(July-August 1978)
- Volume:
- 42
- Price:
- 0.35 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Barcode:
- 0709893046508
- 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
Clayface is Back!
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Marshall Rogers (signed)
- Inks:
- Terry Austin (signed)
- Colors:
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-2857
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman; Clayface [Preston Payne](Clayface III)
Indexer Notes
Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
The Coming of... Clayface III!
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Len Wein
- Pencils:
- Marshall Rogers
- Inks:
- Dick Giordano
- Colors:
- Glynis Wein
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Job Number:
- S-2849
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Clayface III [Preston Payne]; Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Silver St. Cloud (flashback); Henry Matlock; S. T. A. R. Labs; Matt Hagen [Clayface II]
- Synopsis:
- Preston Payne uses blood from Matt Hagen, the second Clayface, to try to change the effects of hyperpituitarism on his appearance. But the "cure" causes Payne's flesh to melt like wax and forces him to periodically dissolve others into protoplasm. When Batman interferes with Payne's theft of the components necessary to reverse his condition, he may become Clayface's next victim.
- Reprints:
-
in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #9/1980 (Augusti 1980) -
in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #9/1980 (uke 35 1980) -
in Shadow of the Batman (DC, 1985 series) #5 (April 1986) [recolored] - in Batman: Strange Apparitions (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] ([November] 1999) [as recolored for Shadow of the Batman reprint]
-
The Big Fall
Superman; Hostess / 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; 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.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot Line / letters page / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- S-2865
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Davidson Corry, Adam Castro, Jeff Albrecht and Peter Sanderson.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Clayface is Back!
Batman -
1.
The Coming of... Clayface III!
Batman -
2.
The Big Fall
Superman; Hostess -
3.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot Line
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