Batman
#200
(March 1968)
DC,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of April and October
- On-sale Date
- 1968-01-18
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Keywords anniversary issues
200th Smash Issue
Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Neal Adams; various (background)
- Inks
- Neal Adams; various (background)
- Colors
- Jack Adler
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joker; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
in Batman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) (March 1999) [Batman and Robin figures] - in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([November] 2003)
- in Batman: Cover to Cover (DC, 2005 series) ([June] 2005)
- in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([September] 2008)
-
in Batman Collection - Neal Adams (Panini Deutschland, 2008 series) #2 ([April] 2009) - in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2012 series) #1 (2003 [August 2012])
- in Star*Reach Companion: The Complete History of the Influential 1970s Independent Comic (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2013 series) (July 2013)
- in Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) ([May] 2016)
- in Batman by Neal Adams (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([May] 2018)
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Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Adler colors per 20th Century Danny Boy Blog.
The Man Who Radiated Fear!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Mike Friedrich
- Pencils
- Chic Stone (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once again the prince of panic
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Joe Chill (flashback) (villain); John Grayson (flashback); Mary Grayson; Joker (antagonist); Killer Moth [Cameron van Cleer] (cameo); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Dick Grayson] (origin); Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain); Martha Wayne (flashback); Thomas Wayne (flashback); Boss Zucco (flashback); Mr. Haley (flashback); The Scarecrow's henchmen [Larry; Roberts; Biljo; Mr. Raybourne] (villains)
- Synopsis
- When the Scarecrow perfects a fear pill and uses it on the Caped Crusaders, the duo are unable to continue their war on crime until Alfred enters the picture. Then the Caped Crusaders head out and capture several of their foes, each one having a clue on their persons which lead them to the Scarecrow.
- Reprints
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #113 (Circa January 1969) -
in Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #6/1969 ([juni] 1969) -
in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #81 (1 Septembar 1977) - in Batman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #3 (1981)
- in Batman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) (March 1999) which is reprinted
- in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([September] 2008)
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- Keywords
- Bat-Cave; Gotham City; Wayne Manor
Indexer Notes
Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Stone.
Across 22 pages, but pages 11 and 22 are 1/2-pages.
[no title indexed]
Letters to the Bat-Cave / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Ricky Hussian, Moira L. Maynard, Steven Carlberg.
The Bat-Man
Batman / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #27 (May 1939) [page 1 only]
-
Indexer Notes
Reprint of first page of the first Batman story.
The Batman Says:
Batman and Robin / public service announcement / 0.67 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Synopsis
- In this article, Batman and Robin try to convince readers that they hate all crime and criminals, and that they hope their adventures will help convince them to follow the straight and honest path in their own lives.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #3 (Fall 1940)
-
Indexer Notes
Script, art and letterer credits by Jack Burnley. The art is taken from the cover of New York World's Fair Comics 1940.
Note says "Adapted from a page that appeared in Batman No. 3, Fall, 1940 issue." The sequence has been reduced in size, the artwork is traced from the original, and all the text has been re-typeset.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Average # of copies sold previous year - 805,700.
Dialogue Between Two Batmaniacs Upon Batman Reaching Issue 200
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Mike Friedrich; Biljo White
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Mike Friedrich interviews Batman fan Biljo White.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
200th Smash Issue
Batman and Robin -
1.
The Man Who Radiated Fear!
Batman and Robin -
2.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
3.
[no title indexed]
Letters to the Bat-Cave -
4.
The Bat-Man
Batman -
5.
The Batman Says:
Batman and Robin -
6.
[no title indexed]
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7.
Dialogue Between Two Batmaniacs Upon Batman Reaching Issue 200
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Jochen G.
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Matthew Peets
- Mark Q
- Tony R. Rose
- Jason Sacks
- Jim Van Dore
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