Batman #229
(February 1971)

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
1970-12-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [character]
Editing
Julius Schwartz

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
S-645
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Welcome Batman... to the Asylum of Madmen!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (inset)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Asylum of the Futurians! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (credited)
Pencils
Irv Novick (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited); Joe Giella (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn ?

Job Number
S-593
Feature Logo
Batman
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Laura Grey; Stephen Grey; the Futurians
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. We formerly credited Dick Giordano with the inks.

Although uncredited Giella assisted Giacoia with inks on this story. Info per Nick Caputo.

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

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

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Anthony Kowalik (illustration)
Inks
Neal Adams (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-650
Feature Logo
Letters to the Batman [full figure]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mike W. Barr, Steve Beery, Jerry Wilson, Chris Juricich, Gregory Kent, Joe Rusnak, and Gary Kuhlmann.

Temperature Boiling... and Rising! (Table of Contents: 3)

Robin / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Friedrich (credited)
Pencils
Irv Novick (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
S-535
Feature Logo
Robin
Genre
superhero
Characters
Robin [Dick Grayson]; Phil Real; Professor "Buck" Stuart; Hank Osher; Bill Perkins; Mr. Albertson
Synopsis
Robin discovers the truth behind a fake photo of candidate Stuart and who burned down his campaign headquarters.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Story continues from Batman #227.

When an editor offers Robin a job taking photos of his cases, he says the editor should look up a guy named Peter Parker.

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Fantastic Fingerprints! (Table of Contents: 5)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Job Number
S-652
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

3 panel illustrations with accompanying text.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Welcome Batman... to the Asylum of Madmen!"]
    Batman
  2. 1. Asylum of the Futurians!
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Batman
  4. 3. Temperature Boiling... and Rising!
    Robin
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
  6. 5. Fantastic Fingerprints!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Alan Smith
  • Jim Van Dore