Batman #291

(September 1977)

Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?: The Testimony of the Catwoman! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

David Vern [as David V. Reed]

Pencils:

John Calnan

Inks:

Tex Blaisdell

Colors:

Jerry Serpe

Letters:

?

Job Number:

S-2608

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Two-Face]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle; also as Madame Claudine]; Joker; Riddler; Lex Luthor; Killer Moth; Scarecrow; Cavalier; Mr. Freeze; Colonel Jake van Cleeve; Spook; Mad Hatter; Poison Ivy; Signalman; Ra's Al Ghul; Captain Stingaree; Tweedle Dee?; Tweedle Dum?; Cody

Synopsis:

When word spreads throughout the underworld that Batman has been killed, several villains take credit for the deed. So the villain community sets up a trial to test the various claims, with Ra's al Ghul acting as judge and Two-Face acting as prosecutor. First up is the Catwoman. But Two-Face finds the technical error in Catwoman's story and she is dismissed.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #1/1979 (1979)
• in Lynvingen (Semic AS, 1977 series) #1/1979 (uke 3 1979)
• in Batman: The Strange Deaths of Batman (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([January] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Batman #292. Batman is not revealed to be acting as Two-Face until the fourth part of the story. It is unclear whether Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum is the character shown in the gallery. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Swamp Thing From the Beginning (Table of Contents)

Publishorial / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jenette Kahn

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Message from the publisher.