Batman #297
(March 1978)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume
39
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-12-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893043003
Editing
Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (associate editor); Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #151.
This issue has variants:

Death Wears 1,000 Different Hats When the Mad Hatter Strikes! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed as AJ)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed as AJ)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
John Workman ?

Job Number
S-2814
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mad Hatter (in multiple disguises, later known as Hatman)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Mera Meets the Manta Men (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Mad Hatter Goes Straight! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
David Vern (credited as David V. Reed)
Pencils
Rich Buckler (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)

Job Number
S-2662
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Once a crook always a crook--!--Right? Well -- yes and no-- and here's the wild and wooly saga of a would-be ex-crook to prove it both ways!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mad Hatter [also as Jervis Tetch] (later known as Hatman, one page origin); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Jason Bard; Judge Harkness; Kimberly; Linda Sue
Reprints
Keywords
batrope; GCPD Headquarters; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; horses; Midtown Park; Wayne Foundation; Wayne Manor

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

Bat-Signals / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis (replies)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-2821
Feature Logo
Bat Signals [no hyphen]

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Peter Sanderson, Joe Mayonaise, Doug Tonks, Scott Gibson, and Mike Villa.

A Word About the Fight of the Century (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Death Wears 1,000 Different Hats When the Mad Hatter Strikes!
    Batman
  2. 1. Mera Meets the Manta Men
    Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  3. 2. The Mad Hatter Goes Straight!
    Batman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
  5. 4. A Word About the Fight of the Century
    DC Publishorial
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Matthew Peets
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore