The Best of DC #9 [Direct]
(January-February 1981)

DC, 1979 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.95 USD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

Copyright © 1980 DC Comics Inc.
This issue has variants:

Bat-Murderer! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood (sourced)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Talia al Ghul; Commissioner James Gordon
Reprints
Keywords
two-panel cover

Best of DC -- Batman (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Bat-Murderer! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Jim Aparo
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Aparo

Genre
superhero
Characters
Talia; Batman; Scrag Donovan; Roger Barton; Elizabeth Baylor
Reprints

Break-In at the Big House (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Jim Aparo
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Aparo

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; The Creeper; Talia; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Robin; Ra's Al Ghul; "Brick" Milligan
Reprints

Slaughter in Silver (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Jim Aparo
Inks
Jim Aparo
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Aparo

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Sterling Silversmith; Louis Silversmith
Reprints

Enter: The Creeper (Table of Contents: 5)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Ernie Chan
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Creeper; Batman; Ra's Al Ghul; Alfred Pennyworth; Phantom Stranger; Morris Middleman; Shirley Middleman
Reprints

Bedlam beneath the Big Top! (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Ernie Chan
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Ra's al Ghul; Talia; Creeper; League of Assassins
Reprints

Angel -- or Devil? (Table of Contents: 7)

Batman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Robbins
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Daphne Pennyworth; Robin; Wilfred Pennyworth
Reprints

The Wayne Foundation Building (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman / illustration / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Terry Austin
Inks
Terry Austin
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Views of the Wayne Foundation Building, with diagrams for each floor.

Follow Batman Every Month In: (Table of Contents: 9)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for comics featuring Batman. Covers to Batman #322, Detective Comics #498, and The Brave and the Bold #171 are depicted.

Batman or Bat-Murderer??? (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Promo for the crossover stories in the issue.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Bat-Murderer!
    Batman
  2. 1. Best of DC -- Batman
  3. 2. Bat-Murderer!
    Batman
  4. 3. Break-In at the Big House
    Batman
  5. 4. Slaughter in Silver
    Batman
  6. 5. Enter: The Creeper
    Batman
  7. 6. Bedlam beneath the Big Top!
    Batman
  8. 7. Angel -- or Devil?
    Batman
  9. 8. The Wayne Foundation Building
    Batman
  10. 9. Follow Batman Every Month In:
  11. 10. Batman or Bat-Murderer???
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Ralf Haring
  • Matthew Head
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jim Van Dore