(December 1977-January 1978)

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Volume
37
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
84
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1977-09-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893073001
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #148.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman and Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
José Luis García-López (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
C-573
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You! You murdered the Batman-- You can't be Bruce Wayne!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Canary [Dinah Lance] (inset); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (inset); Alfred Pennyworth; Superman [Clark Kent]; The Vigilante [Greg Sanders] (inset); Bruce Wayne; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (inset); Batman clone [Bruce Wayne clone] (death)
Universe
DC : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover colorist credit is from letter column of issue #249.

The Cuckoo Cuckoos (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

World's Finest (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris ?
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Inks
Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-4907
Characters
Superman; Batman; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Wonder Woman; Sergeant Rock; Vigilante; Stuff; The Dummy; Hellgrammite; Dr. Psycho

...The Lurkers, Part I: Day of Madness! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Tex Blaisdell
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-4876
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Superman [Clark Kent]; Prof. Klaus Bergman clone; Dulac clone; Esteban clone #1; Esteban clone #2; Alfred Pennyworth clone
Universe
DC : mainstream
Synopsis
V.I.P. persons are being replaced by malicious clones.
Reprints
Keywords
clones; Eiffel Tower; France; Gotham City; Le Metro; Paris

Part II: Night of Wrath (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Tex Blaisdell
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman clone #1 [Bruce Wayne clone #1]; Senator Jack Clayton clone; Morgan Edge clone; Esteban clone #2 (death); Julie Madison / Princess Portia clone; Alfred Pennyworth clone; Marcel Vlad (crime lord); Prof. Klaus Bergman clone (in memory only); Dulac clone (in memory only)
Universe
DC : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
clones; Fortress of Solitude; Gotham City; Gotham City Police Headquarters; Metropolis; WGBS-TV

Part III: Dawn of Destiny (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Tex Blaisdell
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Morgan Edge; Julie Madison / Princess Portia; Alfred Pennyworth; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman clone #2 [Bruce Wayne clone #2] (death); Prof. Klaus Bergman; Senator Jack Clayton; Dulac; Morgan Edge clone; Esteban; Grand Mukta (of the Dalsidi); Superman clone [Clark Kent clone] (death)
Universe
DC : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
amnesium; clones; Dalsidi; Metropolis; North African desert; WGBS-TV

Hellgramite Is His Name, Rebirth Is His Game! (Table of Contents: 6)

Black Canary; Green Arrow / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Trevor Von Eeden
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Elizabeth Safian
Letters
Clem Robins

Job Number
J-4808
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Hellgrammite [Roderick Rose]; Lieutenant Mack Morgan
Universe
DC : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Arrow Cave; Batman costume; lasso-arrow; Police Museum; Star City

All The Dummy's Men (Table of Contents: 7)

Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Kunkel
Pencils
Gray Morrow
Inks
Vicente Alcázar
Colors
Gray Morrow
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-4792
Genre
superhero; western-frontier
Characters
The Dummy; Stuff (flashback); Stuff Jr. (first appearance); The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Slug (death); Miss Katz; Detective Lt. Philkar; Jolyon Kingston (corpse)
Universe
DC : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Gotham City

Editorial Note (Table of Contents: 8)

From the World's Finest Fans / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris
Pencils
Curt Swan; Nick Cardy ? (illustrations)
Inks
Murphy Anderson; Nick Cardy ? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-769

Indexer Notes

No letters this issue as Jack C. Harris explains that all the comments received were too long to print and requests shorter, more concise letters. Harris also mentions the debut of Steve Ditko's Creeper as an ongoing feature beginning next issue.

The Amazon and the Rock (Table of Contents: 9)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Mike Vosburg
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Elizabeth Safian
Letters
Bill Morse

Job Number
J-4663
Genre
superhero
Characters
Easy Company: Bulldozer; Ice Cream Soldier; Sgt. Rock
General Blankenship; Dr. Psycho; Major Steve Trevor; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Joan White
Universe
DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)
Keywords
August 1942; Germany; London; Nazis; World War II

Indexer Notes

Sgt. Rock also appears in issue #249.

Volume 77 Issue 39 - Week of September 26, 1977 (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["You! You murdered the Batman-- You can't be Bruce Wayne!"]
    Superman and Batman
  2. 1. The Cuckoo Cuckoos
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Penguin
  3. 2. World's Finest
  4. 3. ...The Lurkers, Part I: Day of Madness!
    Superman and Batman
  5. 4. Part II: Night of Wrath
    Superman and Batman
  6. 5. Part III: Dawn of Destiny
    Superman and Batman
  7. 6. Hellgramite Is His Name, Rebirth Is His Game!
    Black Canary; Green Arrow
  8. 7. All The Dummy's Men
    Vigilante
  9. 8. Editorial Note
    From the World's Finest Fans
  10. 9. The Amazon and the Rock
    Wonder Woman
  11. 10. Volume 77 Issue 39 - Week of September 26, 1977
    Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • CTGarry
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore