(April-May 1979)

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Volume:
42
Price:
1.00 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
DC Comics, Inc.
Brand:
DC [bullet]
Barcode:
0709893046505
Editing:
Paul Levitz
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

Issue Notes

Average # copies per issue, previous year - 129,792.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks:
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Colors:
Tatjana Wood
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Batman; Joe Chill

Indexer Notes

Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batcave / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Paul Levitz
Letters:
?
Job Number:
L-222

Indexer Notes

Introduction and contents page on inside front cover.


The Curse of Crime Alley (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Denny O'Neil
Pencils:
Don Newton
Inks:
Dan Adkins
Colors:
Adrienne Roy
Letters:
Todd Klein
Job Number:
J-5651

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Leslie Thompkins; Thomas Wayne (flashback); Martha Wayne (flashback); Joe Chill; Maxie Zeus (intro); Long John Logan
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Origin recap. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Schwartz was the editor on this title prior to Paul Levitz.


The "Lights!...Camera!...Murder!" Contract! (Table of Contents)

Human Target / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Len Wein
Pencils:
Howard Chaykin
Inks:
Dick Giordano
Colors:
Glynis Wein
Letters:
Ben Oda
Job Number:
J-5570

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Human Target
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Strip continued from The Brave and the Bold.


A Date with Batgirl (Table of Contents)

Batgirl / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Rozakis
Pencils:
Bob Oksner
Inks:
Vince Colletta
Colors:
Jerry Serpe
Letters:
Ben Oda
Job Number:
J-5163

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]

Return to Castle Branek! (Table of Contents)

The Demon / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Len Wein
Pencils:
Steve Ditko
Inks:
Steve Ditko
Colors:
Glynis Wein
Letters:
Todd Klein
Job Number:
J-5852

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; occult
Characters:
Baron Tyme (villain); The Demon; She-Bat; Man-Bat; Harry Matthews; Randu Singh; Glenda Mark

Terminus! (Table of Contents)

Robin / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Rozakis
Pencils:
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks:
Dave Hunt
Colors:
Bob Rozakis [as Boris Zabok]
Letters:
Ben Oda
Job Number:
J-5677

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Robin [Dick Grayson]; Raven (villain); Card Queen (Harlequin); Lori Elton; Maze; Lieutenant Rick Tatem; Chief Frank McDonald
Reprints:

Gotham's Great Kangaroo Race! (Table of Contents)

Public Life of Bruce Wayne / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Denny O'Neil
Pencils:
Dick Dillin
Inks:
Frank McLaughlin
Colors:
Gene D'Angelo
Letters:
Mike Stevens
Job Number:
S-2995

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Harcourt Bane; Harrison Juke
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batcave / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letter of comment from Mike W. Barr.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:
typeset

Happy Anniversary from the Whole Batman Family! (Table of Contents)

Batman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Dick Giordano
Inks:
Dick Giordano
Colors:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Robin [Dick Grayson]; James Gordon; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Riddler; Joker; Penguin
Reprints:

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Batcave
  3. 2. The Curse of Crime Alley
    Batman
  4. 3. The "Lights!...Camera!...Murder!" Contract!
    Human Target
  5. 4. A Date with Batgirl
    Batgirl
  6. 5. Return to Castle Branek!
    The Demon
  7. 6. Terminus!
    Robin
  8. 7. Gotham's Great Kangaroo Race!
    Public Life of Bruce Wayne
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Batcave
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
  11. 10. Happy Anniversary from the Whole Batman Family!
    Batman
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