Batman #337 [Direct]
(July 1981)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume
42
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (editor)

Where Walks a Snowman... (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?

Job Number
C-611
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Snowman [Klaus Kristin]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Where Walks a Snowman (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (script); Roy Thomas (plot)
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
Steve Mitchell
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
J-7229
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Snowman [Klaus Kristin]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Michael Hammock (death); Katrina Kristin (flashback); Abominable Snowman [Yeti] (flashback)
Synopsis
Batman encounters a new threat, a living snowman with icy powers.
Reprints
Keywords
Abominable Snowman; Yeti

Indexer Notes

Per Roy Thomas' interview in Alter Ego # 100 he provided the full plot although the published comic incorrectly credits him only with "plot assist".

Gold for Dessert (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Plastic Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Dick Giordano
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-794

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Alicia Wu, Jeffrey Lowndes, "McIntosh" Mark Amundsen and Scott Gibson.

Murder on the Midway (Table of Contents: 4)

Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Don Newton
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
J-7233
Genre
superhero
Characters
Robin [Dick Grayson]; Cleveland Brand [as Deadman]; Tiny; Waldo Flynn (previously Waldo Simpson); Vashnu; Jo-Jo Jones (death); Lorna Hill [as Lourna Hill]; Magnificent Melanie
Synopsis
Dick visits Hill's Circus, the former home of Deadman, when a murder occurs.
Reprints
Keywords
Hill's Circus

Indexer Notes

Robin feature continues from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #495 (October 1980).

Story continues in Batman #338.

Cleveland Brand is Deadman's brother. Lorna Hill is misspelled here as Lourna Hill.

Waldo the clown previously appeared in DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #31, but there his last name is given as Simpson, not Flynn.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Where Walks a Snowman...
    Batman
  2. 1. Where Walks a Snowman
    Batman
  3. 2. Gold for Dessert
    Hostess Twinkies; Plastic Man
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
  5. 4. Murder on the Midway
    Robin
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore