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Cover of Batman (1940) #187

Batman (1940) #187

DC 1940–2011 series Vol. 1 Cover date Dec 1966

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About this issue

Batman #187 (1940) is issue #187 of DC's Batman (1940–2011), with a cover date of December 1966. Written by Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton and Al Schwartz and drawn by Jack Burnley, Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff and others.

Creators

Writers
Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton, Al Schwartz
Pencillers
Jack Burnley, Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff, Dick Sprang
Inker
Charles Paris
Letterers
Pat Gordon, Ben Oda, Ira Schnapp, Stan Starkman
Cover artists
Stan Kaye, Win Mortimer, Curt Swan

Characters

The stories

“Batman's First Case”

The sudden appearance of a new criminal basing his crime on time jogs Batman's memory into remembering that this criminal was his very first case after his parents were killed, and if the Clock has his way, the current case against him will be the Caped Crusader's last!

“The Phantom Eye of Gotham City”

As vicious criminal creates a means to televise crimes as they happen and making the Dynamic Duo look like they are inept. He goes further to disguise himself as Batman and get unmasked on TV as a wealthy big-game hunter, forcing Batman to actually prove who he is or give up his crime fighting vendetta.

“The Last Days of Batman”

Carter Nichols sends the Dynamic Duo back to ancient Venice to gather evidence in a case, but only Batman returns, while Robin is shifted to Gotham City a few days into the future, where he discovers a new criminal will kill Batman.

“Gotham's Cleverest Criminal”

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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