1950-1961 Batman Collections

Does anyone know of any collection of 1950s Batman comics? I am looking for 10 years of Batman left out most collections and digital access from Batman 60 (1950) to Batman 138 (1961). Maybe I am overlooking something? Appreciate any advice! Thanks.

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I found this book, but it only has 16 stories in it. And there’s also these two books that reprinted the Batman Giant Annuals that came out in the 1960s, which in turn mainly reprinted stories from the 1950s.

But yes, it certainly does seem like DC tries to downplay 1950s/Comics Code-era Batman as much as possible, since that’s when the comic got silly and nothing at all like it had been up to that point and would become again. But I definitely agree that, despite the silliness, it deserves more recognition than it gets. That era of Batman has a charm all its own.

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Thanks very much - yes the Annuals were great, and I did forget that this book, “Batman in the Fifties” existed! Big help! I am often sitting there seeing stories from Batman fans mentioned on social media like, young boy “Batman Jones,” and trying to remember where it was (Batman 108, June 1957). He had a homemade Bat-Signal used by his mother to call him home, but was first mentioned in Batman 92, June 1955, which also had the first appearance of Ace, the Bat-Hound.

The one advantage of the limited availability is there is still part of the past to look forward to. I would like to see more of them, that’s all. There was an innocence, hopefulness, and charm to some of these stories, which our current age of dystopia focus, could badly use. The “missing” ones not available (Batman 60 through Batman 138) are 79 issues, each of which had 3 stories, or 237 Batman stories.

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The “missing” ones not available (Batman 60 through Batman 138) are 79 issues, each of which had 3 stories, or 237 Batman stories. That is a considerable treasure of Batman memories!

The Secret 79 of Batman Issues are…

  1. Batman 60 August 1950
  2. Batman 61 October 1950
  3. Batman 62 December 1950
  4. Batman 63 February 1951
  5. Batman 64 April 1951
  6. Batman 65 June 1951
  7. Batman 66 August 1951
  8. Batman 67 October 1951
  9. Batman 68 December 1951
  10. Batman 69 February 1952
  11. Batman 70 April 1952
  12. Batman 71 June 1952
  13. Batman 72 August 1952
  14. Batman 73 October 1952
  15. Batman 74 December 1952
  16. Batman 75 February 1953
  17. Batman 76 April 1953
  18. Batman 77 June 1953
  19. Batman 78 August 1953
  20. Batman 79 October 1953
  21. Batman 80 December 1953
  22. Batman 81 February 1954
  23. Batman 82 March 1954
  24. Batman 83 April 1954
  25. Batman 84 June 1954
  26. Batman 85 August 1954
  27. Batman 86 September 1954
  28. Batman 87 October 1954
  29. Batman 88 December 1954
  30. Batman 89 February 1955
  31. Batman 90 March 1955
  32. Batman 91 April 1955
  33. Batman 92 June 1955
  34. Batman 93 August 1955
  35. Batman 94 September 1955
  36. Batman 95 October 1955
  37. Batman 96 December 1955
  38. Batman 97 February 1956
  39. Batman 98 March 1956
  40. Batman 99 April 1956
  41. Batman 100 June 1956
  42. Batman 101 August 1956
  43. Batman 102 September 1956
  44. Batman 103 October 1956
  45. Batman 104 December 1956
  46. Batman 105 February 1957
  47. Batman 106 March 1957
  48. Batman 107 April 1957
  49. Batman 108 June 1957
  50. Batman 109 August 1957
  51. Batman 110 September 1957
  52. Batman 111 October 1957
  53. Batman 112 December 1957
  54. Batman 113 February 1958 (Zur-En-Arrh)
  55. Batman 114 March 1958
  56. Batman 115 April 1958
  57. Batman 116 June 1958
  58. Batman 117 August 1958
  59. Batman 118 September 1958
  60. Batman 119 October 1958
  61. Batman 120 December 1958
  62. Batman 121 February 1959
  63. Batman 122 March 1959
  64. Batman 123 April 1959
  65. Batman 124 June 1959
  66. Batman 125 August 1959
  67. Batman 126 September 1959
  68. Batman 127 October 1959
  69. Batman 128 December 1959
  70. Batman 129 February 1960
  71. Batman 130 March 1960
  72. Batman 131 April 1960
  73. Batman 132 June 1960
  74. Batman 133 August 1960
  75. Batman 134 September 1960
  76. Batman 135 October 1960
  77. Batman 136 December 1960
  78. Batman 137 February 1961
  79. Batman 138 March 1961
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Some of the stories from those issues were later reprinted not in books, but in other comic issues. For example, the first two stories from Batman #113 were reprinted in Batman #198 and Batman Family #4, both of which we have on here. You can check that Mike’s Amazing World site to see if the stories from any of the other issues have ever been reprinted anywhere.

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OK for those looking for some of these old stories in Batman and Detective Comics, I have discovered about 3 years ago, DC Comics started publishing an “Omnibus” of old stories, called Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus - there are 9 volumes of them! Quite pricey, but there is a way to get these. I have started with Volume 7.

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