Batman #381 [Direct]
(March 1985)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-11-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #10.
This issue has variants:

End Game! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rick Hoberg (signed as Hoberg)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed as Giordano)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batman [Anton Knight; Night-Slayer]

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Darkly Moved the Pawns (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Rick Hoberg (credited)
Inks
Alfredo Alcala (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)

Job Number
G-1687
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Night-Slayer]; Night-Slayer [Anton Knight; also as Batman]; Tina; Amanda Groscz; Nocturna [Natalia Knight]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Hamilton Hill; Blevins (Mayor Hill's aide); Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Herman Blevins (uncle of Mayor's aide)
Synopsis
Batman hunts down Night-Slayer who has been committing crimes all over Gotham City dressed as Batman. Meanwhile, Jason Todd searches for evidence that his adoptive mother, Nocturna, has not given up her life of crime; James Gordon is welcomed back as Commissioner as the truth about Mayor Hill is uncovered.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Detective Comics #547.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bat-Signals / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Greenberger
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-1855
Feature Logo
Bat-Signals [with Batman]

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Stephen Scott Beau Smith, David Santore, Tim Hewing, Joyce Brown, Charles D. Brown, Jeff Ford, T.M. Maple and Brian D. Scott.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. End Game!
    Batman
  2. 1. Darkly Moved the Pawns
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Lou Mazzella
  • John Monagle
  • Austin Murray
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Fawzy Partridge
  • Matthew Peets
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Marc Turnage
  • Jim Van Dore