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BATMAN #59
Cover Date: June-July 1950
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1950-04-12
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Cover Credits:
Art: Dick Sprang (Batman and Robin figures only)
Pencils: Lew Sayer Schwartz
Inks: Charles Paris
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Credits:
| Story | David Vern |
| Pencils | Lew Sayer Schwartz (as Bob Kane) |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Commissioner Gordon (has brown hair)
Villain(s):
- Deadshot (first appearance; a bored millionaire who poses as a crime fighter to cover up his criminal activities; see Comments)
- Trigger Rhodes and his gang (first appearance for all; captured by Deadshot)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This is the only appearance of the Golden Age Deadshot.
- On Earth-One, this adventure must have also occurred early in Batman's career and the next appearance of Deadshot is Detective Comics #474.
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 (2019)
Credits:
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Professor Vincent (first appearance; causes temporary insanity to cover for killing a college Dean who was ready to discover his embezzlement)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 (2019)
Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Lew Sayer Schwartz (as Bob Kane) |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Prof. Carter Nichols (in between issue #58/2 and Detective Comics #167)
Villain(s):
- Joker
- Zarro (first appearance; a space pirate)
Other Character(s):
- Chief Rokej (first appearance; a descendant of The Joker who is law abiding and is chief of police)
Location(s):
- Gotham City (and the city in 2050 AD)
Comment(s):
- Nichols sends Batman and Robin into the future for the first time.
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 (2019)