Bat-Thing #1 [Direct]
(June 1997)

DC, 1997 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1997-04-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
Amalgam
Barcode
761941210070 00111
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil) (editor); Jordan B. Gorfinkel (credited) (associate editor); Mike Carlin (credited) (executive editor); Jenette Kahn (credited) (editor in chief)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock
glossy cover; glossy interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

Part of the DC/Marvel mashed-up Amalgam universe. Bat-Thing is a mash-up of Man-Bat and Man-Thing.
This issue has variants:

The Shocker You Never Expected to See! (Table of Contents)

Bat-Thing / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rodolfo Damaggio (credited)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
Colors
Patrick Martin (credited) (colors and separations)
Letters
Todd Klein (sourced) (letters and logo design)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Bat-Thing [Kirk Sallis]
Reprints
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Someone to Watch Over Me (Table of Contents: 1)

Bat-Thing / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Hama (credited)
Pencils
Rodolfo Damaggio (credited)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
Colors
Gloria Vasquez (credited); Jamison Services (credited as Jamison) (separations)
Letters
Albert DeGuzman (credited as Albert De Guzman)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the shadow of the River Drive, where the brown water meets the grey edge of the city...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Bat-Thing [Kirk Sallis]; Huggy Maddox; Federico Alfonse Fanelli [aka Fat Freddy]; Francie-Ellan Sallis; Kelly Sallis; Officer Christine Montoya; Detective Clark Bullock; Radiator-Mouth; Dr. Sosumi
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
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Indexer Notes

faux letter page

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

AmalgamNation / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Shocker You Never Expected to See!
    Bat-Thing
  2. 1. Someone to Watch Over Me
    Bat-Thing
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Thing
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    AmalgamNation
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Terry Collier
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Ralf Haring
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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