Batman #316
(October 1979)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume
40
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-07-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893043010
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #170.
This issue has variants:

The Man Who Stole His Eyes! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Giordano (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
C-146
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Robin; Crazy-Quilt
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Color Me Deadly! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Characters
Robin; Crazy-Quilt (villain, origin); Batman; James Gordon; Dr. Norman Dexter; Lucius Fox; Gwen; S. T. A. R. Labs
Reprints

Wonder Woman Saves the Astronauts (Table of Contents: 2)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; 2 astronauts
Synopsis
A space shuttle cannot be reached by radio signal, so Wonder Woman leaves them a trail of Hostess Fruit Pies to guide them back to earth.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Bat-Signals / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-327

Volume 79 Issue 29 - Week of July 2, 1979 (Table of Contents: 4)

Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Bob Rozakis

Job Number
P-329

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

DC questions and answers. Part of the Daily Planet page.

[Deadman] (Table of Contents: 6)

Hembeck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
P-329
Genre
satire-parody; humor; superhero

Indexer Notes

Part of the Daily Planet page.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Man Who Stole His Eyes!
    Batman
  2. 1. Color Me Deadly!
    Batman
  3. 2. Wonder Woman Saves the Astronauts
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Wonder Woman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
  5. 4. Volume 79 Issue 29 - Week of July 2, 1979
    Daily Planet
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    The Answer Man
  7. 6. [Deadman]
    Hembeck
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Alan Smith
  • Jim Van Dore