Detective Comics
#397
(March 1970)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-01-27
- 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
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #76 and copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-362
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Out of my way, Batman!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orson Payne; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
-
in الوطواط [Al-Watwat / The Batman] (المطبوعات المصورة [Al-Matbouat Al-Mousawwara / Illustrated Publications], 1966 series) #68 -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #21/1970 (17. Oktober 1970) -
in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #16 (1971) -
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #577 (1 de abril de 1971) -
in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #4/1971 ([august ?] 1971) -
in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([August] 2004) - in Batman: Gotiske netter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) ([august] 2005)
- in Batman Collection - Neal Adams (Panini Deutschland, 2008 series) #2 ([April] 2009)
- in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #5 (2011 [February 2012])
- in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2012 series) #2 ([June] 2013)
- in Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) ([May] 2016)
- in Batman by Neal Adams (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([March] 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Paint a Picture of Peril!
Batman / comic story / 14.17 pages
- Script
- Denny O'Neil (credited)
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn ?
- Job Number
- S-319
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Orson Payne; Cathy [Caterina Valance]
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #21/1970 (17. Oktober 1970)
- in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #16 (1971)
- in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #4/1971 ([august ?] 1971)
-
in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #42 (juin 1972) - in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-44 (June-July 1976)
-
in The Super Heroes (Egmont UK, 1980 series) #v1#5 (1981) - in Batman (Titan, 1989 series) #1 - Challenge of the Man-Bat (June 1989)
- in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([August] 2004)
- in Batman: Gotiske netter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) ([august] 2005)
- in Batman Collection - Neal Adams (Panini Deutschland, 2008 series) #2 ([April] 2009)
- in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #5 (2011 [February 2012])
- in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2012 series) #2 ([June] 2013)
- in Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) ([May] 2016)
- in Batman by Neal Adams (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([March] 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Page 8 is a 2/3-page and page 15 is a 1/2-page.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-370
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers - Barbara Reader, Alan Brennert, Gary Skinner, E.B. Bruce, Alice Irma and Steve Berry.
The Hollow Man
Batgirl / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-284
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Jason Bard; Orchid Killer [Max Tournov (computer date); also John Milman "handsome mugger"]
- Synopsis
- Batgirl tries to track a killer who targets redheads.
- Reprints
- in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #13/1970 (20. Juni 1970)
- in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #19 (1971)
- in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #5/1971 ([november ?] 1971) [page 1 removed]
- in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #5 (février 1977)
- in Showcase Presents: Batgirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
- in Batgirl: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2011 series) (2010 [February 2011])
- in Batgirl: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2017 [February 2018])
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story continues from Detective Comics #396.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Average # copies per issue, previous year - 221,267.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Out of my way, Batman!"]
Batman -
1.
Paint a Picture of Peril!
Batman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Batman's Hot-Line -
3.
The Hollow Man
Batgirl -
4.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- John Brichetto
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Matthew Peets
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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