The Golden Age (1939-1964) Because of the strong success in 1938 of Superman, DC wanted another costumed hero. Bob Kane -- who turned 22 in May 1939 -- came up with the Batman. Kane would later claim that he was influenced by the play The Bat (by Mary Roberts Rinehart and in which the title character was actually a villain) as well as Leonardo da Vinci's studies of bats. The most obvious influence, however, was the pulps popular in the 1930s and filled with costumed vigilantes, from the Shadow to the Gray Seal (who was also a bored millionaire type). Zorro and the Lone Wolf appeared in films, The Green Hornet on radio, and The Phantom in the newspaper comic strips. (Of course, this line of vigilantes without super-powers descended from heroes such as the Lone Ranger -- whose family had also been murdered --, Sherlock Holmes, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and even Robin Hood.) Writer Bill Finger, about a year younger than Kane, added a wings-like cape and pointed ears to the character's costume. Using The Shadow as his closest model, he plotted the first episode of Batman, which would appear in 1939's Detective Comics #27. Detective Comics had previously featured various detective and vigilante characters, and would continue to do so after Batman's debut -- although the Batman feature would never miss an issue. Police Commissioner Gordon and the contrast between the priviledged life of Bruce Wayne and his violent life as Batman would be present from his first appearance. Almost as quickly, Batman began using gadgets -- logical given his abundance of funding, though it would take some time for these gadgets to acquire their now-familiar nomenclature. Batman stories came to thrive on a combination of the bizarre and the realistic: his Gotham City, gadgets, and outrageous adventures added an element of the exotic to the hard-edged, generally realistic tone of his stories. Batman's villians tended toward the realistic side at first -- even when they had fantastical or supernatural elements -- but increasingly added an odd overlay, like the villains of Dick Tracy except more brutal. In an era in which boy sidekicks were deemed necessary for the identification of young readers, giving them a voice in the stories, Robin debuted rather quickly, making his first appearance in 1940's Detective Comics #38 -- after Batman had received just eleven brief solo stories. Robin, the Boy Wonder -- hailed on the cover of Detective Comics #38 as "the find of 1940" -- also allowed Batman to reveal his plans in word balloons rather than the writer revealing those plans through captions. He would become known as the prototypical boy sidekick. Batman's popularity led DC to give him his own quarterly series -- titled simply Batman -- in 1940. The first issue of that series debuted the Joker and the character who would come to be known as Catwoman. The Penguin first appeared in Detective Comics #58 in late 1941. In 1942, Batman shifted to bimonthly. Two-Face first appeared in Detective Comics #66 in mid-1942. In 1954, Batman shifted from six to eight issues per year. Batman was hit hard by American McCarthy-era Puritanism. By the middle of the 1950s, the dark knight of earlier years had shed his grimness for camp. His villains in this period were often aliens and often non-violent fun-seekers (a far cry from the deadly killers of his earliest days). The colors in this period were light and bright, while Batman and Robin did most of their work by daylight. It is believed that sales of the Batman titles fell during this period, when super-hero comics in general did not sell nearly as well as their heyday during World War II. Detective Comics #255 (cover-dated November 1955) featured a back-up story that introduced the character Martian Manhunter. A Martian with super-strength who could change his shape at will, Martian Manhunter was essentially a twist on the Superman archetype, coming from another planet but looking quite differently from humans. Operating in secret and hiding his powerful and alien nature, he assumed the human identity of John Jones. This fit nicely into the popular trend in science fiction of the time, which often had threatening aliens hiding as humans: 1956's Invasion of the Body Snatchers is but one example. That fictional trend, in turn, fit into the McCarthy era fear of Communists, who Americans had to be conditioned to see as threatening and sinister despite that they appeared outwardly normal (or even friendly). Martian Manhunter, however, twisted this cliché: he was a hero and not a villain despite appearances to the contrary (and here we might remember that Superman had originally been conceived as a villain). Arguably, Martian Manhunter was the first new Silver Age super-hero (though some have suggested alternatives, such as Captain Comet).

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
1939
Detective Comics #27-326: no data entered
	Detective Comics #27	introduces Batman (Bruce Wayne) and Police Commissioner James Gordon (who does not know Bruce Wayne is Batman); contains "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" (the issue's only Batman story); cover-dated May 1939	0
	Detective Comics #28	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he captures a jewel thief)	0
	Detective Comics #29	contains "The Batman Meets Doctor Death!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #30	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he again battles Dr. Death)	0
Detective Comics #31-32: contains only one untitled Batman story (the classic two-part battle with The Monk)
	Detective Comics #31		0
	Detective Comics #32		0
	Detective Comics #33	contains "The Batman Wars Against the Dirigible of Doom" (the issue's only Batman story, providing Batman's origin for the first time, explaining the murder of his parents and Bruce Wayne's vow against criminals)	0
	Detective Comics #34	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he battles Duc D'Orterre)	0
1940
	Detective Comics #35	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he battles Sheldon Lenox); cover-dated January 1940	0
	Detective Comics #36	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he battles Hugo Strange)	0
	Detective Comics #37	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he battles Count Grutt)	0
	Detective Comics #38	introduces Robin; contains "Robin the Boy Wonder" (the issue's only Batman story); cover-dated April 1940	0
Batman #1-163: no data entered
	Batman #1	contains "The Joker", an untitled story (in which Batman battles Hugo Strange), an untitled story (containing the first appearance of Catwoman, here called "the Cat"), and "The Joker Returns!"; cover-dated Spring 1940	0
	Detective Comics #39	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he battles Green Dragon)	0
	Detective Comics #40	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he battles Clayface)	0
	Batman #2	contains an untitled story (in which Batman battles the Joker and Catwoman, now called "Catwoman"), an untitled story (in which Batman battles Adam Lamb), "The Case of the Clubfoot Murders," and "The Case of the Missing Link"; cover-dated Summer 1940	0
	Detective Comics #41	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he battles Evil Graves)	0
	Detective Comics #42	contains "The Case of the Prophetic Pictures!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #43	contains "The Case of the City of Terror!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #3	contains "The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master!", "The Ugliest Man in the World!", "The Crime School for Boys!", and "The Batman vs. The Catwoman!"	0
	Detective Comics #44	contains "The Land Beyond the Light!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #45	contains "The Case of the Laughing Death!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #46	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he battles Hugo Strange)	0
1941
	Batman #4	contains "The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus!", "Blackbeard's Crew and the Yacht Society!", an untitled story (in which Batman battles a gang war), and an untitled story (in which Batman battles Gamble Stacy)	0
	Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Volume 1	collects Batman #1-4; hardcover	0
	Detective Comics #47	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he battles the Harvey Midas family)	0
	Detective Comics #48	contains "The Secret Cavern!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #49	contains "Clayface Walks Again!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #5	contains "The Riddle of the Missing Card!", "Book of Enchantment!", "The Case of the Honest Crook!", and an untitled story (in which Batman battles bank robbers)	0
World's Best Comics #1 contains a Batman story ("The Witch and the Manuscript of Doom!") that was published here
	Detective Comics #50	contains "The Case of the Three Devils!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman Archives Volume 1	collects Batman stories from Detective Comics #27-50; hardcover	0
	Detective Comics #51	contains "The Case of the Mystery Carnival!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #52	contains "The Secret of the Jade Box!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
World's Finest Comics #2 contains a Batman story ("The Man Who Couldn't Remember!") that was published here
	Detective Comics #53	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he battles the Toothy Hare gang)	0
	Detective Comics #54	contains "Hook Morgan and His Harbor Pirates!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #6	contains "Murder on Parade!", "The Clock Maker!", "The Secret of the Iron Jungle!", and "Suicide Beat!"	0
	Detective Comics #55	contains "The Brain Burglar!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
World's Finest Comics #3 contains a Batman story ("The Scarecrow!") that was published here
	Detective Comics #56	contains "The Stone Idol!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #7	contains an untitled story (in which Batman battles the Joker), "The Trouble Trap!", "The North Wood's Mystery!", and "The People vs. The Batman!"	0
	Detective Comics #57	contains "Twenty-Four Hours to Live!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #58	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he battles the Penguin, who first appears here)	0
World's Finest Comics #4 contains a Batman story ("The Ghost Gang Goes West!") that was published here
All-Star Comics #7 contains a Batman appearance that was published here
1942
	Batman #8	contains "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make!", "The Strange Case of Professor Radium!", "The Superstition Murders!", and "The Cross Country Crimes!"	0
	Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Volume 2	collects Batman #5-8; hardcover	0
	Detective Comics #59	contains "The King of the Jungle!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #60	contains "The Case of the Costume-Clad Killers!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #9	contains "The Four Fates!", "The White Whale!", "The Case of the Lucky Lawbreakers!", and an untitled story (in which Batman battles Timmy Cartwright)	0
	Detective Comics #61	contains "The Three Racketeers!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
World's Finest Comics #5 contains a Batman story ("Crime Takes a Holiday!") that was published here
	Detective Comics #62	contains "Laugh, Town, Laugh!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #10	contains "The Isle that Time Forgot!", "Report Card Blues!", "The Princess of Plunder!", and "Sheriff of Ghost Town!"	0
	Detective Comics #63	contains "A Gentleman in Gotham!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #64	contains "The Joker Walks the Last Mile!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #11	contains an untitled story (in which Batman battles the Joker), "Payment in Full!", "Bandits in Toyland!", and "Four Birds of a Feather!"	0
World's Finest Comics #6 contains a Batman story ("The Secret of Bruce Wayne!") that was published here
	Detective Comics #65	contains "The Cop Who Hated The Batman!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #66	contains Two-Face's first appearance in "The Crimes of Two-Face!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #12	contains "Brothers in Crime!", "The Wizard of Words!", "They Thrill to Conquer!", and "Around the Clock with the Batman!"	0
	Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Volume 3	collects Batman #9-12; hardcover	0
	Detective Comics #67	contains "Crime's Early Bird!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
World's Finest Comics #7 contains a Batman story ("The North Pole Crimes!") that was published here
	Detective Comics #68	contains "The Man Who Led a Double Life!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #13	contains "The Batman Plays a Lone Hand!", "Comedy of Tears!", "The Story of the Seventeen Stones!", and "Destination Unknown!"	0
	Detective Comics #69	contains "The Harlequin's Hoax!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #70	contains "The Man Who Could Read Minds!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman Archives Volume 2	collects Batman stories from Detective Comics #51-70; hardcover	0
World's Finest Comics #8 contains a Batman story ("Brothers In Law!") that was published here
1943
	Batman #14	contains "The Case Batman Failed to Solve!", "Prescription for Happiness!", "Swastika Over the White House!", and "Bargains in Banditry!"	0
	Detective Comics #71	contains "A Crime a Day!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #72	contains "License for Larceny!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #15	contains "Your Face is Your Fortune!", "The Boy Who Wanted to be Robin!", and "The Loneliest Man in the World!"	0
	Detective Comics #73	contains "The Scarecrow Returns!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
World's Finest Comics #9 contains a Batman story ("Crime of the Month!") that was published here
	Detective Comics #74	contains the first appearance of Tweedledee & Tweedledum in "Tweedledum and Tweedledee!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #16	contains "The Joker Reforms!", "The Grade A Crimes!", "The Adventures of the Branded Tree!", and "Here Comes Alfred!" (featuring the first appearance of Alfred the Butler, then named Alfred Beagle instead of Alfred Pennyworth) cover-dated April-May 1943	0
	Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Volume 4	collects Batman #13-16; Bill Schelly introduction; hardcover	0
	Detective Comics #75	contains "The Robber Barron!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #76	contains "Slay 'em With Flowers!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #17	contains "The Batman's Biographer!", "The Penguin Goes A-Hunting!", "Rogues' Pageant!", and "Adventure of the Vitamin Vandals!"	0
World's Finest Comics #10 contains a Batman story ("The Man With the Camera Eyes!") that was published here
	Detective Comics #77	contains "The Crime Clinic!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #78	contains "The Bond Wagon!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #18	contains "The Secret of Hunter's Inn!", "Robin Studies His Lessons!", "The Good Samaritan Cops!", and "The Crime Surgeon!"	0
	Detective Comics #79	contains "Destiny's Auction!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
World's Finest Comics #11 contains a Batman story ("A Thief in Time!") that was published here
	Detective Comics #80	contains "The End of Two-Face!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #19	contains "Batman Makes a Deadline!", "Atlantis Goes to War!", "The Case of the Timid Lion!", and "Collector of Millionaires!"	0
	Detective Comics #81	contains "The Cavalier of Crime!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #82	contains "The Quarterback of Crime!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
World's Finest Comics #12 contains a Batman story ("Alfred Gets His Man!") that was published here
1944
	Batman #20		0
	Detective Comics #83	contains "Accidentally on Purpose!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #84	contains "Artists in Villainy!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #21		0
	Detective Comics #85	contains "The Joker's Double!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #86	contains "Danger Strikes Three!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman Archives Volume 3	collects Batman stories from Detective Comics #71-86; hardcover; cover-dated January 1984	0
	Batman #22		0
	Detective Comics #87	contains "The Man of a Thousand Umbrellas!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #88	contains "The Merchants of Misery!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #23		0
	Detective Comics #89	contains "Laboratory Loot!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #90	contains "Crime Between the Acts!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #24		0
	Detective Comics #91	contains "The Case of the Practical Joker!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #92	contains "Crime's Man-Hunt!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #25		0
	Detective Comics #93	contains "One Night of Crime!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #94	contains "No One Must Know!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
1945
	Batman #26		0
	Detective Comics #95	contains only one untitled Batman story (in which he battles the Blaze)	0
	Detective Comics #96	contains "Alfred, Private Detective!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #27		0
	Detective Comics #97	contains "The Secret of the Switch!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #98	contains "The King of the Hoboes!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Batman #28		0
	Detective Comics #99	contains "The Temporary Murders!" (the issue's only Batman story)	0
	Detective Comics #100	contains "The Crow's Nest Mystery!" (in which the Penguin returns)	0
	Batman #29		0
	Detective Comics #101	contains "The Tyrannical Twins!"	0
	Detective Comics #102	contains "The House that was Held for Ransom!"	0
	Batman Archives Volume 4	collects Batman stories from Detective Comics #87-102; hardcover	0
	Batman #30		0
	Detective Comics #103	contains "Trouble, Incorporated!"	0
	Detective Comics #104	contains "The Battle of the Billboards!"	0
	Batman #31		0
	Detective Comics #105	contains "The Batman Goes Broke!"	0
	Detective Comics #106	contains "The Phantom of the Library!"	0
1946
	Batman #32		0
	Detective Comics #107	contains "The Mountain of the Moon!"	0
	Detective Comics #108	contains "The Goat of Gotham City!"	0
	Batman #33		0
	Detective Comics #109	contains "The House that Jokes Built!"	0
	Detective Comics #110	contains "Batman and Robin in Scotland Yard!"	0
	Batman #34		0
	Detective Comics #111	contains "Coaltown, USA!"	0
	Detective Comics #112	contains "The Case Without a Crime!"	0
	Batman #35		0
	Detective Comics #113	contains "Crime on the Half-Shell!"	0
	Detective Comics #114	contains "Acrostic of Crime!"	0
	Batman #36		0
	Detective Comics #115	contains "The Man Who Lived in a Glass House!"	0
	Detective Comics #116	contains "The Rescue of Robin Hood!"	0
	Batman #37		0
	Detective Comics #117	contains "Steeplejack's Showdown!"	0
	Detective Comics #118	contains "The Royal Flush Crimes!"	0
1947
	Batman #38		0
	Detective Comics #119	contains "The Case of the Famous Foes!"	0
	Batman Archives Volume 5	collects Batman stories from Detective Comics #103-119; hardcover	0
	Detective Comics #120	contains "Fowl Play!"	0
	Batman #39		0
	Detective Comics #121	contains "Commissioner Gordon Walks a Beat!"	0
	Detective Comics #122	contains "The Black Cat Crimes!"	0
	Batman #40		0
	Detective Comics #123	contains "The Dawn Patrol Crimes!"	0
	Detective Comics #124	contains "The Crime Parade!"	0
	Batman #41		0
	Detective Comics #125	contains "The Citadel of Crime!"	0
	Detective Comics #126	contains "Case of the Silent Songbirds!"	0
	Batman #42		0
	Detective Comics #127	contains "Pigmies in Giantland!"	0
	Detective Comics #128	contains "Crimes in Reverse!"	0
	Batman #43		0
	Detective Comics #129	contains "The Isle of Yesterday!"	0
	Detective Comics #130	contains "The Box!"	0
1948
	Batman #44		0
	Detective Comics #131	contains "The Underworld Surgeon!"	0
	Detective Comics #132	contains "The Human Key!"	0
	Batman #45		0
	Detective Comics #133	contains "The Man Who Could See the Future!"	0
	Detective Comics #134	contains "The Umbrellas of Crime!"	0
	Batman #46		0
	Detective Comics #135	contains "The True Story of Frankenstein!"	0
	Detective Comics #136	contains "The Dead Man's Chest!"	0
	Batman #47		0
	Detective Comics #137	contains "The Rebus Crimes!"	0
	Detective Comics #138	contains "The Invisible Crimes!"	0
	Batman #48		0
	Detective Comics #139	contains "Crimes of Jade!"	0
	Detective Comics #140	contains "The Riddler!" (featuring his first appearance)	0
	Batman #49		0
	Detective Comics #141	contains "The Gallery of Public Heroes!"	0
	Detective Comics #142	contains "Crime's Puzzle Contest!"	0
1949
	Batman #50		0
	Detective Comics #143	contains "The Pied Piper of Peril!"	0
	Detective Comics #144	contains "Kay Kyser's Mystery Broadcast!"	0
	Batman #51		0
	Detective Comics #145	contains "Robin, The Boy Failure!"	0
	Detective Comics #146	contains "Three's a Crime!"	0
	Batman #52		0
	Detective Comics #147	contains "Tiger Shark!"	0
	Detective Comics #148	contains "The Experiment of Professor Zero!"	0
	Batman #53		0
	Detective Comics #149	contains "The Sound-Effect Crimes!"	0
	Detective Comics #150	contains "The Ghost of Gotham City!"	0
	Batman #54		0
	Detective Comics #151	contains "I.O.U. My Life!"	0
	Detective Comics #152	contains "The Goblin of Gotham City!"	0
	Batman #55		0
	Detective Comics #153	contains "The Flying Batman!"	0
	Detective Comics #154	contains "Underground Railroad of Crime!"	0
1950
	Batman #56		0
	Detective Comics #155	contains "Bruce Wayne, Private Detective!"	0
	Detective Comics #156	contains "The Batmobile of 1950!"	0
	Batman #57		0
	Detective Comics #157	contains "The Race of the Century!"	0
	Detective Comics #158	contains "The Thousand and One Trophies of Batman!"	0
	Batman #58		0
	Detective Comics #159	contains "Bruce Wayne -- You are Batman!"	0
	Detective Comics #160	contains "The Globe Trotter of Crime!"	0
	Batman #59		0
	Detective Comics #161	contains "The Man Who Died on Time!"	0
	Detective Comics #162	contains "The Law of the Iron Road!"	0
	Batman #60		0
	Detective Comics #163	contains "The Man Who Feared Metal!"	0
	Detective Comics #164	contains "Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal!"	0
	Batman #61		0
	Detective Comics #165	contains "The Strange Costumes of Batman!"	0
	Detective Comics #166	contains "The Man with a Million Faces!"	0
1951
	Batman #62		0
	Detective Comics #167	contains "Bodyguards to Cleopatra!"	0
	Detective Comics #168	contains "The Man Behind the Red Hood!" (revealing the Joker's origin)	0
	Batman #63		0
	Detective Comics #169	contains "Batman -- Boss of the Big House!"	0
	Detective Comics #170	contains "The Flying Dutchman II!"	0
	Batman #64		0
	Detective Comics #171	contains "The Menace of the Giant Birds!"	0
	Detective Comics #172	contains "The Outlaw Who Had Nine Lives!"	0
	Batman #65		0
	Detective Comics #173	contains "Batman's Double!"	0
	Detective Comics #174	contains "The Park Avenue Kid!"	0
	Batman #66		0
	Detective Comics #175	contains "The Underworld Bank!"	0
	Detective Comics #176	contains "The Underworld Crime Committee!"	0
	Batman #67		0
	Detective Comics #177	contains "The Robberies in the Bat-Cave!"	0
	Detective Comics #178	contains "The Defeat of Batman!"	0
1952
	Batman #68		0
	Detective Comics #179	contains "Bruce Wayne, Mayor of Gotham City!"	0
	Detective Comics #180	contains "The Joker's Millions!"	0
	Batman #69		0
	Detective Comics #181	contains "The Crimes of the Human Magnet!"	0
	Detective Comics #182	contains "The Human Puppets!"	0
	Batman #70		0
	Detective Comics #183	contains "Famous Names Crimes!"	0
	Detective Comics #184	contains "The Human Firefly!"	0
	Batman #71		0
	Detective Comics #185	contains "The Secret of Batman's Utility Belt!"	0
	Detective Comics #186	contains "The Flying Bat-Cave!"	0
	Batman #72		0
	Detective Comics #187	contains "The Double Crimes of Two-Face!"	0
	Detective Comics #188	contains "The Doom in the Batcave!"	0
	Batman #73		0
	Detective Comics #189	contains "The Undersea Hideout!"	0
	Detective Comics #190	contains "How to be Batman!" (retelling his origin)	0
1953
	Batman #74		0
	Detective Comics #191	contains "The Man with a License to Kill!"	0
	Detective Comics #192	contains "The Phantom Eye of Gotham City!"	0
	Batman #75		0
	Detective Comics #193	contains "The Joker's Journal!"	0
	Detective Comics #194	contains "The Stolen Bank!"	0
	Batman #76		0
	Detective Comics #195	contains "The Original Batman!"	0
	Detective Comics #196	contains "City Without Guns!"	0
	Batman #77		0
	Detective Comics #197	contains "The League Against Batman!"	0
	Detective Comics #198	contains "The Lord of Batmanor!"	0
	Batman #78		0
	Detective Comics #199	contains "The Invisible Batman!"	0
	Detective Comics #200	contains "Radio Station C-R-I-M-E!"	0
	Batman #79		0
	Detective Comics #201	contains "The Human Target!"	0
	Detective Comics #202	contains "Millionaire Island!"	0
1954
	Batman #80		0
	Detective Comics #203		0
	Detective Comics #204		0
	Batman #81		0
	Detective Comics #205		0
	Batman #82		0
	Detective Comics #206		0
	Batman #83		0
	Detective Comics #207		0
	Detective Comics #208		0
	Batman #84		0
	Detective Comics #209		0
	Detective Comics #210		0
	Batman #85		0
	Detective Comics #211		0
	Batman #86		0
	Detective Comics #212		0
	Batman #87		0
	Detective Comics #213		0
	Detective Comics #214		0
	Batman #88		0
1955
	Detective Comics #215		0
	Detective Comics #216		0
	Batman #89		0
	Detective Comics #217		0
	Batman #90		0
	Detective Comics #218		0
	Batman #91		0
	Detective Comics #219		0
	Detective Comics #220		0
	Batman #92		0
	Detective Comics #221		0
	Detective Comics #222		0
	Batman #93		0
	Detective Comics #223		0
	Batman #94		0
	Detective Comics #224		0
	Batman #95		0
	Detective Comics #225	contains the first appearance of Martian Manhunter; cover-dated November 1955	0
	DC Silver Age Classics: Detective Comics #225	reprints Detective Comics #225 with a short essay by Mark Waid	1
	Detective Comics #226		0
	Batman #96		0
1956
	Detective Comics #227		0
	Detective Comics #228		0
	Batman #97		0
	Detective Comics #229		0
	Batman #98		0
	Detective Comics #230	"The Mad Hatter of Gotham City!"	0
	Batman #99	contains "The Golden Eggs!", "Batman -- Frontier Marshall!", and "The Phantom of the Bat-Cave!"	0
	Detective Comics #231	"Batman, Junior!"	0
	Detective Comics #232	"The Outlaw Who Played Batman!"	0
	Batman #100	contains "Batmantown, USA!", "The Hunters of Gotham City!", and "The Great Batman Contest!"	0
	Detective Comics #233	"The Batwoman!" (containing Batman's first appearance and origin)	0
	Detective Comics #234	"Batman and Robin's Greatest Mystery!"	0
	Batman #101	contains "The Vanished Batman!", "The Six Strangest Sleuths!", and "The Great Bat-Cape Hunt!"	0
	Detective Comics #235	"The First Batman!"	0
	Batman #102	contains "The House of Batman!", "The Batman from Babylon!", and "The Caveman at Large!"	0
	Detective Comics #236	"The New-Model Batman!"	0
	Batman #103		0
	Detective Comics #237		0
	Detective Comics #238		0
	Batman #104		0
1957
	Detective Comics #239	"Batman's Robot Twin!"	0
	Detective Comics #240	"The Outlaw Batman!"	0
	Batman #105		0
	Batman #106		0
	Detective Comics #241	"The Rainbow Batman!"	0
	Detective Comics #242	"The Underworld Bat-Cave!"	0
	Batman #107		0
	Detective Comics #243	"Batman the Giant!"	0
	Detective Comics #244	"The 100 Batarangs of Batman!"	0
	Batman #108		0
	Detective Comics #245	"The Dynamic Trio!"	0
	Detective Comics #246	"Murder at Mystery Castle!"	0
	Batman #109		0
	Detective Comics #247	"The Man Who Ended Batman's Career!"	0
	Batman #110		0
	Detective Comics #248	"Around the World in 8 Days!"	0
	Batman #111		0
	Detective Comics #249	"The Crime of Bruce Wayne!"	0
	Detective Comics #250	"The Batman's Super-Enemy!"	0
	Batman #112		0
1958
	Detective Comics #251	"The Alien Batman!"	0
	Detective Comics #252		0
	Batman #113		0
	Detective Comics #253		0
	Batman #114		0
	Detective Comics #254		0
	Batman #115		0
	Detective Comics #255		0
	Detective Comics #256		0
	Batman #116		0
	Detective Comics #257		0
	Detective Comics #258		0
	Batman #117		0
	Detective Comics #259		0
	Batman #118		0
	Batman #119		0
	Detective Comics #260		0
	Detective Comics #261		0
	Detective Comics #262		0
	Batman #120		0
1959
	Detective Comics #263	"The Secret of the Fantastic Weapons!"	0
	Detective Comics #264	"Peril at Playland Isle!"	0
	Batman #121		0
	Detective Comics #265		0
	Batman #122		0
	Detective Comics #266		0
	Batman #123		0
	Detective Comics #267		0
	Detective Comics #268		0
	Batman #124		0
	Detective Comics #269		0
	Detective Comics #270		0
	Batman #125		0
	Detective Comics #271		0
	Batman #126		0
	Detective Comics #272		0
	Batman #127		0
	Detective Comics #273		0
	Detective Comics #274		0
	Batman #128		0
1960
	Detective Comics #275	"The Zebra Batman!"	0
	Detective Comics #276	"The Return of Bite-Mite!"	0
	Batman #129		0
	Detective Comics #277		0
	Batman #130		0
	Detective Comics #278		0
	Batman #131		0
	Detective Comics #279		0
	Detective Comics #280		0
	Batman #132		0
	Detective Comics #281		0
	Detective Comics #282		0
	Batman #133		0
	Detective Comics #283		0
	Batman #134		0
	Detective Comics #284		0
	Batman #135		0
	Detective Comics #285		0
	Detective Comics #286		0
	Batman #136		0
1961
	Detective Comics #287	"The Raven and The Wasp!"	0
	Detective Comics #288	"The Menace of the Multiple Creature!"	0
	Batman #137		0
	Detective Comics #289		0
	Batman #138		0
	Detective Comics #290		0
	Batman #139		0
	Detective Comics #291		0
	Detective Comics #292		0
	Batman #140		0
	Detective Comics #293		0
	Detective Comics #294		0
	Batman #141		0
	Detective Comics #295		0
	Batman #142		0
	Detective Comics #296		0
	Batman #143		0
	Detective Comics #297		0
	Detective Comics #298		0
	Batman #144		0
1962
	Detective Comics #299	"Prey of the Alien Hunters!"	0
	Detective Comics #300	"The Bizarre Pola-Dot Man!"	0
	Batman #145		0
	Detective Comics #301		0
	Batman #146		0
	Detective Comics #302		0
	Detective Comics #303		0
	Batman #147		0
	Detective Comics #304		0
	Batman #148		0
	Detective Comics #305		0
	Detective Comics #306		0
	Batman #149		0
	Detective Comics #307		0
	Batman #150		0
	Detective Comics #308		0
	Detective Comics #309		0
	Batman #151		0
	Detective Comics #310		0
	Batman #152		0
1963
	Detective Comics #311	"The Challenge of the Cat-Man!"	0
	Detective Comics #312	"The Secret of Clayface's Power!"	0
	Batman #153		0
	Detective Comics #313		0
	Batman #154		0
	Detective Comics #314		0
	Detective Comics #315		0
	Batman #155		0
	Detective Comics #316		0
	Batman #156		0
	Detective Comics #317		0
	Detective Comics #318		0
	Batman #157		0
	Detective Comics #319		0
	Batman #158		0
	Detective Comics #320		0
	Detective Comics #321		0
	Batman #159		0
	Detective Comics #322		0
	Batman #160		0
1964
	Detective Comics #323	"The Zodiac Master!"	0
	Detective Comics #324	"Menace of the Robot Brain!"	0
	Batman #161		0
	Detective Comics #325	"The Strange Lives of the Cat-Man!"	0
	Batman #162		0
	Detective Comics #326	"Captives of the Alien Zoo!"; final issue before Batman gets his "new look"	0
	Batman #163	contains "Batgirl -- Batwoman II!" and "The Joker Jury!"; final issue before Batman gets his "new look"	0

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