Batman (1940 series) (DC) #196

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Field	Previous	Change / Next
Number	196	196
Volume
No Volume	Yes	Yes
Volume Not Printed	False	False
Display Volume With Number	No	No
Indicia Publisher	National Periodical Publications Inc.	National Periodical Publications Inc.
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand	Superman DC National Comics	Superman DC National Comics
No Brand	No	No
Publication Date	November 1967	November 1967
Year On Sale	None	1967
Month On Sale	None	9
Day On Sale	None	5
On Sale Date Uncertain	No	No
Key Date	1967-11-00	1967-11-00
Indicia Frequency	monthly, with the exception of April and October	monthly, with the exception of April and October
No Indicia Frequency	No	No
Price	0.12 USD	0.12 USD
Page Count	36	36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 23.5)
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Editing	Julius Schwartz	Julius Schwartz
No Editing
Indicia Printer
No Indicia Printer	No	No
Barcode
No Barcode	Yes	Yes
Rating
No Rating	False	False
Notes
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Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Dwayne Best	on-sale date from promo in Strange Adventures #205	2011-12-31 21:45:20	Editing	Editing

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Sequence Number	0	0
Title
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	cover	cover
Feature	Batman	Batman
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	Superhero	Superhero
Job Number
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	Carmine Infantino (signed)	Carmine Infantino (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Murphy Anderson (signed)	Murphy Anderson (signed)
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	Ira Schnapp
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Universe
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #3	in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #3
Notes	Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (October 2007).	Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (October 2007).
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Sequence Number	1	1
Title	The Psychic Super-Sleuth!	The Psychic Super-Sleuth!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Batman	Batman
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	Superhero	Superhero
Job Number
Page Count	13	13
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Gardner Fox	Gardner Fox
No Script
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff [ghosting for Bob Kane]	Sheldon Moldoff [ghosting for Bob Kane]
No Pencils
Inks	Joe Giella	Joe Giella
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	Gaspar Saladino	Gaspar Saladino
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Universe
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #3	in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #3
Notes	Writer credit in Batman #200. Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.	Writer credit in Batman #200. Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.
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Sequence Number	2	2
Title	The Purloined Parchment Puzzle	The Purloined Parchment Puzzle
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Batman	Batman
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	Superhero	Superhero
Job Number
Page Count	9.5	9.5
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Gardner Fox	Gardner Fox
No Script
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff [ghosting for Bob Kane]	Sheldon Moldoff [ghosting for Bob Kane]
No Pencils
Inks	Joe Giella	Joe Giella
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	Gaspar Saladino	Gaspar Saladino
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]	Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Universe
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #3	in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #3
Notes	Writer credit in Batman 200. Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.	Writer credit in Batman 200. Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.
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Commenter	Comment	Revision	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Dwayne Best	Editing		2011-12-31 21:43:22	Available	Editing
Dwayne Best	on-sale date from promo in Strange Adventures #205	Batman (1940 series) #196	2011-12-31 21:45:20	Editing	Editing
Dwayne Best			2011-12-31 22:10:24	Editing	Pending Review
Jan Roar Hansen			2012-01-01 07:57:09	Pending Review	Under Review
Jan Roar Hansen			2012-01-01 07:57:12	Under Review	Approved

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