Amazing Adult Fantasy #7

No, not that kind of fantasy. As you can see, Stan was already attempting to shed the image of comic books as trash entertainment for kids; it was an attempt that would fail for most of the rest of the 1960s, but would prove successful years later.

As you can see, the cover advertises five stories, and therefore the tales are quite compact. The opener is a pretty standard sci-fi plot about the man who discovers an alien ship has landed and that the alien is loose among us. As is typical in such stories, the man has trouble convincing people:

But when he shows a professor the alien log book, the academic is convinced:

But that's not the case, as the final page reveals:

Comments: A superb twist ending.

The second story concerns a wealthy man who's worried that Earth will end in a nuclear war, so he builds an underground bomb shelter. Sure enough, his sensitive instruments detect heavy blasts above ground. Eventually, he ventures out to
Comments: I don't know how popular these bomb shelters actually were in the late 1950s and early 1960s; I grew up during that era and I've never seen one. They certainly were commonly encountered in popular fiction and on TV, and one thing was very constant. The people who owned them were invariably portrayed as narrow and small-minded idiots.

The third story concerns a young woman in Salem during the witch trials. She is suspected of practicing the dark arts. But her boyfriend Ben believes in her innocence and manages to convince the judges that she is not guilty. As they ride to be married, their horse is startled and the girl is injured. If she does not get treatment quickly she will be crippled for life. Fortunately Ben can get help:

Comments: Short (three pages), and now that we are expecting the twist ending, a bit predictable.

Story four is a time travel paradox tale. A crook kills a security guard while fleeing from a robbery and finds himself on the front page of the newspaper. But he notices a story about a professor inventing a time travel device. As in the DC stories of the time, the machine is encased in a glass bubble. He goes back in time. It's the perfect escape. But a man back there seems to recognize him, so he kills the man, and suddenly finds himself back in 1961. It turns out he killed the professor, back before the time machine was invented:

Comments: Cute story, although it really makes no sense that the professor would recognize him.

In the finale, a spaceship lands on Earth. Are the aliens friendly or evil? Men try communicating with them, but are unable to make sense of their customs or language, and it looks like things will end badly. But a boy in the crowd wants to exchange toys:

Comments: Popular fiction regarding aliens seemed to vary between the horrible alien invaders, and the horrible humans who suspected our alien friends-to-be; compare and contrast the first story in this issue and the last one.

Overall the comic is quite entertaining and of course the Steve Ditko art is scrumptious. Incidentally, this comic would have appeared on the newsstands at about the same time as Fantastic Four #1, and of course a later issue of Amazing Adult Fantasy (rechristened Amazing Fantasy) would be the launching pad for Spiderman.

Let's Agree Never to Mention This Again

As I'm sure most of you are aware, Julius Schwartz was the editor for the revived All-American Comics during the Silver Age. The Flash, Green Lantern, the Atom, and Hawkman all returned under his watchful eye, as did the Justice Society (rechristened, of course, as the Justice League) of America. Schwartz edited all those magazines from their Silver Age debuts (plus the New Look Batman and Detective) until late 1967. However, when the Spectre got his own (brief) series, Schwartz was relieved of responsibility for Hawkman effective with issue #22 (Oct-Nov 1967). The new editor was George Kashdan.

As was usual back then, a restuffing of the editorial chair also meant an entirely new direction for the series, including new artists (Dick Dillin replacing Murphy Anderson), and a new writer (Bob Haney filling in for Gardner Fox). In the opening story, it is revealed that Carter Hall is actually an alien from Thanagar:

Say it loud, say it proud, Carter. At first he is arrested, but when Hawkman defeats the villain of the issue, a grateful city hall has him released. What's that? You want to know how Hawkman could beat a villain while his real identity was in prison? Well, actually Carter was a Thanagarian android that Hawkman had sub for him.

Now, you might expect there to be one of those complicated excuses where it is then established to the public's knowledge that Carter was in fact an Earthman, and was only pretending to be an alien to further some goal. But no:

And you might expect lots of interesting plot complications in future issues as Carter had to deal with reactions to his alien nature. No to that as well. In fact, as far as I can tell it was never mentioned again, except for this note in the letters column of Hawkman #24:


By #26, Kashdan was out as editor, and Murray Boltinoff was in. Hawkman's solo series was canceled after #27, although he was combined with the Atom to form the Atom and Hawkman series for another year, where he was reunited with editor Julius Schwartz. However, I can find no other mention of Carter Hall being an alien.

Batman #147

I have previously cited this story as perhaps the worst Batman story of the Silver Age. To give you an idea, back when I was really trying hard to push my run of Batman issues backwards, I stopped at #148 because I could not see paying $1.00 or so (at the time) for a comic with such a ridiculous cover.

The opening story is the Plants of Plunder. Batman and Robin encounter some crooks who use seeds from alien plants to commit crimes:

As Batman and Robin chase them, the crooks use another fantastic plant:

It turns out that they have stolen them from an alien who temporarily lost his memory, but regains it here:

It turns out that he was an alien farming scientist who came to Earth to try out his seeds here and got knocked out when the plants grew too quickly.

Comments: Dull and predictable, with a gaping plot hole. The alien initially shows up disguised as a human at Commissioner Gordon's office. He's already got amnesia. So how does he wind up back at the crooks' hideout at the end of the story, where he hits his head and regains his memory?

The Secret of Mystery Island is a pretty straightforward Treasure Hunt. There were a fair number of these stories in Batman over the years. The basic plot is that a dying rich man leaves a clue to the secret location of his fortune, with that clue leading to another clue. In this case, the dying man is an architect (and criminal mastermind) named Briggs, and his henchman Catlin is seeking the treasure, which Batman and Robin manage to recover.

Comments: Although I usually like these types of stories, this one is poorly executed, with clues that seem forced. Catlin looks into one eye of the Buddha, and assumes when he doesn't find anything that Briggs had lied about a treasure. But he doesn't look into the other one, which does hold the clue, which Batman promptly solves. In addition, the story lacks a needed element, which is that there should be some animosity between the dying man and his treasure seeker; otherwise, why put the latter through the wringer of the treasure hunt? But there is no indication of that here:

The cover story is the grand finale. Now, as background, Mort Weisinger had been having some success at the time with stories featuring "Superbaby", that is, Superman as a toddler. It's important to remember that in the Silver Age (as compared to present continuity) Clark Kent always had his super-powers, even as an infant, so that Superbaby could fly, was invulnerable, could lift incredible weights, etc., so his main limitation was that he thought like a baby.

Well, this was not going to work for Batman, clearly, who had no superpowers aside from his brilliant brain. And so the story flows fairly obviously, if ridiculously from the simple idea of regressing him physically but not mentally. Batman and Robin raid the hideout of Nails Finney, where they discover also the "renegade scientist" Garth, who has a surprise for Batman:

No, not the dreaded "eerie ray of light"! Well, before you know it, Batman has shrunk down to Oshkosh Bgosh size:

Due to a "flaw" in the machine, despite being turned into the Diapered Detective, Batman retains his adult mind and strength. He quickly trains to adjust to his new body, makes a few revisions to his costume and:

Later, he captures some crooks on a rooftop by using a large balloon to float him up there, since he doesn't weigh as much as he used to. But of course that makes this scene highly unlikely:

But now it's time for a secret identity crisis, as Kathy (Batwoman) Kane comes calling to see if Bruce Wayne is wearing short pants these days. But she leaves in a huff when she sees his silhouette kissing another woman. Quick thinking, Batman!

Batman and Robin find Garth's hideout, but when some henchmen come running up to help prevent Bat-Baby from reaching the machine:

And eventually Batman regains his normal size by reversing the ray.

Comments: You can argue that this one is played for grins, but it delivers more groans instead. Overall, this issue is the epitome of the worst of the Jack Schiff era.

Batman and the Aliens: 1957

In 1957, the Milwaukee Braves won their only World Series title behind stars like Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron and Warren Spahn. Tobin Rote, subbing for the injured Bobby Layne, led the Detroit Lions to their last NFL championship by passing for four touchdowns and running for another as the Lions swamped the Cleveland Browns, 59-14. All Shook Up by Elvis Presley was the #1 tune in the nation, while Gunsmoke was the top-rated TV show.

And in 1957, here are the appearances by aliens in Batman stories:

None. Zip, zero, rien. In Detective #250, an alien rocket does make it to Earth, giving a crook some fantastic weapons, but the aliens themselves do not appear.

In 1956, the same thing. Oh, Superman does have a cameo in Batman #101, but that's it.

So graphing 1956-1966:



A big bulge in 1961, but pretty sharp declines after that, so it looks like Schiff was phasing out the aliens before Schwartz took over.

I am aware of at least two other Batman and the Aliens stories; in Batman #41 (June-July 1947), Batman battles a Martian villain, and in Batman #78 (Sept 1953), he encounters The Manhunter from Mars.

Incidentally, the alien craze of the late 1950s-early 1960s was not solely limited to Batman and Jack Schiff. While doing some research on the Archie series, I came across this cover:



That's also 1961.

Batman and the Aliens: 1958

In 1958, the New York Yankees avenged their 1957 World Series loss to the Milwaukee Braves by winning Game 7 at County Stadium. The NFL Championship went to the Baltimore Colts in a 23-17 overtime thriller over the New York Giants, in the game that is generally credited with popularizing professional football, which up till that game was considered second fiddle to college gridiron. The top song that year was Danny and the Juniors' At the Hop, while the #1 TV show was Gunsmoke.

In 1958, Jack Schiff was not the credited editor in the Batman magazines; he did not assume that title until March of 1959. However, according to many sources, Schiff was the de facto editor of the Batman from well before his name appeared in the indicia.

In Batman #113, Batman becomes the Superman of Planet X (Zur-En-Arrh):

Status: True aliens (two races). One race is human-sized and multi-colored for two Klaatus, while the other is human sized and Caucasian (five Klaatus for the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh).

In Batman #116, Batman encounters the winged Bat-people while in another dimension:


Status: True aliens, slightly smaller than humans and winged; five Klaatus. The second race of aliens is human-sized and Caucasian in color; only one Klaatu. Although the story takes place in another dimension, it's also on another planet.

In Batman #117, a crook gets assistance from an alien:



Status: True alien, human-sized and green. One Klaatu.

In Detective #251, Batman himself turns out to be an alien:



Status: Fake alien (both Batman and the other guy). This was a plot by gangsters to discredit Batman with the public by making them believe he was from another planet.

In Detective #256, Batman and Robin are imprisoned on another planet:



Status: True aliens, two different races. One race is human-sized and green: one klaatu. The other race is human-sized and Caucasian.

In Detective #256, Batman encounters two aliens (one a lawman and the other a crook) from the future.


Status: True aliens, human-sized and pale blue in color. Four Klaatus for aliens from the future.

In Detective #260, Batman competes in the Olympic Games of Space:

Status: True aliens (several species), all human-sized with several different colors. Three Klaatus for the Olympics mention.

Comments: 1958 was another big year for the aliens.

Batman #113: True aliens (two races); one is human-sized and multi-colored while the other is human-sized and Caucasian.
Batman #116: True aliens (two races); one is smaller than human-sized and winged, while the other is human-sized and Caucasian.
Batman #117: True aliens, human-sized and green.
Detective #251: Fake aliens.
Detective #256: True aliens, human-sized and pale blue in color.
Detective #260: True aliens (several races); all are human-sized and there are several different colors.

Totals: Five stories with aliens, one story with fake aliens.

1959:

Detective #263: True alien, green and human-sized
Detective #270: True alien, green and giant-sized
Batman #124: Not a true alien, robot
Batman #125: True aliens, caucasian and human-sized
Batman #128: True aliens (two separate species), orange and human-sized and purple-red and human sized.

Totals: Four stories involving true aliens, one story with an alien robot

1960:

Batman #130: Fake aliens
Batman #132: Fake aliens
Batman #136: True aliens, yellow and human-sized
Detective #277: True alien, orange and human-sized
Detective #279: Not a true alien, rather alien robot and alien beast
Detective #282: True aliens (two races): one orange and one green, both human-sized
Detective #283: True alien, white and human-sized

Overall for the year: Four stories with true aliens, one with an alien robot and an alien beast, and two stories with fake aliens.

1961:

Batman #137: True alien, white and human-sized and true aliens, yellow and human-sized (two separate stories).
Batman #140: Superman appearance; not counted in the tabulation, and true aliens, green and human-sized.
Batman #142: True alien, orange and human-sized.
Batman #143: Not a true alien, an alien beast.
Batman #144: True aliens, yellow and human-sized.
Detective #287: True aliens, one white and the other yellow, both slightly smaller than humans.
Detective #291: Not a true alien, an alien beast.
Detective #292: Superman cameo, not counted in the tabulation.
Detective #293: True aliens, pink and oversized.
Detective #295: True aliens, yellow and human-sized.

So in total we have 8 stories with true aliens (counting both stories in Batman #137), two stories with alien beasts and two Superman stories.

1962:

Detective #299: True aliens, several, green or white, human-sized.
Detective #303: Fake aliens.
Batman #148: True aliens, green and human-sized
Detective #305: True alien, orange and human-sized
Batman #152: Fake alien.

Three real aliens, two fake aliens.

1963-1964:

Batman #153: True aliens, green.
Batman #153: True aliens, multi-colored.
Batman #156: Fake alien (dream sequence)
Detective #320: No alien visible but implied.
Batman #160: Fake Alien

Two real aliens, two fake, one not seen.

Batman and the Aliens: 1959

We continue our look at Batman and the aliens. In 1959, the World Series was played for the first time ever west of the Mississippi, with the LA Dodgers taking the crown. That same year, the Baltimore Colts won their second consecutive NFL title behind Johnny Unitas. The #1 tune that year was Mack the Knife by Bobby Darrin, and the top-rated TV show was Gunsmoke.

In Detective #263, Batman learns of an alien who crash-landed near a Mayan village some 100 months earlier:



The alien gave the tribe a few terrific alien tools including an anti-gravity sled, but crooks have stolen it from the tribe. Batman pledges to bring the alien tools back to the Mayans, but I should note that the ending of the story leaves that up in the air.

Status: True alien, appeared in the past and later left Earth. Green and human-sized. The concept of aliens leaving technology behind that is abused by local crooks is a very standard plot, so I'll give it only one Klaatu out of five.

Detective #270 features the Creature from Planet X:



Status: True alien, green and giant-sized. Two Klaatus awarded for this one; it's nice to see an alien who's enormous, but it's also the usual "convinced by crooks that acting crooked is normal on Earth," plot.

In Batman #124, the Seeds from Space appear, but once again the "alien" in the story is a robot:



Status: Not an alien, an alien robot.

In Batman #125, Batman becomes the King of the Planet Plaxius:



Status: Extraordinarily tricky. The planet is in another dimension, and the aliens do not appear alien; rather they just dress differently. Still, they do use space ships and so I'll call them true aliens, human-sized and caucasian in color. Four Klaatus for this unusual alien race.

In Batman #128; the dynamic duo get caught up in a dragnet for an interplanetary crook:

Status: True aliens; two different varieties; one orange-skinned and the other purple-red in color, with both human sized. Two Klaatus.

As you can see, the aliens were nowhere near as common in 1959 as they would become later:

Detective #263: True alien, green and human-sized
Detective #270: True alien, green and giant-sized
Batman #124: Not a true alien, robot
Batman #125: True aliens, caucasian and human-sized
Batman #128: True aliens (two separate species), orange and human-sized and purple-red and human sized.

Totals: Four stories involving true aliens, one story with an alien robot

1960:

Batman #130: Fake aliens
Batman #132: Fake aliens
Batman #136: True aliens, yellow and human-sized
Detective #277: True alien, orange and human-sized
Detective #279: Not a true alien, rather alien robot and alien beast
Detective #282: True aliens (two races): one orange and one green, both human-sized
Detective #283: True alien, white and human-sized

Overall for the year: Four stories with true aliens, one with an alien robot and an alien beast, and two stories with fake aliens.

1961:

Batman #137: True alien, white and human-sized and true aliens, yellow and human-sized (two separate stories).
Batman #140: Superman appearance; not counted in the tabulation, and true aliens, green and human-sized.
Batman #142: True alien, orange and human-sized.
Batman #143: Not a true alien, an alien beast.
Batman #144: True aliens, yellow and human-sized.
Detective #287: True aliens, one white and the other yellow, both slightly smaller than humans.
Detective #291: Not a true alien, an alien beast.
Detective #292: Superman cameo, not counted in the tabulation.
Detective #293: True aliens, pink and oversized.
Detective #295: True aliens, yellow and human-sized.

So in total we have 8 stories with true aliens (counting both stories in Batman #137), two stories with alien beasts and two Superman stories.

1962:

Detective #299: True aliens, several, green or white, human-sized.
Detective #303: Fake aliens.
Batman #148: True aliens, green and human-sized
Detective #305: True alien, orange and human-sized
Batman #152: Fake alien.

Three real aliens, two fake aliens.

1963-1964:

Batman #153: True aliens, green.
Batman #153: True aliens, multi-colored.
Batman #156: Fake alien (dream sequence)
Detective #320: No alien visible but implied.
Batman #160: Fake Alien

Two real aliens, two fake, one not seen.

Batman And the Aliens: 1960

Continuing our backwards trek through the Schiff era, we come to 1960. The Pittsburgh Pirates stunned the baseball world by defeating the Yankees in Game 7 of the World Series, behind Bill Mazeroski's walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Green Bay Packers lost their only championship of the Vince Lombardi era to the Philadelphia Eagles and Norm Van Brocklin. Cathy's Clown by the Everly Brothers was the #1 pop music hit, while Gunsmoke was the top-rated TV show.

In Batman #130, Batman and Robin faced The Hand From Nowhere, which was controlled by two apparent aliens:



Status: Fake aliens; in fact it's a criminal gang led by longtime Superman foe, Luthor.

In Batman #132, the dynamic duo meet a man from Mars:



Status: Another fake alien; Karik was actually an actor playing a part who suffered the dreaded "blow to the head" that made him think he was really from Mars.

In Batman #136, Batman and Robin repel an Vordian invasion force:



Status: True aliens, human sized and yellow in color. Two Klaatus out of a possible five.

In Detective #277, an alien ship crash-lands on Earth:

Status: True alien, human-sized and orange in color. His crash landing frees the Jigsaw Puzzle Creature. Three Klaatus out of five.

Detective #279 features these:

Status: A very tough call. The robot-looking thing is a robot and the orange and pink creature is a beast, with only rudimentary intelligence. In addition, they are from another dimension, which also makes things trickier as I've not included Bat-Mite, for example, as an alien in my schema. I'm going to rule against the true alien nature here as even a robot has no real intelligence.

In Detective #282, we first meet Batman's Interplanetary Rival, Tal-Dar, chief of the Interplanetary Space Police:



Status: True alien, orange and human-sized. As the only alien who appeared in two separate Batman stories (other than Superman of course), Tal-Dar, who later popped up in Batman #142 gets the full five Klaatus.

We also meet another alien race in the story:



Status: True aliens, human-sized and green. Two Klaatus.

In Detective #283, a crooked scientist summons an alien to Earth with a machine:



Status: True alien, white and human-sized. Three Klaatus for DC daring to reuse the Martian Manhunter's origin in a Batman story in Detective.

It certainly looks like 1960 was another banner year for aliens in the Batman canon. Summary for 1960:

Batman #130: Fake aliens
Batman #132: Fake aliens
Batman #136: True aliens, yellow and human-sized
Detective #277: True alien, orange and human-sized
Detective #279: Not a true alien, rather alien robot and alien beast
Detective #282: True aliens (two races): one orange and one green, both human-sized
Detective #283: True alien, white and human-sized

Overall for the year: Four stories with true aliens, one with an alien robot and an alien beast, and two stories with fake aliens.

1961:

Batman #137: True alien, white and human-sized and true aliens, yellow and human-sized (two separate stories).
Batman #140: Superman appearance; not counted in the tabulation, and true aliens, green and human-sized.
Batman #142: True alien, orange and human-sized.
Batman #143: Not a true alien, an alien beast.
Batman #144: True aliens, yellow and human-sized.
Detective #287: True aliens, one white and the other yellow, both slightly smaller than humans.
Detective #291: Not a true alien, an alien beast.
Detective #292: Superman cameo, not counted in the tabulation.
Detective #293: True aliens, pink and oversized.
Detective #295: True aliens, yellow and human-sized.

So in total we have 8 stories with true aliens (counting both stories in Batman #137), two stories with alien beasts and two Superman stories.

1962:

Detective #299: True aliens, several, green or white, human-sized.
Detective #303: Fake aliens.
Batman #148: True aliens, green and human-sized
Detective #305: True alien, orange and human-sized
Batman #152: Fake alien.

Three real aliens, two fake aliens.

1963-1964:

Batman #153: True aliens, green.
Batman #153: True aliens, multi-colored.
Batman #156: Fake alien (dream sequence)
Detective #320: No alien visible but implied.
Batman #160: Fake Alien

Two real aliens, two fake, one not seen.

I try to mention when I remember it, that these types of posts are very much inspired by H at the Comic Treadmill, whose terrific prop stars series are highly recommended.

Batman and the Aliens, 1961

In 1961, Roger Maris clubbed 61 home runs, breaking Babe Ruth's longstanding record. The Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants for the NFL championship, starting a run of 7 years in which they would win five titles (including the first two Super Bowls). The hit song of the year was I Fall to Pieces by country crooner Patsy Cline. The top TV show was Wagon Train.

In Batman #137 (January 1961), Robin abandons Batman to join up with the new crimefighter in town, Mr. Marvel, who has an amazing collection of ray guns. It turns out that Mr M had blackmailed Robin into teaming with him by threatening to kill Batman. But Robin manages to defeat Mr. Marvel and when they unmask him:



Status: True alien, white and human-sized. It's not really much of a surprise when he's unmasked, since his ray guns and other gadgets definitely seemed otherworldly. Two Klaatus out of five.

In that same issue, Batman and Robin encounter The Teacher from the Stars:



Status: True aliens, yellow and human-sized. It's very rare to see alien children, so we'll give this appearance four Klaatus.

In Batman #140, the most famous alien in the DC universe shows up:



However, since this is not what people usually think of when they consider Batman and the Aliens, I'll ignore this appearance for now.

In that same issue, Batman and Robin are accidentally transported to another planet. While they wait for the aliens to send them back to Earth, they make a horrifying discovery:



Status: True aliens, green and human-sized (the actual aliens look just like Batman and Robin in that panel). Fortunately the effect wears off a day or two after they return to Earth. Batman transformed into an alien? Five Klaatus, easily.

In Batman #142, an alien Batman had befriended sends him a protective robot:


Of course, you can probably guess how that story played out; the robot was too protective and kept preventing Batman and Robin from going into action.

Status: True alien, orange and human-sized. Since he doesn't actually appear on Earth, we'll give him only one Klaatu. Taldar previously appeared in Detective #282 (August 1960), so we'll encounter him again.

In Batman #143, they encounter a strange creature:



Status: This one's tricky, because the creature never communicates with Batman and Robin directly. We know it's an alien creature, but in one panel Robin speculates that it was an alien animal, sent to Earth on a test rocket (as one of the early astronauts for the Russians was a dog, named Laika. Since unintelligent aliens are excluded from our count, he's not a true alien, but an alien beast.

In Batman #144, Batman and Robin find themselves in the middle of the alien feud on Earth as a pair of aliens duel for the hand of a woman:



True aliens, yellow and human-sized. Rare appearance of a female alien gives this five Klaatus.

In Detective #287 (January 1961), Batman and Robin battle the Raven and the Wasp, two ordinary Earth crooks who have extraordinary weapons. It turns out that rival aliens are using the crooks as surrogates to obtain three pieces of a meteor that will give them fantastic powers Batman and Robin hypnotize them into going back to their home planets:



Status: True aliens, one white and the other yellow, both slightly smaller than humans. Two Klaatus.

In Detective #291, the Dynamic Duo face the Creature from the Bat-Cave:



While it's from Jupiter, it's unintelligent, having been sent to Earth by its master to locate four small pyramids as part of a contest.

Status: Not an alien; an alien beast.

Detective #292 includes another Superman cameo, but otherwise no aliens.

Detective #293 Batman, Robin and other passengers on a ferry boat are transported to an alien planet:



Status: True aliens, pink and oversized. Three Klaatus.

In Detective #295, Batman and Robin go back to the ancient Egypt, where they encounter:



Status: True aliens, yellow and human-sized. Four Klaatus for aliens in the past.

Comments: Wow! The other years surveyed so far (1962 and 1963-64) didn't have anywhere near the number of appearances by aliens as 1961:

Batman #137: True alien, white and human-sized and true aliens, yellow and human-sized (two separate stories).
Batman #140: Superman appearance; not counted in the tabulation, and true aliens, green and human-sized.
Batman #142: True alien, orange and human-sized.
Batman #143: Not a true alien, an alien beast.
Batman #144: True aliens, yellow and human-sized.
Detective #287: True aliens, one white and the other yellow, both slightly smaller than humans.
Detective #291: Not a true alien, an alien beast.
Detective #292: Superman cameo, not counted in the tabulation.
Detective #293: True aliens, pink and oversized.
Detective #295: True aliens, yellow and human-sized.

So in total we have 8 stories with true aliens (counting both stories in Batman #137), two stories with alien beasts and two Superman stories.

1962:

Detective #299: True aliens, several, green or white, human-sized.
Detective #303: Fake aliens.
Batman #148: True aliens, green and human-sized
Detective #305: True alien, orange and human-sized
Batman #152: Fake alien.

Three real aliens, two fake aliens.

1963-1964:

Batman #153: True aliens, green.
Batman #153: True aliens, multi-colored.
Batman #156: Fake alien (dream sequence)
Detective #320: No alien visible but implied.
Batman #160: Fake Alien

Two real aliens, two fake, one not seen.