UNMASKED! 13 Times BATMAN Flipped His Lid

Posted By Dan Greenfield on Apr 24, 2025 |

13 COVERS: A bit of fun on Batman #1’s anniversary…

It’s so hard to be Batman. There must be times when he is sitting in the Batcave and worrying that if he goes out, someone or something wilI reveal his true identity and then what?

It’s not like there isn’t a precedent for this concern. Over his eight-plus decades of adventures, there certainly have been numerous occasions when this has happened.

Bruce Wayne is some kind of super genius, right? Through the Golden Age, the Silver Age, the Bronze Age and beyond, he’s invented a fleet of Batmobiles, the Batplane, the Batcopter, the Batboat, the Batgryo, the Flying Batcave, Whirly-Bats, numerous gimmicked Batarangs, the Batsignal, the utility belt, the Batcomputer, and so much more. So, why the heck can’t he find a way to keep his mask on? There was one time, even the wind blew off his cape and cowl! The wind! I mean, come on!!!

For your amusement on the 85th anniversary of 1940’s Batman #1, here are 13 TIMES THE CAPED CRUSADER FLIPPED HIS LID:

Batman #89 (Feb. 1955). Win Mortimer art.

Detective Comics #225 (Nov. 1955). Mortimer art.

Batman #101 (Aug. 1956). Sheldon Moldoff art.

Batman #106 (Mar. 1957). Moldoff art.

Detective Comics #251 (Jan. 1958). Moldoff art.

Batman #125 (Aug. 1959). Curt Swan, pencils. Stan Kaye, inks.

Batman #148 (June 1962). Moldoff art.

Batman #151 (Nov. 1962). Moldoff, pencils. Charles Paris, inks.

World’s Finest #136 (Sept. 1963). Dick Dillin, pencils. Moldoff, inks.

Batman #173 (Aug. 1965). Carmine Infantino, pencils. Joe Giella, inks.

Detective Comics #345 (Nov. 1965) Infantino, pencils. Giella, inks.

Detective Comics #363 (May 1967). Cover: Infantino, pencils. Murphy Anderson, inks. Splash page: Gardner Fox, script. Infantino, pencils. Sid Greene, inks.

World’s Finest #253 (Oct.-Nov. 1978). Jim Aparo art.

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13th Dimension contributor-at-large PETER BOSCH’s first book, American TV Comic Books: 1940s-1980s – From the Small Screen to the Printed Page, was published by TwoMorrows. (You can buy it here.) A sequel, American Movie Comic Books: 1930s-1970s — From the Silver Screen to the Printed Page, is due in 2025. (You can pre-order here.) Peter has written articles and conducted celebrity interviews for various magazines and newspapers. He lives in Hollywood.