Batman #308
(February 1979)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume
40
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1978-11-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893043002
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #162.

No letters column this issue.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
S-3048
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is the moment of my greatest triumph!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Mr. Freeze
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

There'll Be a Cold Time in the Old Town Tonight! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 22.67 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
John Calnan
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
S-3026
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Freeze (villain); Selina Kyle [Catwoman]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jacob Riker; Lucius Fox; Tiffany Fox; John McVee; Blockbuster [Mark Desmond]; S.T.A.R. Labs
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

An Unbeatable Power! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hostess Twinkies; Superman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Big Dome; unnamed children
Synopsis
Superman is captured by Big Dome with a Kryptonite beam, but two children distract the villain with Hostess Twinkies, allowing Superman to escape.

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in comicstrip format.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["This is the moment of my greatest triumph!"]
    Batman
  2. 1. There'll Be a Cold Time in the Old Town Tonight!
    Batman
  3. 2. An Unbeatable Power!
    Hostess Twinkies; Superman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Dave Marchand
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Alan Smith
  • Jim Van Dore