(February 1978)
- Volume:
- 42
- Price:
- 0.35 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly (with the exception of July, Oct., Jan. and April)
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Barcode:
- 0709893046502
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
- 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
Mera Meets the Manta Men
Aquaman; Hostess / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Vince Colletta
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Mera; Aqualad; Manta Men
Indexer Notes
Hostess Fruit Pies ad.
The Laughing Fish!
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Englehart
- Pencils:
- Marshall Rogers
- Inks:
- Terry Austin
- Colors:
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Job Number:
- S-2773
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; Joker; Silver St. Cloud; Rupert Thorne; Marko; James Gordon; G. Carl Francis
- Synopsis:
- The Joker gives fish everywhere his face, then tries to claim copyright to his image. And he will kill anyone who gets in the way of his plan.
- Reprints:
-
in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #2 (1978) -
in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #6/1980 (maj 1980) [[USA, 1978]] -
in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #6/1980 (uke 24 1980) -
in Shadow of the Batman (DC, 1985 series) #4 (March 1986) [recolored] - in The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] ([December] 1988)
- in Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (Longmeadow Press, 1990 series) #[nn] ([November] 1990)
- in Batman: Strange Apparitions (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] ([November] 1999) [as recolored for Shadow of the Batman reprint]
- in The Joker: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2008 series) #[nn] ([June] 2008)
- in The Joker: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008 series) #[nn]
-
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 / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- S-2799
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Rogue C. Farmer, Adam Castro, Walace L. Hopkins, Bryan Uhlenbrock, Nicholas Pascale and Peter John Palmer. Includes small image of the cover to issue #472.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
1.
Mera Meets the Manta Men
Aquaman; Hostess -
2.
The Laughing Fish!
Batman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot Line
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- Matthew Peets
- Mike Nielsen
- Jerry Hillegas
- R. J. Roper
- Lou Mazzella
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- Chris Launder
- Terry Vraspir
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- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
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