(January 1970)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1969-11-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #75 and copyright registration.

[The Secret of the Waiting Graves] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
S-309
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I offer you immortality -- or instant death! Choose, Batman -- Now!
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Delores Muerto; falcon; wolves
Synopsis
Delores Muerto, accompanied by her deadly falcon and ferocious wolves, has Batman trapped in the basement of an ancient Mexican monastery.
Reprints
Keywords
falcons; Mexico; monastery; mystery; wolves

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The Secret of the Waiting Graves (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 15.17 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil (credited)
Pencils
Neal Adams (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
S-250
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A bleak hillside on central Mexico... a pair of open graves... and the shadow of the dread... Batman
Feature Logo
Batman [fat B]
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Juan Muerto; Dolores Muerto; Pedro Valdes; Manuel
Synopsis
Bruce Wayne is invited to a grand fiesta by Mexican socialites Juan and Dolores Muerto. As Batman, he thwarts the assassination of one of the guests and finds that the Muertos have discovered the secret of immortality.
Reprints
Keywords
aristocracy; burial ground; death; falcons; frequently reprinted story; illusions; immortality; Mexico; mystery; wolves

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Page 10 is a 2/3-page and page 16 is a 1/2-page.

First line is completed by the feature logo illustration.

"Muerto", fittingly, is the Spanish word for "dead" or "deceased person".

Described as "Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams' First Tale of the Dark Knight" on the cover of Millennium Edition: Detective Comics No. 395 (DC, 2000 Series) June 2000.

Drop Out... or Drop Dead! (Table of Contents: 2)

Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Robbins (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
S-229
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dick (Robin) Grayson's first day at Hudson University has been an eventful one!
Feature Logo
Robin the Boy Wonder [inside bat]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Jonah Haggenmiller; Firebrand Fran
Synopsis
Robin discovers the truth behind the fake cops and demonstrators that created the riot at Hudson University.
Reprints
Keywords
college; sixties counterculture; student demonstrations; writing home

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continues from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #394.

Crime-Writing Clues! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
S-323
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A forger who makes a perfect copy of a victim's signature can easily be apprehended because no one ever signs his name the same way twice.
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints
Keywords
blackmail; crime detection techniques; F.B.I.; forgery

Indexer Notes

Four panels with captions and dialogue, each depicting a different technique of identifying perpetrators of crimes that involve handwritten or typewritten notes such as forgery or blackmail.

Batman's Hot Line (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-322
Keywords
letters of comment

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Walt Jaschek, Jeff Kichaven and Rand B. Lee.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The Secret of the Waiting Graves]
    Batman
  2. 1. The Secret of the Waiting Graves
    Batman
  3. 2. Drop Out... or Drop Dead!
    Robin
  4. 3. Crime-Writing Clues!
  5. 4. Batman's Hot Line
    Batman's Hot-Line
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Allen Ross
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Joe Torcivia
  • Jim Van Dore