Batman #286
(April 1977)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume
38
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-01-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893043004
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (associate editor); Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #139.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed as AJ)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed as AJ)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
S-2540
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Butt out, Batman! I'll knock off this Joker first-- --Then-- I'll happily do the same to you!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

That Dirty Beach (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Aquaman; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Joker's Playground of Peril! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil; Julius Schwartz (plot assist); E. Nelson Bridwell (plot assist)
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Bob Wiacek
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
S-2312
Genre
superhero
Characters
Joker (villain); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Harrison Steakbury; Pierre Frage; Dr. Tugwell
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Arkham Asylum mentioned.

And Now...Still Another Message of Untold Importance from Our Prolific Publisher!! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Letters to the Batman / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis (replies)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-2547
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Indexer Notes

Illustrated title header. Letters of comment from Elizabeth M. Smith, Kevin L. Callahan, Fred G. Hembeck, Christopher Juricich, S. Holmes, David Burd, Harris Lentz III, Chris Doyle and David V. Reed.

Volume 77 Issue 2 - Week of January 10, 1977 (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Butt out, Batman! I'll knock off this Joker first-- --Then-- I'll happily do the same to you!"]
    Batman
  2. 1. That Dirty Beach
    Aquaman; Hostess Twinkies
  3. 2. The Joker's Playground of Peril!
    Batman
  4. 3. And Now...Still Another Message of Untold Importance from Our Prolific Publisher!!
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Batman
  6. 5. Volume 77 Issue 2 - Week of January 10, 1977
    Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ruben Cortes
  • CTGarry
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Edvin Salihovic
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Alan Smith
  • Jim Van Dore