Batman #289
(July 1977)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume
38
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-04-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893043007
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #142.

Sign of the Skull! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Grell (signed as Mike Grell)
Inks
Mike Grell (signed as Mike Grell)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?
Job Number
S-2615
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Skull Dugger
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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Half the People Here... (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Spindly Klutz

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in comicstrip format.

Sign of the Skull (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
David Vern
Pencils
Mike Grell
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
John Workman
Job Number
S-2578
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Skull Dugger; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Lance Layton; Michael Forrester; Dr. Faye Somers; Bernard Fisk; Joe Wiley
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Bob Rozakis (replies)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-2621
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Indexer Notes

Illustrated title header. Letters of comment from Larry Lisowski, Steve Savino, Peter Sanderson, Marina Kowkabany and Ed Via.

Remember the Five-Cent Phone Call? (Table of Contents: 4)

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Jenette Kahn
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Message from the publisher.

#11 Bob Haney (Table of Contents: 5)

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Mike Gold
Letters
typeset
Genre
biography
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Sign of the Skull!
    Batman
  2. 1. Half the People Here...
    Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies
  3. 2. Sign of the Skull
    Batman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Batman
  5. 4. Remember the Five-Cent Phone Call?
    DC Publishorial
  6. 5. #11 Bob Haney
    DC Profiles
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