Batman #292
(October 1977)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume
28 [38]
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-07-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893043010
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings. On-sale date of July 5 in Comic Reader #145.

Volume incorrectly listed as 28 in the indicia.

The Testimony of the Riddler! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Jim Aparo
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
S-2685
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Riddler [Edward Nigma]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed? The Testimony of the Riddler! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
David Vern
Pencils
John Calnan
Inks
Tex Blaisdell
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Milt Snapinn
Job Number
S-2610
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Two-Face]; Riddler [Edward Nigma]; Killer Moth [Cameron Van Cleer]; Joker; Lex Luthor; Captain Stingaree; Cavalier [Mortimer Drake]; Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch]; Spook; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Signalman [Phil Cobb]; Mr. Freeze [Dr. Victor Fries]; 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

Indexer Notes

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

Story continues from Batman #291 and continues in Batman #293.

Cooky La Moo on Broadway (Table of Contents: 2)

Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman; Steve Trevor; Cooky La Moo; unnamed 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

Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in comicstrip format.
Cooky refers to Steve as "Steve Howard."

[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-2693
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Indexer Notes

Illustrated title header. Letters of comment from Peter Sanderson, Charles Douglas Brown, Jan Samudovsky, Neil Durbin and Rick Peterson.

Volume 77 Issue 27 - Week of July 4, 1977 (Table of Contents: 4)

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Bob Rozakis
Characters
Teen Titans West

Indexer Notes

Information on Teen Titans #50, Sgt. Rock Annual #2, comics on sale the week of July 11th and Lola Barnett's Comicsworld.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Testimony of the Riddler!
    Batman
  2. 1. Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed? The Testimony of the Riddler!
    Batman
  3. 2. Cooky La Moo on Broadway
    Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Batman
  5. 4. Volume 77 Issue 27 - Week of July 4, 1977
    Daily Planet
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  • Mike Nielsen
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