(July 1978)
- Volume:
- 39
- Price:
- 0.35 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC
- Barcode:
- 0709893043007
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; monthly; ongoing series
The Only Man Batman Ever Killed!
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- David Vern [as David V. Reed]
- Pencils:
- John Calnan
- Inks:
- Tex Blaisdell
- Colors:
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Job Number:
- S-2825
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Perry Travers; Commissioner James Gordon; Judson Price (dies); Alfred Pennyworth; Inspector Gresham; Chief O'Hara; Officer Roberts; Officer Bellamy; Malcolm Milbrook [The Overlord] (dies); Luke Brant; Paisley; Joe Chill (flashback); Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback)
- Synopsis:
- Perry Travers dies during a botched robbery and his autopsy reveals his membership as a Wirehead in the mob of The Overlord. Batman takes to a disguise to smoke out The Overlord and a mole in the police department, and arrives just as Luke Brant kills The Overlord.
The Big Fall
Superman / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Vince Colletta
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Editing:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Kal-El, aka. Clark Kent]; bystanders
- Synopsis:
- Superman spots a falling elevator, rescues the trapped occupants, serves them Hostess Cup Cakes to calm them, and interviews them for TV as Clark Kent.
Indexer Notes
Ad for Hostess Cup Cakes. Appears between pages 8 and 9 of sequence 1.
Bat Signals
Bat Signals / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- S-2898
Content Information
- Genre:
- super-hero
- Synopsis:
- Letters from: Mike White; Stephen Siegforth; Richard Adam Benson, with a logo.
Outstripping Ourselves
Publishorial / text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jenette Kahn
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- SP-9
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Publisher discusses a new upcoming DC newspaper comic strip based on the Justice League of America, titled "The World's Greatest Superheroes." It will be written by Marty Pasko, pencilled by George Tuska, and inked by Vince Colleta.
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from: Don Michel, Editor of the Chicago Tribune - New York News Syndicate; anonymous Chicago Tribune salesman.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Only Man Batman Ever Killed!
Batman -
2.
The Big Fall
Superman -
3.
Bat Signals
Bat Signals -
4.
Outstripping Ourselves
Publishorial
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- Jerry Hillegas
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