Batman #221
(May 1970)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of April and October
On-sale Date
1970-03-03
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

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filings. The date also appears in a house ad for the issue that appeared in Justice League of America #80.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
S-398
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Seek Batman out, my pets -- and destroy him!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

A Bat-Death for Batman! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 15.17 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Robbins
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
S-325
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Willi Von Ritter; Ilga Von Ritter; Otto Kramm
Synopsis
Batman discovers the source of the pollution that is turning ordinary animals into killers.
Reprints
Keywords
neo-nazi; pollution; Rhine river

Indexer Notes

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

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 9.5 pages.

The FBI Crime Laboratory (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
S-409
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints
Keywords
FBI; forensics

Indexer Notes

Four panels with text.

Hot Time in Gotham Town Tonight! (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Friedrich
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
S-314
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Synopsis
An evil idol, brought back from the Vietnam war, causes a fire in an apartment building but Batman rescues the residents and destroys the idol.
Reprints
Keywords
fire department

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Letters to the Batcave / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-408
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Editor: Thirty years and the ever-changing world...
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Bill J. White; Alan Brennert; Gary Skinner; Edward Broderick; Dann Jamrose; David Cox; Donnie Pitchford; Roger Schoolcraft; and Steve Beery.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Seek Batman out, my pets -- and destroy him!"]
    Batman
  2. 1. A Bat-Death for Batman!
    Batman
  3. 2. The FBI Crime Laboratory
  4. 3. Hot Time in Gotham Town Tonight!
    Batman
  5. 4. ["Dear Editor: Thirty years and the ever-changing world..."]
    Letters to the Batcave
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bruno Andreacchi
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • R. S. Martin
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore