Batman #344 [Direct]
(February 1982)

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Volume
43
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-10-20
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:

Monster, My Sweet! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
C-109
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ivor
Reprints

Monster, My Sweet! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-7643
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; "Big Jack" Johnson; Olivia Ortega; Arthur Reeves; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; Lucius Fox; Hamilton Hill; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley] (villain); Ivor (villain); Jansen
Synopsis
On the eve of the mayoral election, Arthur Reeves threatens to reveal Batman's secret identity to swing the vote in his favor. Meanwhile, Batman stalks Ivy hoping to get her to reveal how she hypnotized the Wayne Foundation board into signing over the company's assets to her.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Vicki Vale returns as a supporting character. This is her first full appearance since Detective Comics #320, although she had an unnamed cameo appearance in Detective Comics #509.

Marathon Madman (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

The Flash; 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-959

Indexer Notes

Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List. Previous indexer credited Dick Giordano. Letters of comment from Scott Gibson, Bill Weston, Henry Jeffers, and "T.M. Maple."

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Monster, My Sweet!
    Batman
  2. 1. Monster, My Sweet!
    Batman
  3. 2. Marathon Madman
    The Flash; Hostess Cup Cakes
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Alan Smith
  • Jim Van Dore