(March 1976)
- 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.
There Is No Hope in Crime Alley!
Batman -
2.
The Cup-Cake Caper
Shazam! -
3.
[no title indexed]
Justice For All Includes Children -
4.
Make Way for the Elongated Woman!
Elongated Man
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- Terry Vraspir
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- Dwayne Best
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
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- Max Capp
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