Batman #321
(March 1980)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume
41
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-12-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893043003
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #175.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
José Luis García-López (signed)
Inks
José Luis García-López (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
C-256
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You are cordially invited to the Joker's birthday!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Robin; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Joker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker...! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-6336
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Since 1899, Gotham Police Headquarters has stood at the junction of the area called Five Points, on the lower east side of the city...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Lucius Fox; Commissioner James Gordon; Joker; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Synopsis
The Joker plans his own birthday party and invites all of Gotham to watch the explosive celebration with some of Batman's closest allies. It is up to the Caped Crusader to find the event before the fireworks start.
Reprints

Hawkman Makes a Safe Landing (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hawkman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[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-436

Volume 79 Issue 49 - Week of December 3, 1979 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

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

[Man-Bat] (Table of Contents: 6)

Hembeck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

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

Genre
satire-parody; humor; superhero

Indexer Notes

Part of the Daily Planet page.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["You are cordially invited to the Joker's birthday!"]
    Batman
  2. 1. Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker...!
    Batman
  3. 2. Hawkman Makes a Safe Landing
    Hawkman; Hostess Cup Cakes
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
  5. 4. Volume 79 Issue 49 - Week of December 3, 1979
    Daily Planet
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    The Answer Man
  7. 6. [Man-Bat]
    Hembeck
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Daniel Nauschuetz
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Alan Smith
  • Jim Van Dore