Batman
#401
[Canadian]
(November 1986)
DC,
1940 Series
- Price
- 1.00 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1986-08-07
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893043011
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from DC Releases #30.
This issue is a variant of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #401 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #401 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
Legends Chapter 1
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Byrne (signed)
- Inks
- John Byrne (signed)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Magpie [Margaret Pye]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (silhouette reflection in Magpie's glasses)
- Reprints
-
in Batman [So Much Fun] (DC, 1987 series) #401 (1987) -
in Batman (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1987 series) #5 (Noviembre 16 de 1987) [recolored] -
in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #40 (1988) - in Legends: The Collection (DC, 1993 series) ([July] 1993)
- in The DC Universe by John Byrne (DC, 2018 series) ([February] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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A Bird in the Hand ...
Batman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Barbara Kesel
- Pencils
- Trevor Von Eeden
- Inks
- Trevor Von Eeden
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Commissioner James Gordon; G. Gordon Godfrey; Magpie [Margaret Pye] (villain); Alfred Pennyworth
- Synopsis
- Magpie shows up at a party showing the Wayne collection of jewels where G. Gordon Godfrey shows up. She escapes and Batman and Robin track her to a museum.
- Reprints
- in Batman (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1987 series) #5 (Noviembre 16 de 1987) [reformatted]
- in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #40 (1988)
-
in Batman (Editora Abril, 1987 series) #11 (julho de 1988)
-
Indexer Notes
Legends crossover continues in Chapter 2: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #568 and Legends (DC, 1986 series) #1.
From the Den
Bat-Signals / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Denny O'Neil; Barbara Kesel
- Pencils
- José Luis GarcÃa-López; Jim Starlin (cover preview)
- Inks
- Jim Starlin (cover preview); ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-2491
Indexer Notes
Informational paragraphs from the Editor and Assistant Editor (who is also the writer of this issue).
[Pinup]
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Raymond Chandler (quote)
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- C-583
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Legends Chapter 1
Batman -
1.
A Bird in the Hand ...
Batman -
2.
From the Den
Bat-Signals -
3.
[Pinup]
Batman
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