Batman #157

Cover A

CGC Census

165

Total Graded

9.8 NM/MT

8.0 VF

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.

Cover Date

August 1, 1963

On Sale Date

June 6, 1963

Pages

Cover Price

$0.12

Rating

Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Editor

Jack Schiff

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Credits

Writer

Bill Finger, Dave Wood, HB

Penciller

HB, Russ Heath, Shelly Moldoff

Inker

Charles Paris, HB, Russ Heath

Letterer

David Huffine, Gaspar Saladino, HB, Stan Starkman

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)

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