Man-Bat
#1
(December 1975-January 1976)
DC,
1975 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1975-09-04
- 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
- Gerry Conway (credited) (editor); Paul Levitz (credited) (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #122.
[no title indexed]
Man-Bat / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- C-125
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Francine Langstrom [She-Bat]
- Reprints
-
in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #55 (1er trimestre 1977) [Recoloriée/Recolored] -
in Batman Arkham: Man-Bat (DC, 2017 series) ([March] 2017) - in Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([September] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
According to Al Rubenstein, Jim Aparo believed that the face of the Batman figure had been pasted over his work. Rubenstein suggested the correction was done by Ernie Chan (pencils) and Romeo Tanghal (inks). Nick Caputo also believes Batman's face has been altered, but he suggests Joe Kubert as the corrector. Bob Bailey and Joe Rubinstein believe the cover is 100% Aparo.
The Captive Commissioner
Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Commissioner Gordon has been captured by the 3 Svengali Brothers, underworld figures.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin; Commissioner James Gordon
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Beware the Eyes of Baron Tyme
Man-Bat / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway (credited)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- C-101
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heed me, Francine Langstrom: heed the voice of your master.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Baron Tyme [Clement Tyne]; Francine Langstrom [She-Bat]; Kirk Langstrom [Man-Bat]; Professor Raymond Arthur; Batman; Alfred Pennyworth
- Synopsis
- Baron Tyme takes control of Francine and forces her to kill. Man-Bat tracks him to his lair and the Baron is apparently killed during the struggle.
- Reprints
- in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #55 (1er trimestre 1977) [N&B et recadré/B&W and reframed]
- in The Steve Ditko Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #2 ([March] 2012)
- in Batman Arkham: Man-Bat (DC, 2017 series) ([March] 2017)
- in Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([September] 2017)
-
The Mystery of the Man-Bat
Man-Bat / recap / 1 page
- Job Number
- C-130
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Since this issue's story was too action-packed for us to cram in a recap of the short but shocking career of our hero, we thought we'd devote most of this page to an origin flashback...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]
Indexer Notes
Article recapping Man-Bat's history and appearances.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Man-Bat -
1.
The Captive Commissioner
Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies -
2.
Beware the Eyes of Baron Tyme
Man-Bat -
3.
The Mystery of the Man-Bat
Man-Bat
This issue was modified by, among others
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Del Gruber
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- John Monagle
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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