DC Special Series #27 - Batman vs. the Incredible Hulk [Direct]
(Fall 1981)

DC, 1977 Series
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Volume
5
Price
2.50 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
four times a year
On-sale Date
1981-09-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC and Marvel Present
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Dick Giordano (credited) (editor); Dave Manak (credited) (associate editor); Al Milgrom (credited) (consulting editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

The issue is a full 64-page story with the first page devoted to a splash and credits. No further credits appear in the rest of the issue or chapter dividers.

Full indicia:

BATMAN VS. THE INCREDIBLE HULK, Fall, 1981 (DC SPECIAL SERIES, Vol. 5, No. 27,) published four times a year by DC COMICS INC, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019 Copyright © 1981 by DC Comics Inc. and the Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. All Rights Reserved. The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this magazine are entirely fictional. No actual persons, living or dead, are intended or should be inferred. Batman, Bruce Wayne, Commissioner Gordon, Alfred, The Joker, Killer Moth, Two-Face and the Scarecrow, and the visual depictions thereof are trademarks of DC Comics Inc. Incredible Hulk, Bruce Banner, Shaper of Worlds, Abomination, the Leader, the Rhino, General Thunderbolt Ross, "Doc" Samson, and Rick Jones, and the visual depictions thereof are trademarks of Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. Printed in the U.S.A.

On sale date given as September 24, 1981 in Amazing Heroes #4, Comic Reader #194, Daily Planet vol. 81 #13, and DC Coming Attractions #58. No copyright record found.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman; Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
José Luis García-López (signed as Garcia Lopez)
Inks
José Luis García-López (signed as Garcia Lopez)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-755
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; The Joker
Universe
Crossover Earth - Earth-7642
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The Origin of Batman (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
George Pérez (sourced)
Inks
Dick Giordano (sourced)
Letters
John Costanza
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When young Bruce Wayne saw his parents murdered before his eyes...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Martha Wayne; Thomas Wayne
Universe
Crossover Earth - Earth-7642
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Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

The Origin of the Incredible Hulk (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
George Pérez (sourced)
Inks
Dick Giordano (sourced)
Letters
John Costanza
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When Dr. Robert Bruce Banner attempted to rescue a reckless teenager...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner] (origin); Rick Jones
Universe
Crossover Earth - Earth-7642
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Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

The Monster and the Madman (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
José Luis García-López (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Batman... In a history-making confrontation with the mightiest man-brute to ever walk the Earth... the Incredible Hulk
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; The Joker; Shaper of Worlds
Universe
Crossover Earth - Earth-7642
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Indexer Notes

"The Monster and the Madman" is the title of the complete-issue story. It is divided into a prologue, 5 chapters, and an epilogue.

Prologue (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman; Hulk / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
José Luis García-López (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The temperature hit 90° this hot summer's day in Gotham City--
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Joker (villain); Harvey Maxwell (civilian); Bobbie (civilian); Joker's gangband [Kennie (Death); Orville; Elmo]
Universe
Crossover Earth - Earth-7642
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Chapter One: When Wakes the Behemoth...! (Table of Contents: 5)

Batman; Hulk / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
José Luis García-López (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
According to his security pass, his name is David Banks--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; The Joker (villain); Joker's gangband
Universe
Crossover Earth - Earth-7642
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Chapter Two: When Dreams Won't Come! (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman; Hulk / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
José Luis García-López (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is quiet along these moonlit docks tonight...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Joker (villain); Shaper of Worlds (villain); Joker's gangband [Orville; Elmo]
Universe
Crossover Earth - Earth-7642
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Chapter Three: When the Sea Churns Green...! (Table of Contents: 7)

Batman; Hulk / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
José Luis García-López (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Anchored just beyond the three-mile mark off the shores of Gotham City...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Commissioner James Gordon; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Alfred Pennyworth; General "Thunderbolt" Ross; Doc Samson [Leonard Samson]; Jackson (scientist); Stogie (crook); Sydney (crook); Arnie (civilian); Colonel Orville Baker (imposter)
Universe
Crossover Earth - Earth-7642
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Chapter Four: When the Shaper Commands...! (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman; Hulk / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
José Luis García-López (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
While, back at a certain warehouse...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; The Joker (villain); Shaper of Worlds (villain); Colonel Orville Baker (imposter); Morty (crook)
Universe
Crossover Earth - Earth-7642
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Chapter Five: When Madness Reigns...! (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman; Hulk / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
José Luis García-López (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Like ripples across a pond...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Abomination [Emil Blonsky] (antagonist) (apparition); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; The Joker (villain); Killer Moth [Cameron van Cleer] (antagonist) (apparition); Leader [Samuel Sterns] (antagonist) (apparition); Rhino [Aleksei Sytsevich] (antagonist) (apparition); Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (antagonist) (apparition); Shaper of Worlds (villain); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (antagonist) (apparition)
Universe
Crossover Earth - Earth-7642
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Epilogue (Table of Contents: 10)

Batman; Hulk / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
José Luis García-López (credited)
Inks
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Reclining majestically, the Joker sits upon his grotesque throne...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; The Joker (villain)
Universe
Crossover Earth - Earth-7642
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Evolution of a Cover (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman; Hulk / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Giordano (credited); Al Milgrom (credited)
Pencils
José Luis García-López (credited)
Inks
José Luis García-López (credited)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; The Joker
Universe
Crossover Earth - Earth-7642
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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Batman; Hulk / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
José Luis García-López (signed as Garcia Lopez)
Inks
José Luis García-López (signed as Garcia Lopez)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Mighty Man-Brute and the Masked Manhunter...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Abomination [Emil Blonsky]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Killer Moth [Cameron van Cleer]; Leader [Samuel Sterns]; Rhino [Aleksei Sytsevich]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]
Universe
Crossover Earth - Earth-7642
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Indexer Notes

Back cover.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman; Hulk
  2. 1. The Origin of Batman
    Batman
  3. 2. The Origin of the Incredible Hulk
    Hulk
  4. 3. The Monster and the Madman
  5. 4. Prologue
    Batman; Hulk
  6. 5. Chapter One: When Wakes the Behemoth...!
    Batman; Hulk
  7. 6. Chapter Two: When Dreams Won't Come!
    Batman; Hulk
  8. 7. Chapter Three: When the Sea Churns Green...!
    Batman; Hulk
  9. 8. Chapter Four: When the Shaper Commands...!
    Batman; Hulk
  10. 9. Chapter Five: When Madness Reigns...!
    Batman; Hulk
  11. 10. Epilogue
    Batman; Hulk
  12. 11. Evolution of a Cover
    Batman; Hulk
  13. 12. ["The Mighty Man-Brute and the Masked Manhunter..."]
    Batman; Hulk
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Weldon Adams
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • John Censullo
  • Pirrou Claude
  • Terry Collier
  • CTGarry
  • Jochen G.
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Allen Ross
  • Steven Samuels
  • R. Alan Silva-López
  • Jim Van Dore
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