(March-April 1978)
- Volume:
- 42
- Price:
- 0.35 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; Ongoing series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #7/1980 (Juni 1980) [[Usa, 1978]]
The Sign of the Joker
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Marshall Rogers (signed)
- Inks:
- Terry Austin (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-2817
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Shadow of the Batman (DC, 1985 series) #4 (March 1986)
Mera Meets the Manta Men
Aquaman and Aqualad / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Vince Colletta
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
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: show reprint note before migration
- in Lynvingen (Semic AS, 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 Joker: The Greatest Stories Ever Told, The (2008 series) #[nn]
A Word About the Fight of the Century
Publishorial / text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jenette Kahn
- Letters:
- typeset
[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
-
1.
Mera Meets the Manta Men
Aquaman and Aqualad -
2.
Sign of the Joker!
Batman -
3.
A Word About the Fight of the Century
Publishorial -
4.
[none]
Batman's Hot Line
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Daniel Nauschuetz
- Matthew Peets
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bill Wormstedt
- Bob Klein
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Jerry Bails (R.I.P.)
- Carl Gafford
- John Greb
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Jeremy Heier
- Chris Launder
- Terry Vraspir
- Craig Delich
- Mike Bowen
- Gregory Fischer
- Dwayne Best
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Gordon
- Max Capp
- Ed Boner
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