Batman
Subtitle: the black casebook
By: [Bill Finger, France Herron, Edmond Hamilton, unknown, writers]
Contributors: Schwartz, Lew Sayre; Moldoff, Sheldon, 1920-; Sprang, Dick, 1915-2000; Paris, Charles, 1911-; Kaye, Stan, 1916-1967
Publisher: DC Comics
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781401222642
Other titles: Black casebook
Notes: "The stories that inspired Batman R.I.P." -- cover.

"Originally published in single magazine form as Batman 65, 86, 112, 113, 134, 156, 162, Detective Comics 215, 235, 247, 267, World's Finest Comics 89" -- verso.

Introduction by Grant Morrison.
Table of contents: title: A partner for Batman  -- writer, Bill Finger ; penciller, Lew Sayre Schwartz ; inker, Charles Paris -- (Batman #65, June/July 1951); title: Batman: Indian chief  -- writer, France Herron ; penciller, Sheldon Moldoff ; inker, Stan Kaye -- (Batman #86, September 1954); title: The Batmen of all nations  -- writer, Edmond Hamilton ; penciller, Sheldon Moldoff ; inker, Charles Paris -- (Detective Comics #215, January 1955); title: The first Batman  -- writer, Bill Finger ; penciller, Sheldon Moldoff ; inker, Stan Kaye -- (Detective Comics #235, September 1956); title: The club of heroes  -- writer, Edmond Hamilton ; penciller, Dick Sprang ; inker, Stan Kaye -- (World's Finest Comics #89, July/August 1957); title: The man who ended Batman's career  -- writer, Bill FInger ; penciller, Sheldon Moldoff ; inker Charles Paris -- (Detective Comics #247, September 1957); title: Am I really Batman?  -- writer, Bill FInger ; penciller, Sheldon Moldoff ; inker, Charles Paris -- (Batman #112, December 1957); title: Batman: the Superman of Planet X  -- writer, France Herron ; penciller, Dick Sprang ; inker, Charles Paris -- (Batman #113, February 1958); title: Batman meets Bat-Mite  -- writer, Bill Finger ; penciller, Sheldon Moldoff ; inker, Charles Paris -- (Detective Comics #267, May 1959); title: The rainbow creature  -- writer, Bill Finger ; artist, Sheldon Moldoff -- (Batman #134, September 1960); title: Robin dies at dawn  -- writer, Bill Finger ; penciller, Sheldon Moldoff ; inker, Charles Paris -- (Batman #156, June 1963); title: The Batman creature -- writer, unknown ; penciller, Sheldon Moldoff ; inker, Charles Paris-- (Batman #162, March 1964).