Cover: Curt Swan & Stan Kaye

Batman #127

Oct 1959 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“Batman's Super-Partner”

In "Batman's Super-Partner," Bruce Wayne steps into Professor Nichols' alternate history machine, exploring a world where his parents survived—and a criminal dons the Batman costume for his own schemes. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Dick Sprang, with inks by Charles Paris and letters by Stan Starkman, this 1959 classic features Curt Swan's iconic cover and a twist that redefines the Dark Knight’s origin in unexpected ways.

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writer Bill Finger · artist Dick Sprang · inker Charles Paris · letterer Stan Starkman · cover Curt Swan, Stan Kaye

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Full credits

writer Bill Finger

artist Dick Sprang

inker Charles Paris

letterer Stan Starkman

cover pencils Curt Swan

cover inks Stan Kaye

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Professor Nichols has created an alternate history machine and Bruce uses the device to see what would have happened if his parents had not have been killed. As it turns out, a criminal adopts the Batman uniform for crime, so Bruce uses it to stop the felon and then adopts the costume for himself as the Batman!

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).