Batman and the Outsiders #12 [Newsstand]
(July 1984)

DC, 1983 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-04-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893112207
Editing
Mike W. Barr (editor); Nicola Cuti (assistant editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

Some Newsstand Editions came with the glossy 4-page color M.V.P. Sports insert.
This issue is a variant of Batman and the Outsiders (DC, 1983 series) #12 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Origin of Katana: Part Two To Love, Honor and Destroy! (Table of Contents)

Batman and the Outsiders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The she-samurai versus her husband-- to the death!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Geo-Force; Black Lightning; Metamorpho; Katana; Halo; Maseo Yamashiro
Reprints

The Truth About Katana, Part II: ...To Love, Honor and Destroy! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman and the Outsiders / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr
Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Jim Aparo

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Geo-Force; Black Lightning; Metamorpho; Katana (origin); Halo; Maseo Yamashiro (villain); Takeo Yamashiro (villain); Nunchaku (villain); Blowdart (villain); Anthor Stoneax (villain)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

1st time Aparo did not ink his own pencils in 15 years.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Inside the Outsiders / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr
Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Jim Aparo
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-1664

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Charles D. Brown, Michael Eury, Kevin T. Brown, Russ Gonder, Susan M. Murrie, Al Turniansky and Conrad P. Felber.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Origin of Katana: Part Two To Love, Honor and Destroy!
    Batman and the Outsiders
  2. 1. The Truth About Katana, Part II: ...To Love, Honor and Destroy!
    Batman and the Outsiders
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Inside the Outsiders
This issue was modified by
  • CuRT
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore