Batman
#240
(March 1972)
DC,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 33
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, (with the exception of Apr. and Oct.)
- On-sale Date
- 1972-01-18
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #79.
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-1120
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Professor -- I swear I'll avenge your death!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mason Sterling
- Reprints
-
in Batman (3ª Série) (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1969 series) #39 -
in الوطواط [Al-Watwat / The Batman] (المطبوعات المصورة [Al-Matbouat Al-Mousawwara / Illustrated Publications], 1966 series) #89 -
in Batman: La Saga de Ra's Al Ghul (Planeta DeAgostini, 2005 series) #1 (Junio 2005) -
in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2003 series) #3 ([March] 2006) -
in Batman: Demoniske møter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) ([august] 2006) -
in Batman Collection - Neal Adams (Panini Deutschland, 2008 series) #3 ([Oktober] 2009) - in Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (DC, 2012 series) #3 ([September] 2013)
- in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #6 ([March] 2016)
- in Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) ([May] 2016)
- in Batman by Neal Adams (DC, 2018 series) #3 ([March] 2020)
- in Batman: Tales of the Demon (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- disembodied brain
Indexer Notes
Cover art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Vengeance for a Dead Man!
Batman / comic story / 17 pages
- Job Number
- S-1026
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mason Sterling (Death); Flinky Davenport; Dr. Moon; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. Keener
- Synopsis
- Batman and Talia track down the killer of Mason Sterling and Batman discovers who removed Sterling's brain.
- Reprints
-
in Batman (Interpresse, 1972 series) #5 (août 1972) -
in Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #6 (juillet-août-septembre 1973) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]] - in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #9 (1980)
- in Batman (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #8 (Fevereiro 1985)
- in The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul (DC, 1988 series) #2 (February 1988)
- in Batman (Zinco, 1987 series) #19 (Marzo 1989)
- in Batman: Tales of the Demon (Warner Books, 1992 series) (1991)
- in Batman: Tales of the Demon (DC, 1991 series) ([May] 1991)
- in Batman: La Saga de Ra's Al Ghul (Planeta DeAgostini, 2005 series) #1 (Junio 2005)
- in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #6 ([March] 2016)
- in Batman: Tales of the Demon (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Theater of the Mind!
Robin / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- S-1106
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alan Weiss (flashback); Gerry Conway (flashback); Bernie Wrightson (flashback); Rick Asher; Terri Bergstrom; Gordon Asher; Burton Asher; Thomas (butler); Brother Thomas
- Synopsis
- Robin reunites Rick Asher with his father.
- Reprints
-
in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #41 - in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #5/1973 ([juli] 1973)
- in Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #9 (2ème trimestre 1974) [Moins 1 page [Minus 1 page]; Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
- in Showcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([March] 2008)
- in Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story continued from Batman #239.
Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat!
Batman and Robin / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Job Number
- S-1108
- Feature Logo
Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mystery Analysts of Gotham City [Prof. Ralph Vern; Art Saddows; Kaye Daye; Martin Tellman; Commissioner James Gordon] (introduction); District Attorney Danton (not named in the story); Hugh Rankin (private investigator); The Trapeze Ten (flashback)
- Synopsis
- A private investigator seeks to join the Mystery Analysts, but is blackballed by Batman for a very specific reason.
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #164 (June 1964)
-
- Keywords
- Gotham City
Indexer Notes
The credits in this reprint say that Bob Kane pencilled this story, and that matches Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. However, it is known that Bob Kane contracted the artwork out to Sheldon Moldoff. Other credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of October 1, 1971
Average number of copies sold preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 244,488
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 234,005
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., 909 Third Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10022, wholly owned by Kinney National Services, Inc., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10020, a publicly-held corporation.
[no title indexed]
Letters to the Batman / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Julius Schwartz (signed as JS)
- Pencils
- Anthony Kowalik (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Neal Adams (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-1130
Indexer Notes
Letters from Joe Farara, Clem Robins, Matt Graham, Bob Rozakis, Mark M. Thomase.
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Professor -- I swear I'll avenge your death!"]
Batman -
1.
Vengeance for a Dead Man!
Batman -
2.
Theater of the Mind!
Robin -
3.
["Sorry! ...I have no more DC comics!"]
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4.
Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat!
Batman and Robin -
5.
[no title indexed]
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6.
[no title indexed]
Letters to the Batman
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Jochen G.
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mazzella
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Tony R. Rose
- Allen Ross
- Jim Van Dore
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