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BATMAN #148

Cover Date: June 1962
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1962-04-17

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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "The Alien Force Twins!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringMilt Snapinn
Associate editingGeorge Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in World's Finest Comics #125; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin (last in World's Finest Comics #125; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

an unidentified alien race (first appearance; are vulnerable to water)
"Force Twins" of Batman and Robin (first appearance; energy duplicates of the Dynamic Duo; later destroyed)

Location(s):

an alien city in the Kshiho mountain range


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Second Story: "The Boy Who Was Robin" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsSheldon Moldoff
InksCharles Paris
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):

Alfred Pennyworth (last in issue #147/3; next in Detective Comics #304)
Robin (in between the first and the third stories in this issue)

Villain(s):

"Jumpy" Regan (first appearance; an actor and criminal posing as Batman)

Other Character(s):

Vandeveer Wayne (first appearance; Bruce Wayne's young cousin; poses as Robin to show off, hires "Jumpy" Regan to play Batman, not realizing Regan is a criminal)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Wayne Manor


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Third Story: "The Joker's Greatest Triumph" (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 Justice League of America #12)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin (in the second story in this issue; next in Detective Comics #304)
James Gordon (last in issue #144/2; next in Detective Comics #304)

Villain(s):

Joker (last in issue #144/2; next behind the scenes in Justice League of America #14)
Joker's henchmen (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Hendrk Van Voort (first appearance; a Dutch jewel merchant)
citizens of Gotham City

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave

Story Reprinted in:

Batman in the Sixties (March 1999)


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