([Mid] 1990)
Egmont UK,
1990 Series
Published in English
(United Kingdom)
- Price
- 0.95 GBP
- Pages
- 48
- On-sale Date
- 1990-07-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- London Editions Magazines
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- ISBN
-
0-7235-5588-5
- Barcode
- 9780723555889
- Editing
- Brian M. Clarke (managing editor); Peter Nicholls (editor); Martin Gray (research); Ed Hyde (package design); Rob Sharp (package design)
- Color
- Colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- One-shot
Issue Notes
Introduction states that this is the third in the series of Batman specials (following The Joker and Batman & Superman). It also states that the next special will focus on Batgirl, but it appears as though that was published as the first issue of the ongoing Batman Monthly Presents.
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Don Newton (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- Mark Dodd (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Penguin
- Reprints
-
from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #374 [Direct] (August 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
Recoloured, credit from inside front cover.
Batman Monthly Presents
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Short introduction to the comic, including a panel of the Penguin from the 1950s.
Inside front cover.
Eyrie
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Job Number
- G-2745
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; G. Gordon Godfrey; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Dr. Baird
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #568 (November 1986)
-
Where Squawks the Penguin!
The Penguin / text article / 3 pages
- Script
- Brian Clarke (introduction); ? (article)
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Colors
- various
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
History of the Penguin, including panels and cover reproductions.
[Oswald Who?]
Batman and Robin / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Alvin Schwartz
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Miranda Cobblepot (Oswald's aunt); The Penguin [Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot] (villain); Stonehead (villain); Stonehead's henchmen (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Batman and Robin capture the Penguin attempting to pick up a postcard from the local post office, then discover the card is from the cagey bird's Aunt Miranda, wishing him a happy birthday, and who believes Oswald to be a successful, upstanding umbrella businessman. When it is discovered that the aunt is planning to visit Oswald, the Caped Crusaders try to keep the Penguin on the straight and narrow during her visit.
- Reprints
- from Batman Sunday strips #119-123 (2/10 - 3/10/1946)
- Keywords
- Gotham City
Indexer Notes
Title and credits from reprinting in Batman: The Sunday Classics, 1943-46 (Kitchen Sink Press; DC, 1991 series) except for colourist who is credited differently here.
Love Bird
Batman / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Max Allan Collins
- Pencils
- Norm Breyfogle
- Inks
- Norm Breyfogle
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil
- Job Number
- G-3090
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Dovina Partridge; Commissioner James Gordon
- Synopsis
- Batman interferes with the Penguin's love life.
- Reprints
- from Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #11 ([July] 1987)
-
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
1.
Batman Monthly Presents
-
2.
Eyrie
Batman -
3.
Where Squawks the Penguin!
The Penguin -
4.
[Oswald Who?]
Batman and Robin -
5.
Love Bird
Batman -
6.
Definitely Collectible
This issue was modified by
- Doug Brain
- Peter Croome
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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