Batman #311
(May 1979)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume
40
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-02-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893043005
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #165.
This issue has variants:

Dr. Phosphorus Is Back! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
José Luis García-López (signed)
Inks
José Luis García-López (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?
Job Number
C-928
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Batgirl; Doctor Phosphorus [Alex Sartorius]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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Dr. Phosphorus Is Back! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
J-5870
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Peter Curtis; Boss Rupert Thorne; Arkham Asylum; Doctor Phosphorus [Alex Sartorius]; Killer Moth
Reprints

The Golden Treasure (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Bat-Signals / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-228

Indexer Notes

Includes a letter from Paul Levitz.

Volume 79 Issue 5 - Week of February 5, 1979 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.6 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.2 page (report information)

[Sgt. Rock] (Table of Contents: 6)

Hembeck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
satire-parody; humor; superhero
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Dr. Phosphorus Is Back!
    Batman
  2. 1. Dr. Phosphorus Is Back!
    Batman
  3. 2. The Golden Treasure
    Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
  5. 4. Volume 79 Issue 5 - Week of February 5, 1979
    Daily Planet
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    The Answer Man
  7. 6. [Sgt. Rock]
    Hembeck
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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