(March-April 1978)
- Volume:
- 42
- Price:
- 0.35 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Barcode:
- 0709893046504
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate)
- 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
The Sign of the Joker
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Marshall Rogers (signed)
- Inks:
- Terry Austin (signed)
- Colors:
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-2817
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman
- Reprints:
-
in Shadow of the Batman (DC, 1985 series) #4 (March 1986)
-
Indexer Notes
Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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.
Sign of the Joker!
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Englehart
- Pencils:
- Marshall Rogers
- Inks:
- Terry Austin
- Colors:
- Glynis Wein
- Letters:
- Milt Snapinn
- Job Number:
- S-2774
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Joker; Hugo Strange (as ghost); Batman; James Gordon; Chief O'Hara; Silver St. Cloud; Rupert Thorne; Thomas Jackson
- Synopsis:
- Hugo Strange takes his revenge on Rupert Thorne, Silver St. Cloud makes a decision about her future, and Batman puts an end to the Joker's latest scheme.
- Reprints:
-
in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #2 (1978) -
in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #7/1980 (Juni 1980) [[USA, 1978]] -
in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #7/1980 (uke 27 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]
-
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot Line / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- S-2824
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Mark Lamport, Peter Sanderson, Steve Beery and Mike Friedrich.
A Word About the Fight of the Century
DC Publishorial / text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jenette Kahn
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Information on the comic "Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali".
[none]
Batman's Hot Line / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- S-2824
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Includes a letter from Mike Friedrich
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Sign of the Joker
Batman -
1.
Mera Meets the Manta Men
Aquaman; Hostess -
2.
Sign of the Joker!
Batman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot Line -
4.
A Word About the Fight of the Century
DC Publishorial -
5.
[none]
Batman's Hot Line
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