(June 1970)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1970-04-30
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 (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Challenge of the Man-Bat! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
S-439
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Man-Bat
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Challenge of the Man-Bat (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Robbins (credited)
Pencils
Neal Adams (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
S-349
Genre
superhero
Characters
Man-Bat (origin, introduction); Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; the Blackout Gang
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Many panels are reprinted in Batman: Robin Meets Man-Bat! [Book and Record Set] (Peter Pan, 1976 series) #PR30.

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

Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-451

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Jack Stein, Steve Beery, Leonard Uhley, Alan Brennert, Scott Gibson, Andy Friedman and Pam Kao.

A Burial for Batgirl! (Table of Contents: 3)

Batgirl; Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn ?

Job Number
S-390
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hank Osher; Jack Markham; Amos Willard; Professor Huntington
Synopsis
Barbara Gordon has come to Hudson University to help with a Edgar Allan Poe festival. She discovers a murder and captures Hank Osher, who appears to be the murderer. Batgirl begins to believe that Hank has been framed and investigates further, which leads to her being captured and bricked into a wall.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Team-up between Batgirl and Robin; story continues in Detective Comics #401. Caricatures of Julie Schwartz and Gil Kane appear on page 5.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Challenge of the Man-Bat!
    Batman
  2. 1. Challenge of the Man-Bat
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Batman's Hot-Line
  4. 3. A Burial for Batgirl!
    Batgirl; Robin
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
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Karsten S.
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore