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Publisher: DC

Title: Batman
Issue: 157
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: August 1963
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Batman #157
Owner: Par2ch

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Story Title: The Hunt for Batman's Identity! - cover
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth [as Bruce Wayne]; Vicki Vale; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mirror Man


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Villain of the Year - comic story
Pages:11.67
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Jackal [Hal Lake; aka Marty Kale] (villain, reporter); The Barker Gang [Reed; rest unnamed] (villains); The Denton Gang (villains); Gaxton (villain); Snooper (villain)
Synopsis:After receiving a tip on a crime from reporter Hal Lake, Batman goes undercover and discovers that Lake is using an underworld alias in order to gather information, is mentally unbalanced, and a criminal called the Jackal.


Story Title: Try a Tongue Teaser! - advertisement
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Giant Superman Annual
Pages:1
Genre:superhero


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Giant Batman Annual
Pages:0.5
Genre:superhero


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Planes
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Hunt for Batman's Secret Identity - comic story
Pages:12.67
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth [as Bruce Wayne]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Vicki Vale; unnamed actor [as Batman]; Mirror Man [Floyd Ventris] (villain); Mirror Man's gang [Harry Vance; rest unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis:When Mirror Man escapes from prison and reforms his gang, he once again tries to prove his belief that Batman is Bruce Wayne...and he does...and doesn't!


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Pages:0.67
Genre:humor
Synopsis:Three individual True Crime Laffs cartoon panels. A 15-year old girl was stopped by police for driving in reverse. She said she was trying to take miles off the car. A man was sentenced for stealing a taxi. He explained he was tired of waiting for one to pick him up. A man who stole $24 explained to the judge he needed money to pay a previous fine.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Giant Lois Lane Annual
Pages:0.5
Genre:superhero


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Great Masterpieces - advertisement
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: 204 Revolutionary War Soldiers - advertisement
Features:Revolutionary War Soldiers
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: 100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 - advertisement
Features:Josely Co.
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: 150 Civil War Soldiers! - advertisement
Features:Josely Co.
Pages:1


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Blast Off - advertisement
Features:Five Star Toys
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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