(October 1977)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume:
38
Price:
0.35 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
DC Comics, Inc.
Brand:
DC
Barcode:
0709893043010
Editing:
Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate)
Format:
Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; monthly; ongoing series

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jim Aparo
Inks:
Jim Aparo
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
S-2685

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Riddler

Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?: The Testimony of the Riddler! (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:
Milt Snapinn
Job Number:
S-2610

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Two-Face]; Riddler; Killer Moth; Joker; Lex Luthor; Captain Stingaree; Cavalier; Mad Hatter; Spook; Poison Ivy; Scarecrow; Signalman; Mr. Freeze; Ra's al Ghul; Commissioner Jim Gordon; John Sholes; Stefan Niros; Elena Niros
Synopsis:
It is the Riddler's turn to provide testimony in the murder of the Batman, but the prosecutor Two-Face finds the flaw in the Riddler's testimony, and he is also dismissed.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Batman #291 and continues in Batman #293. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.


Cooky La Moo on Broadway (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; Steve Trevor; Cooky La Moo poster; bystanders
Synopsis:
Steve crosses wires on an electric Cooky La Moo poster, causing it to come alive and go berserk, but Wonder Woman and Steve calm it with her lasso and Hostess Twinkies.

Indexer Notes

Hostess Twinkies ad. Cooky refers to Steve as "Steve Howard."


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?: The Testimony of the Riddler!
    Batman
  2. 2. Cooky La Moo on Broadway
    Wonder Woman
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