(March 1976)

DC, 1937 Series
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Volume:
40
Price:
0.30 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Brand:
The Line of DC Super-Stars
Barcode:
?
Editing:
Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor); Bob Rozakis (assistant editor)
Format:
Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; Ongoing series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Dick Giordano
Inks:
Dick Giordano
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Joe Chill
Reprinted:
  • In The Batman Gallery (DC) #1 (1992).

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Denny O'Neil
Pencils:
Dick Giordano
Inks:
Dick Giordano
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Leslie Thompkins (introduction); Batman (one-page origin); Alfred Pennyworth; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Joe Chill (flashback)
Synopsis:
origin recap, fills in some more info on Crime Alley, the site of Bruce Wayne's parent's death.
Reprinted:
  • in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] [1]
  • in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #[nn] [1]
  • in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (Warner Books, 1989 series) #[nn]
  • in Super-Team (Epix, 1992 series) #1/1992
  • in Batman in the Seventies (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

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


The Cup-Cake Caper (Table of Contents)

Shazam! / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Vince Colletta
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Indexer Notes

Hostess Cup Cakes ad


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Justice For All Includes Children / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Neal Adams
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
John Workman

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Indexer Notes

first of the series, not numbered


Make Way for the Elongated Woman! (Table of Contents)

Elongated Man / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Rozakis
Pencils:
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks:
Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Indexer Notes

story continued from Detective Comics #456. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. There Is No Hope in Crime Alley!
    Batman
  2. 2. The Cup-Cake Caper
    Shazam!
  3. 3. [no title indexed]
    Justice For All Includes Children
  4. 4. Make Way for the Elongated Woman!
    Elongated Man
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  • Matthew Peets
  • Jerry Hillegas
  • Mike Nielsen
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  • Jerry Bails (R.I.P.)
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  • Jeremy Heier
  • Chris Launder
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  • Mike Nielsen
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