Detective Comics
#398
(April 1970)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-02-24
- 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
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of February 26 in ad in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #7.
The Poison Pen Puzzle
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-385
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman
- Reprints
-
in All Favourites Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #85 -
in Batman (3ª Série) (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1969 series) #16 -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #1/1971 (9. Januar 1971) -
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #581 (29 de abril de 1971) -
in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([August] 2004) -
in Batman: Gotiske netter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) ([august] 2005) - in Batman Collection - Neal Adams (Panini Deutschland, 2008 series) #3 ([Oktober] 2009)
- in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #5 (2011 [February 2012])
- in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2012 series) #2 (2004 [June 2013])
- in Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) ([May] 2016)
- in Batman by Neal Adams (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([March] 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Pencils previously credited to Irv Novick.
The Poison-Pen Puzzle!
Batman / comic story / 14.17 pages
- Job Number
- S-257
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Maxine Melanie; Loren Melburn; Dorian Spence; Rod Drake
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #1/1971 (9. Januar 1971), #1/1971 (9. Januar 1971)
-
in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #31 (juillet 1971) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]] -
in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #22 (1972), #22 (1972) - in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1972 ([januar ?] 1972)
- in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #5 (2011 [February 2012])
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story in two parts: unnumbered part 1 (7.67 pages) and Part 2 (6.5 pages).
[no title indexed]
Fingerprint Facts / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is asked...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #169 (February 1965)
-
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 2 pages
- Job Number
- S-397
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Steve Grabinsky, Edward Broderick, Stephen Weisenbach, Mike Barr, David Merric, Mike Klepner, Howard Leroy Davis and Bernard Williams.
Moon-Struck
Robin / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-338
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robin [Dick Grayson]; Herb Stroud; Trudi; Professor Zukov
- Synopsis
- While attending a science lecture as Dick Grayson, Robin sees a lunar rock turn another student green. Is it strange radiation from the moon, or a prank?
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Interpresse, 1969 series) #46 - in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #8 (1970)
- in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1971 ([januar] 1971)
- in Showcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([March] 2008)
- in Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story continues in Detective Comics #399.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Poison Pen Puzzle
Batman -
1.
The Poison-Pen Puzzle!
Batman -
2.
["The U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is asked..."]
Fingerprint Facts -
3.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line -
4.
Moon-Struck
Robin
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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