Batman #340 [Direct]
(October 1981)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume
42
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-06-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (editor); Dave Manak (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

Batman Battles the Mole! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Job Number
C-697
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Mole [Harrah]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

A Man Called Mole! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway; Roy Thomas (plot)
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Adrian Gonzales
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-7230
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Mole [Harrah] (villain); Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; William Elder; Doctor Andrew Kurtzmann; Mr. Konigsberg; Sandra Clark; Warden Rothstein; Robin [Dick Grayson] (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent] (flashback)
Synopsis
Batman investigates when prominent citizens are killed by a human mole.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Mole last appeared in World's Finest Comics #80. Thomas plot per interview in Alter Ego # 100.

Concerts and Cupcakes (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
Robin Snyder
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-859

Indexer Notes

Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List; previous indexer credited Dick Giordano. Letters of comment from Glenn Dressler, Anthony Peter Molchan, Charles Brown, Kevin Klis, William Mullins, Mike Sopp, Gary Thompson and Kamran Raja.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Batman Battles the Mole!
    Batman
  2. 1. A Man Called Mole!
    Batman
  3. 2. Concerts and Cupcakes
    Hawkman; Hostess Cup Cakes
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
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
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore