Batman #270
(December 1975)

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Volume
36
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1975-09-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
The Line of DC Super-Stars
Editing
Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (associate editor); Bob Rozakis (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #122.

Menace of the Fiery Heads! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ernie Chan (signed as EC) (sourced)
Inks
Ernie Chan (signed as EC) (sourced)
Colors
Tatjana Wood (sourced)
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
S-2134
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Batman and the Captive Commissioner (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tony Macchia (sourced)
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Editing
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Svengali Brothers
Synopsis
Batman uses Hostess Fruit Pies to distract a gang of kidnappers and free Commissioner Gordon.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Menace of the Fiery Heads! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
David Vern (sourced)
Pencils
Ernie Chan (sourced)
Inks
Ernie Chan (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn ?

Job Number
S-2001
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Jim Standish; Foxey Sam; Blinky Johnson; Harry Watkins; Judge Bromley (death)
Synopsis
When people start dying, Batman puts the facts together but comes up with the wrong suspect.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Tarzan Discovers the Land of the Prehistoric Animals (Table of Contents: 3)

Pom Poms; Tarzan / comics-form advertising / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed as JOE KUBERT [long "K" and "T"])
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed as JOE KUBERT [long "K" and "T"])
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Genre
adventure; jungle
Characters
Tarzan
Synopsis
Tarzan falls through a time-hole and encounters dinosaurs.
Keywords
dinosaurs; time travel

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Pom Poms candy in comic strip format. Proof of purchase can be exchanged for small models of various dinosaurs.
Copyright © 1975 Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Letters to the Batman / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis (replies)
Pencils
Anthony Kowalik (logo illustration)
Inks
Neal Adams (logo illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-2142
Characters
Batman

Indexer Notes

Illustrated title header.
Letters of comment from Fred Schneider, Marvin Jason, Greg Potter, Terri Kay Martin, David Bosnich and Adam Castro.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Menace of the Fiery Heads!
    Batman
  2. 1. Batman and the Captive Commissioner
    Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  3. 2. The Menace of the Fiery Heads!
    Batman
  4. 3. Tarzan Discovers the Land of the Prehistoric Animals
    Pom Poms; Tarzan
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Batman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Alan Smith
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore