Batman # 56 4.5

✦ Issue Number

56

✦ Publisher

Marvel

✦ Comic Age

Golden Age 1933-1960

✦ Condition

4.5 Very Good+

• Bottom staple loose on cover. Cover pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris. Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride!, script by David Vern Reed, pencils by Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane), inks by Charles Paris; The sickly Presidente of a Latin American nation implores the Caped Crusaders to come to his nation and train a Batman to keep law and order in his country. The Riddle of the Seven Birds!, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris; To receive money from gangster "Squeeze" Miller, the Penguin must complete seven robberies using seven different birds; Batman captures the Penguin and sends him back to jail. One-page Little Pete story by Henry Boltinoff. Whoosh and You're There! text article, art by Raymond Perry. Half-page Casey the Cop story by Henry Boltinoff. A Greater Detective Than Batman!, script by Bill Finger, art by Jim Mooney; An amateur detective named Jack Starr begins solving cases faster than the Dynamic Duo; He becomes the number one detective in the Gotham City Police Department; Vicki Vale tries to help Batman and Robin. The Red Feather Kid public service announcement starring Green Arrow, script by Jack Schiff, art by George Papp.