(May 1977)
- Volume:
- 41
- Price:
- 0.30 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly (with the exception of July, Oct., Jan. and April)
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Barcode:
- 0709893046505
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate)
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age US; Standard Silver Age US; Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- Newsprint; Glossy
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched; Squarebound
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
average # copies per issue, previous year - 148,000
["Gotham City is to blame for turning me into living phosphorus!"]
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Inks:
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Colors:
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; Doctor Phosphorus
Indexer Notes
Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
The Maltese Cup Cake
Wonder Woman; Hostess / advertisement / 1 page
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.
...By Death's Eerie Light!
Batman / comic story / 11 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Englehart
- Pencils:
- Walt Simonson
- Inks:
- Al Milgrom
- Colors:
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-2534
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Doctor Phosphorous [Alex Sartorius](villain; introduction; origin); Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Dr. Bell
- Synopsis:
- When Alfred collapses, Batman discovers many more people are mysteriously becoming sick. The Dark Knight realizes that the Gotham City water supply has been contaminated, so he goes to the Gotham Reservoir and finds the person responsible for the contamination, Dr. Phosphorus.
- Reprints:
-
in Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #43 ([Circa 1977-1978]) -
in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #13/1979 (December 1979) -
in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #13/1979 (uke 51 1979) -
in Shadow of the Batman (DC, 1985 series) #1 (December 1985) [recolored] - in Batman: Strange Apparitions (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] ([November] 1999) [as recolored for Shadow of the Batman reprint]
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Origin of Dr. Phosphorus
Doctor Phosphorus / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Englehart
- Pencils:
- Walt Simonson
- Inks:
- Al Milgrom
- Colors:
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters:
- John Workman (partial letters on pages 1 & 6)
- Job Number:
- S-2535
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Doctor Phosphorous [Alex Sartorius]; Rupert Thorne; Dr. Bell
- Synopsis:
- Dr. Phosphorus visits an old colleague and explains how he became a monster when the reactor core at a nuclear power plant in which they both invested exploded and that he now plans to take his revenge on all those he blames, particularly City Council Chairman Rupert Thorne.
- Reprints:
- in Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #43 ([Circa 1977-1978])
- in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #1/1980 (Januari? 1980)
- in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #1/1980 (uke 2 1980)
- in Shadow of the Batman (DC, 1985 series) #1 (December 1985)
- in Batman: Strange Apparitions (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] ([November] 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot Line / letters page / 0.75 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Rozakis
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- S-2572
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Craig Boldman, Mike Christiansen and Brian Uhlenbrock.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Gotham City is to blame for turning me into living phosphorus!"]
Batman -
1.
The Maltese Cup Cake
Wonder Woman; Hostess -
2.
...By Death's Eerie Light!
Batman -
3.
The Origin of Dr. Phosphorus
Doctor Phosphorus -
4.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot Line -
5.
[no title indexed]
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