Vern Reed
Penciller: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inker: Stan Kaye

6th Story: "The New Crimes Of Two-Face"

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inker: Charles Paris

7th Story: "The Mysterious Mirror Man"

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

Pin-Up: "Covers By Win Mortimer"

Artist: Win Mortimer


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