THE
GOLDEN AGE BATMAN INDEX
"Batman" Only
(In Order of Appearance -
Through April, 1964)
Select a year, below, or simply scroll
from year to year. Each year is organized by comic book title and issue
number, and the name of each story in which The Batman appears in the
issue. Some issue titles are linked to an image of the cover of the issue.
1940,
1941, 1942, 1943,
1944, 1945, 1946,
1947, 1948, 1949
1950, 1951,
1952, 1953, 1954,
1955, 1956, 1957,
1958, 1959
1960, 1961,
1962, 1963, 1964
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1940
Batman 1
 | "The Joker" |
| (no title - battles Hugo Strange) |
| (no title - battles Catwoman) |
| "The Joker Returns!" |
Batman 2
| (no title - battles Joker and Catwoman) |
| (no title - Adam Lamb) |
| "The Case of the Clubfoot Murders" |
| "The Case of the Missing Link" |
Batman 3
| "The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master!" |
| "The Ugliest Man in the World!" |
| "The Crime School for Boys!" |
| "The Batman vs. The Catwoman!" |
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1941
Batman 4
| "The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus!" |
| "Blackbeard's Crew and the Yacht Society!" |
| (no title - gang war) |
| (no title - battles Gamble Stacy) |
Batman 5
| "The Riddle of the Missing Card!" |
| "Book of Enchantment!" |
| "The Case of the Honest Crook!" |
| (no title - battles bank robbers) |
Batman
6
| "Murder on Parole!" |
| "The Clock Maker!" |
| "The Secret of the Iron Jungle!" |
| "Suicide Beat!" |
Batman
7
| (no title - battles the Joker) |
| "The Trouble Trap!" |
| "The North Wood's Mystery!" |
| "The People vs. The Batman!" |
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1942
Batman 8
| "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make!" |
| "The Strange Case of Professor Radium!" |
| "The Superstition Murders!" |
| "The Cross Country Crimes!" |
Batman 9
| "The Four Fates!" |
| "The White Whale!" |
| "The Case of the Lucky Lawbreakers!" |
| (no title - Timmy Cartwright) |
Batman 10
| "The Isle that Time Forgot!" |
| "Report Card Blues!" |
| "The Princess of Plunder!" |
| "Sheriff of Ghost Town!" |
Batman
11
| (no title - battles the Joker) |
| "Payment in Full!" |
| "Bandits in Toyland!" |
| "Four Birds of a Feather!" |
Batman 12
| "Brothers in Crime!" |
| "The Wizard of Words!" |
| "They Thrill to Conquer!" |
| "Around the Clock with the Batman!" |
Batman
13
| "The Batman Plays a Lone Hand!" |
| "Comedy of Tears!" |
| "The Story of the Seventeen Stones!" |
| "Destination Unknown!" |
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1943
Batman 14
| "The Case Batman Failed to Solve!" |
| "Prescription for Happiness!" |
| "Swastika Over the White House!" |
| "Bargains in Banditry!" |
Batman
15
| "Your Face is Your Fortune!" |
| "The Boy Who Wanted to be Robin!" |
| "The Two Futures!" |
| "The Loneliest Men in the World!" |
Batman 16
| "The Joker Reforms!" |
| "The Grade A Crimes!" |
| "The Adventures of the Branded Tree!" |
| "Here Comes Alfred!" (Origin and 1st Appearance) |
Batman
17
| "The Batman's Biographer!" |
| "The Penguin Goes A-Hunting!" |
| "Rogues' Pageant!" |
| "Adventure of the Vitamin Vandals!" |
Batman
18
| "The Secret of Hunter's Inn!" |
| "Robin Studies His Lessons!" |
| "The Good Samaritan Cops!" |
| "The Crime Surgeon!" |
Batman 19
| "Batman Makes a Deadline!" |
| "Atlantis Goes to War!" |
| "The Case of the Timid Lion!" |
| "Collector of Millionaires!" |
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1944
Batman 20
| "The Centuries of Crime!" |
| "The Trial of Titus Keyes!" |
| "The Lawmen of the Sea!" |
| "Bruce Wayne Loses the Guardianship of Dick Grayson!" |
Batman
21
| "The Streamlined Rustlers!" |
| "Blitzkrieg Bandits!" |
| "His Lordship's Double!" |
| "The Three Eccentrics!" |
Batman
22
| "The Duped Domestics!" |
| "Dick Grayson, Telegraph Boy!" |
| "The Cavalier Rides Again!" |
Batman 23
| "The Upside Down Crimes!" |
| "Damsel in Distress!" |
| "Pelt Plunderers!" |
Batman
24
| "It Happened in Rome!" |
| "Convict Cargo!" |
| "The Mayors of Yonville!" |
Batman
25
| "The Knights of Knavery!" (Joker & Penguin Team-Up) |
| "The Sheik of Gotham City!" |
| "The Kilowatt Cowboys!" |
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1945
Batman
26
| "Twenty Ton Robbery!" |
| "The Year 3000!" |
| "Crime Comes to Lost Mesa!" |
Batman 27
| "The Penguin's New Apprentice!" |
| "Voyage Into Villainy!" |
| "A Christmas Peril!" |
Batman 28
| "Shadow City!" |
| "Shirley Holmes, Policewoman!" |
| "Batman Goes to Washington!" |
Batman
29
| "Enemy No. 1!" |
| "Heroes by Proxy!" |
| "The Mails Go Through!" |
Batman
30
| "Back to the House!" |
| "While the City Sleeps!" |
| "Ally Babble and the Forty Peeves!" |
Batman
31
| "Punch and Judy!" |
| "Vanishing Village!" |
| "Trade Marks of Crime!" |
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1946
Batman
32
| "Rackety-Rax Racket!" |
| "Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder!" |
| "All for One, One for All!" |
Batman
33
| "Crime on the Wing!" |
| "The Looters!" |
| "The Search for Santa Claus!" |
Batman
34
| "The Marathon of Menace!" |
| "Ally Babble and the Four Tea Leaves!" |
| "The Master vs. the Pupil!" |
Batman 35
| "Nine Lives Has the Catwoman!" |
| "Dinosaur Island!" |
| "Dick Grayson, Author!" |
Batman 36
| "The Penguin's Nest!" |
| "Stand-In for Danger!" |
| "Sir Batman at King Arthur's Court!" |
Batman
37
| "Calling Dr. Batman!" |
| "Hollywood Hoax!" |
| "The Joker Follows Suit!" |
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1947
Batman
38
| "Peril in Greece!" |
| "The Carbon Copy Crimes!" |
| "The Penguin on Parole!" |
Batman
39
| "The Frightened People!" |
| "The Man in the Iron Mask!" |
| "A Christmas Tale" |
Batman
40
| "The 13 Club" |
| "The Case of Batman II!" |
| "The Grand Opera Murders!" |
Batman
41
| "The Bird Cage Bandits!" |
| "The Bandits of Tiny Town!" |
| "Batman, Interplanetary Policeman!" |
Batman 42
| "Claws of the Catwoman!" |
| "Blind Man's Bluff!" |
| "The Robot Robbers!" |
Batman
43
| "The Blackbird of Banditry!" |
| "Next Stop - Danger!" |
| "The Four Horsemen of Crime!" |
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1948
Batman 44
| "Gamble with Doom!" |
| "Born for Adventure!" |
| "The First American Detective!" |
Batman
45
| "The Lady Rogues!" |
| "A Parole for Christmas!" |
| "The Match!" |
Batman
46
| "Guileful Greetings, or, The Joker Sends Regrets!" |
| "Big House Chaplain!" |
| "The Batman That History Forgot!" |
Batman
47
| "Fashions in Crime!" |
| "The Chain Gang Crimes!" |
| "The Origin of Batman!" |
Batman
48
| "The Fowls of Fate!" |
| "The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave!" |
| "Crime from Tomorrow!" |
Batman
49
| "The Prison Doctor!" |
| "The Scoop of the Century!" |
| "Batman's Arabian Nights!" |
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1949
Batman
50
| "Light's - Camera! - Crime!" |
| "The Return of Two-Face!" |
| "The Second Boy Wonder!" |
Batman
51
| "Pee Wee, The Talking Penguin!" |
| "The Stars of Yesterday!" |
| "The Wonderful Mr. Wimble!" |
Batman 52
| "The Man with the Automatic Brain!" |
| "Batman and the Vikings!" |
| "The Happy Victims!" |
Batman 53
| "A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, a Hole in the Ground!" |
| "The Portrait of Doom!" |
| "Batman Under the Sea!" |
Batman
54
| "The Treasure Hunter!" |
| "The Door Without a Key!" |
| "The Amazing Masquerade!" |
Batman 55
| "The Case of the 48 Jokers!" |
| "Bruce Wayne, Rookie Policeman!" |
| "The Bandit of the Bells!" |
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1950
Batman
56
| "Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride!" |
| "The Riddle of the Seven Birds!" |
| "A Greater Detective than Batman!" |
Batman 57
| "The Trial of Bruce Wayne!" |
| "The Walking Mummy!" |
| "The Funny Man Crimes!" |
Batman 58
| "The State Bird Crimes!" |
| "The Brand of a Hero!" |
| "The Black Diamond!" |
Batman
59
| "The Man Who Replaced Batman!" |
| "The Forbidden Cellar!" |
| "Batman in the Future!" |
Batman
60
| "Crime Through the Ages!" |
| "The Counterfeit Batman!" |
| "The Auto Circus Mystery!" |
Batman
61
| "The Birth of Batplane II!" |
| "The Mystery of the Winged People!" |
| "The Wheelchair Crimefighter!" |
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1951
Batman
62
| "The Secret Life of the Catwoman!" (Origin) |
| "The Batman of England!" |
| "The Mystery of Millionaire Island!" |
Batman
63
| "The Joker's Crime Costumes!" |
| "The Case of the Flying Saucers!" |
| "The Origin of Killer Moth!" |
Batman
64
| "The Candid Camera Killer!" |
| "The Forgotten Men of Crime!" |
| "The Return of Killer Moth!" |
Batman
65
| "A Partner for Batman!" |
| "Bruce Wayne - Crime Reporter!" |
| "Catwoman - Empress of the Underworld!" |
Batman
66
| "The Joker's Comedy of Errors!" |
| "The Movie Star Who Died Twice!" |
| "Batman II and Robin, Junior!" |
Batman
67
| "The Mystery Rope!" |
| "The Man Who Wrote the Joker's Jokes!" |
| "The Lost Legion of Space!" |
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1952
Batman
68
| "The Atom Cave Raiders!" |
| "The Secret Life of Batman's Butler!" |
| "The New Crimes of Two-Face!" |
Batman
69
| "The Batman Expose'!" |
| "The Buttons of Doom!" |
| "The King of Cats!" |
Batman
70
| "The Robot Cop of Gotham City!" |
| "The Masterminds of Crime!" |
| "The Parasols of Plunder!" |
Batman
71
| "The Jail for Heroes!" |
| "Commissioner Gordon's Greatest Case!" |
| "The Mask of Mr. Cipher!" |
Batman
72
| "The Jungle Batman!" |
| "The Legion of Faceless Men!" |
| "The Death Cheaters of Gotham City!" |
Batman
73
| "Guns for Hire!" |
| "Vikie Vale's Secret!" |
| "The Joker's Utility Belt!" |
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1953
Batman 74
| "The Crazy Crime Clown!" |
| "The Movie that Killed Batman!" |
| "The Water Crimes of Mr. Hydro!" |
Batman
75
| "Outlaw Town, USA!" |
| "Mr. Roulette's Greatest Gamble!" |
| "The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City!" |
Batman
76
| "The Danger Club!" |
| "The Penguin's Fabulous Fowls!" |
| "The Man of 100 Murders!" |
Batman
77
| "The Crime Predictor!" |
| "The Secret Star!" |
| "Batman Pounds a Beat!" |
Batman
78
| "The Manhunter from Mars!" |
| "The Sinister Stamps!" |
| "Batman of the Mounties!" |
Batman 79
| "Bride of Batman!" |
| "The Batman of Yesterday!" |
| "Batman - Gang Boss!" |
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1954
Batman 80
| "The Joker's Movie Crimes!" |
| "Dick Grayson's Nightmare!" |
| "The Machines of Menace!" |
Batman 81
| "Two-Face Strikes Again!" |
| "The Boy Wonder Confesses!" |
| "The Phantom Bandit of Gotham City!" |
Batman 82
| "The Flying Batman!" |
| "The Man Who Could Change Fingerprints!" |
| "The Olympic Games of Crime!" |
Batman
83
| "The Duplicate Batman!" |
| "The Deep Sea Diver Mystery!" |
| "The Testing of Batman!" |
Batman
84
| "The Valley of Giant Bees!" |
| "The Sleeping Beauties of Gotham City!" |
| "Ten Nights of Fear!" |
Batman
85
| "Batman - Clown of Crime!" |
| "The Guardian of the Bat-Signal!" |
| "The Costume of Doom!" |
366. Batman
86
| "The Voyage of the First Batmarine!" |
| "The Joker's Winning Team!" |
| "Batman - Indian Chief!" |
Batman 87
| "Batman's Greatest Thrills!" |
| "The Synthetic Crime King!" |
| "Batman Falls in Love!" |
Batman 88
| "The Mystery of the Four Batmen!" |
| "Three Letters to Batman!" |
| "The Son of Batman!" |
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1955
Batman 89
| "River Rogues!" |
| "The Seven Wonders of the Underworld!" |
| "Bruce Wayne's Aunt Agatha!" |
Batman
90
| "The Web of Doom!" |
| "City of Fantasy!" |
| "The Adventures of Batboy!" |
Batman 91
| "The Living Batplane!" |
| "Batman's Publicity Agent!" |
| "The Map of Mystery!" |
Batman
92
| "Fan-Mail of Danger!" |
| "Batman's Guilty Neighbor!" |
| "Ace, The Bat-Hound!" |
Batman 93
| "Journey to the Top of the World!" |
| "Batman, Baby Sitter!" |
| "The Caveman Batman!" |
Batman 94
| "The Sign of the Bat!" |
| "The New Batman!" |
| "The Mystery of the Sky Museum!" |
Batman 95
| "The Guardian of 100 Cities!" |
| "The Bat-Train!" |
| "The Ballad of Batman!" |
Batman 96
| "His Majesty, King Batman!" |
| "Batman's College Days!" |
| "The Third Alarm for Batman!" |
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1956
Batman 97
| "The Joker Announces Danger!" |
| Doom on Channel 14!" |
| "The Return of the Bat-Hound!" |
Batman 98
| "The Return of Mr. Future!" |
| "Desert Island Batman!" |
| "The Secret of the Batmobile!" |
Batman
99
| "The Golden Eggs!" |
| "Batman - Frontier Marshall!" |
| "The Phantom of the Bat-Cave!" |
Batman
100
| "Batmantown, USA!" |
| "The Hunters of Gotham City!" |
| "The Great Batman Contest!" |
Batman 101
| "The Vanished Batman!" |
| "The Six Strangest Sleuths!" |
| "The Great Bat-Cape Hunt!" |
Batman 102
| "The House of Batman!" |
| "The Batman from Babylon!" |
| "The Caveman at Large!" |
Batman 103
| "The Broken Batman Trophies!" |
| "The League of Ex-Convicts!" |
| "Bat-Hound - Movie Star!" |
Batman 104
| "The Man Who Knew Batman's Secret!" |
| "Robin's 50 Batman Partners!" |
| "The Creature from 20,000 Fathoms!" |
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1957
Batman 105
| "The Challenge of Batwoman!" |
| "The Second Boy Wonder!" |
| "The Mysterious Bat-Missile!" |
Batman 106
| "Batman's Secret Helper!" |
| "Storm Over Gotham!" |
| "The Puppet Batman!" |
Batman 107
| "The Boy Who Adopted Batman!" |
| "Robin Falls in Love!" |
| "The Grown-Up Boy Wonder!" |
Batman 108
| "The Big Batman Quiz!" |
| "Prisoners of the Bat-Cave!" |
| "The Career of Batman Jones!" |
Batman 109
| "Three Crimes Against Batman!" |
| "Follow the Batman!" |
| "The 1,000 Inventions of Batman!" |
Batman 110
| "Crime-Of-The-Month Club!" |
| "The Secret of Batman's Butler!" |
| "The Phantom Batman!" |
Batman 111
| "The Gotham City Safari!" |
| "The Other Bruce Wayne!" |
| "The Armored Batman!" |
Batman 112
| "The Signalman of Crime!" |
| "Batman's Roman Holiday!" |
| "Am I Really Batman!" |
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1958
Batman 113
| "The Menace of False Face!" |
| "Batman Meets Fatman!" |
| "Batman - The Superman of Planet X!" |
Batman 114
| "The Secret of Mechanical City!" |
| "The Mirage Maker!" |
| "The Bat-Ape!" |
Batman 115
| "The Million Dollar Clues!" |
| "Batman for Hire!" |
| "Batman in the Bottle!" |
Batman 116
| "The City of Ancient Heroes!" |
| "Batwoman's New Identity |
| "The Winged Bat-People!" |
Batman 117
| "The Mystery of the Batman Bus!" |
| "Bruce Wayne - Batman!" |
| "Manhunt in Outer Space!" |
Batman 118
| "The Battle of Police Island!" |
| "The Man Who Couldn't Be Tried Twice!" |
| "The Merman Batman!" |
Batman 119
| "The Arch-Rivals of Gotham City!" |
| "The Secret of Batman Island!" |
| "Rip Van Batman!" |
Batman 120
| "The Curse of the Bat-Ring!" |
| "The Failure of Bruce Wayne!" |
| "The Airborne Batman!" |
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1959
Batman
121
| "The Body in the Bat-Cave!" |
| "Crime Rides the Rails!" |
| "The Ice Crimes of Mr. Zero!" (1st Appearance Mr. Freeze) |
Batman 122
| "Prisoners of the Sargaso Sea!" |
| "The Cross-Country Crimes!" |
| "The Marriage of Batman and Batwoman!" |
Batman 123
| "The Secret of the Everglades!" |
| "The Joker's Practical Jokes!" |
| "The Fugitive Batman!" |
Batman 124
| "The Invisible Batman!" |
| "The Return of Signalman!" |
| "The Mystery Seeds from Space!" |
Batman 125
| "The Secret Life of Bat-Hound!" |
| "The Last Days of Batman!" |
| "King Batman the First!" |
Batman 126
| "The Mystery of the 49th Star!" |
| "The Batman Lighthouse!" |
| " The Menace of the Firefly!" |
Batman 127
| "Batman's Super Partner!" |
| "The Second Life of Batman!" |
| "The Hammer of Thor!" |
Batman 128
| "The Interplanetary Batman!" |
| "The Million Dollar Puzzle!" |
| "The Batman Baby!" |
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1960
Batman 129
| "The Web of the Spinner!" |
| "The Man From Robin's Past!" |
| "Merriweather Jones - Crime Prophet!" |
Batman 130
| "Batman's Deadly Birthday" |
| "The Master of Weapons!" |
| "The Hand from Nowhere!" |
Batman 131
| "The Dog That Betrayed Batman!" |
| "The Case of the Deadly Gems!" |
| "The Second Batman and Robin Team!" |
Batman 132
| "The Martian from Gotham City!" |
| "The Three Faces of Batman!" |
| "The Lair of the Sea Fox!" |
Batman 133
| "Crimes of the Kite-Man!" |
| "The Voyage of the S.S. Batman!" |
| "Batwoman's Publicity Agent!" |
Batman 134
| "The Rainbow Creature!" |
| "Batman's Secret Enemy!" |
| "The Deadly Dummy!" |
Batman 135
| "Crimes of the Wheel!" |
| "The Return of the Second Batman and Robin Team!" |
| "The menace of the Sky Creature!" |
Batman 136
| "The Case of the Crazy Crimes!" |
| "The Town that Hated Batman!" |
| "The Challenge of the Joker!" |
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1961
Batman 137
| "Robin's New Boss!" |
| "The Bandit with 1,000 Brands!" |
| "Teacher from the Stars!" |
Batman 138
| "Batman's Master!" |
| "The Simple Crimes of Simple Simon!" |
| "The Secret of the Sea Beast!" |
Batman 139
| "The Blue Bowman!" |
| "The Island of 1,000 Traps!" |
| "Bat-Girl!" |
Batman 140
| "The Ghost of the Joker!" |
| "The Charmed Life of Batman!" |
| "The Eighth Wonder of Space!" |
Batman 141
| "The Crimes of the Clockmaster!" |
| "The Race of Death!" |
| "Batwoman's Junior Partner!" |
Batman 142
| "Batman's Robot Guardian!" |
| "The Crimes of the Ancient Mariner!" |
| "Ruler of the Bewitched Valley!" |
Batman 143
| "The Twice-Told Tale of Batman and Robin!" |
| "The Blind Batman!" |
| "Bat-Hound and the Creature!" |
Batman 144
| "Alien Feud on Earth!" |
| "The Man Who Played Batman!" |
| "Bat-Mite Meets Bat-Girl!" |
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1962
Batman 145
| "Hunt for Mr. 50!" |
| "The Tiniest Villain in the World!" |
| "Batman II and Robin II Meet the Son of the Joker!" |
Batman 146
| "Batman and Robin's Magical Powers!" |
| "The Secret of the Leopard Boy!" |
| "The Deadly Curse of Karabo!" |
Batman 147
| "The Plants of Plunder!" |
| "The Secret of Mystery Island!" |
| "Batman Becomes Bat-Baby!" |
Batman 148
| "The Alien Force Twins!" |
| "The Boy Who Was Robin!" |
| "The Joker's Greatest Triumph!" |
Batman 149
| "The Maestro of Crime!" |
| "The Invaders from the Past!" |
| "Batman Tunes In On Murder!" |
Batman 150
| "The Secret Behind the Stone Door!" |
| "The Girl Who Stole Batman's Heart!" |
| "Robin, The Super Boy Wonder!" |
Batman 151
| "Batman's New Secret Identity! (Chapters 1 & 2)" |
| "The Mystery Gadget from the Stars!" |
Batman 152
| "Formula For Doom!" |
| "The False Face Society!" |
| "Memorial to an Astronaut!" |
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1963
Batman 153 - "Prisoners of Three Worlds" (Chapters 1, 2,
3)
Batman 154
| "Danger Strikes Four!" (Batman II and Robin II) |
| "The Amazing Odyssey of Batman and Robin!" |
| "The Strange Experiment of Dr. Dorn!" |
Batman 155
| "Batman's Psychic Twin!" |
| "The Return of the Penguin!" (1st Silver Age) |
Batman 156
| "The Secret of the Ant-Man!" |
| "Robin Dies at Dawn!" |
Batman 157
| "Villain of the Year!" |
| "The Hunt for Batman's Secret Identity!" |
Batman 158
| "Ace - The Super-Bat-Hound!" |
| "Secret of the Impossible Perils!" |
| "Batman and Robin - Imposters!" |
Batman 159
| "The Great Clayface-Joker Feud!" |
| "The Boyhood of Bruce Wayne, Jr." |
Batman 160
| "The Mystery of Madcap Island!" |
| "The Alien Boss of Gotham City!" |
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1964
Batman 161
| "The New Crimes of the Mad Hatter!" |
| "The Bat-Mite Hero!" |
Batman 162
| "The Batman Creature!" |
| "Robin's New Secret Identity!" |
Batman 163
| "Batgirl - Batwoman II!" |
| "The Joker Jury!" |
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