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BATMAN #144

Cover Date: December 1961
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1961-10-12

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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "The Alien Feud on Earth" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsSheldon Moldoff
InksCharles Paris
LetteringStan Starkman
Associate editingGeorge Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in World's Finest Comics #121; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin (last in World's Finest Comics #121; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Hylk (first appearance; a male alien; dueling Zorb to marry Rilla)
Zorb (first appearance; a male alien; dueling Hylk to marry Rilla)

Other Character(s):

Rilla (first appearance; a female alien)
citizens of Gotham City

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave


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Second Story: "The Man Who Played Batman" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryArnold Drake
ArtSheldon Moldoff
LetteringStan Starkman
Associate editingGeorge Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman (in between the first and the third stories in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin (in between the first and the third stories in this issue)
James Gordon (last in issue #142/2; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Joker (in between issues #140 and #148/3; also poses as Batman to test potential gang members)
Blinky (first appearance; the Joker's henchman)
"Gum-Ball" Burke (first appearance; a fugitive convict; later impersonated by Batman)
unidentified criminals (candidates or members of Joker's gang)

Other Character(s):

G.C.P.D.

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave


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Third Story: "Bat-Mite Meets Bat-Girl" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsSheldon Moldoff
InksCharles Paris
LetteringStan Starkman
Associate editingGeorge Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Detective Comics #298)

Guest Star(s):

Bat-Mite (last/next in ???)
Bat-Girl (last in Batman Vol. 1 #141/3 and #153)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin (last in the second story in this issue; next in Detective Comics #298)
James Gordon (last in the second story in this issue; next in Detective Comics #300)

Villain(s):

bandits from two different criminal gangs (first appearance for all)

Guest Appearance(s):

Batwoman (last in Justice League of America #7; next in Detective Comics #302)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman from the 30s to the 70s (Crown Publishers) (1971)
Batman in the Sixties (March 1999)


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