Batman #317
(November 1979)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume
40
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-08-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893043011
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #171.
This issue has variants:

The Riddler's 1,001 Clue Caper! (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-149
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Robin; Riddler
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

The 1,001 Clue Caper or Why Did the Riddler Cross the Road? (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

Job Number
J-6132
Genre
superhero
Characters
Robin; Selina Kyle [Catwoman]; Riddler; Batman; James Gordon; Lucius Fox; Jake Hammer; Alfred Pennyworth; Karlyle Krugerrand; Gregorian Falstaff
Reprints

Green Lantern vs Triclops Three-Eyed Keeper of the Cave (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Triclops

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

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

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-349

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

DC questions and answers.

Number 49 Tatjana Wood (Table of Contents: 5)

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
Mike Catron
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography

Indexer Notes

Script credit confirmed by Michael Catron.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Riddler's 1,001 Clue Caper!
    Batman
  2. 1. The 1,001 Clue Caper or Why Did the Riddler Cross the Road?
    Batman
  3. 2. Green Lantern vs Triclops Three-Eyed Keeper of the Cave
    Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Answer Man
  6. 5. Number 49 Tatjana Wood
    DC Profiles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Per Sandell
  • Alan Smith
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore