Batman #323
(May 1980)

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Volume
41
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-02-12
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 #177.
This issue has variants:

The Shadow of the Cat! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Giordano (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
C-282
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Catwoman
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Shadow of the Cat! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-6378
Genre
superhero
Characters
Catwoman (villain); Cat-Man (villain); Batman; Caroline Crown; Lucius Fox; Timothy Fox; Alfred Pennyworth
Synopsis
Batman tries to help Catwoman, the prime suspect in the theft of the Egyptian Cat-God Exhibition, but finds himself trapped along with Catwoman by Cat-Man.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Batman #324.

The Borrower (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
Paul Levitz (responses)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-471

Indexer Notes

Letters from Roger Schoolcraft and Al Schroeder III.

Volume 80 Issue 6 - Week of February 11, 1980 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

The Answer Man; Daily Planet; Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.8 page (report information)

[Eclipso] (Table of Contents: 5)

Hembeck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody; humor; superhero
Characters
Eclipso

Indexer Notes

Part of the Daily Planet page.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Shadow of the Cat!
    Batman
  2. 1. Shadow of the Cat!
    Batman
  3. 2. The Borrower
    Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
  5. 4. Volume 80 Issue 6 - Week of February 11, 1980
    The Answer Man; Daily Planet; Direct Currents
  6. 5. [Eclipso]
    Hembeck
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Alan Smith
  • Jim Van Dore