(May 1977)

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Volume:
38
Price:
0.30 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
DC Comics, Inc.
Brand:
DC
Barcode:
0709893043005
Editing:
Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate)
Format:
Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; monthly; ongoing series

Issue Notes

average # of copies sold previous year - 178,000

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Mike Grell
Inks:
Mike Grell
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
S-2503

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Penguin

The Maltese Cup Cake (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Wonder Woman; Mr. Astor; Petula Lorry; Cindy Bluestreet [The Fat Lady]
Synopsis:
Wonder Woman captures three people hunting for the Maltese Cupcake, though it is unclear that any of them has committed a crime.

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes.


Batman-Ex -- As in Extinct! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
David Vern [as David V. Reed]
Pencils:
Mike Grell
Inks:
Bob Wiacek
Colors:
Jerry Serpe
Letters:
?
Job Number:
S-2553

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Penguin (villain); Batman; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Renee Cantrell; Chester Cole
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

story continues in Batman #288. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.


Another Masterful Missive from our Publisher (Table of Contents)

text article / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jenette Kahn
Pencils:
? (photograph)
Inks:
? (photograph)
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Text article with photograph of publisher Jenette Kahn.


#2 Walt Simonson (Table of Contents)

DC Profiles / biography (nonfictional) / 0.34 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mike Gold
Letters:
typeset

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Maltese Cup Cake
    Wonder Woman
  2. 2. Batman-Ex -- As in Extinct!
    Batman
  3. 3. Another Masterful Missive from our Publisher
  4. 4. #2 Walt Simonson
    DC Profiles
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