Batman
#345
[Direct]
(March 1982)
DC,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 43
- Price
- 0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-11-17
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (editor); Dave Manak (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
The Diabolical Dr. Death!
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gene Colan (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino; ?
- Job Number
- C-820?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Doctor Death [Doctor Karl Hellfern]
- Reprints
-
in Batman (Federal, 1983 series) #7 -
in Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([October] 2011) - in Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([October] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Calling Doctor Death
Batman / comic story / 18 pages
- Job Number
- J-7867
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Vicki Vale; Dala; Hamilton Hill; Togo; Archie Keswick; Doctor Death [Doctor Karl Hellfern] (villain)
- Synopsis
- Doctor Death has spread a deadly allergen over Gotham, infecting many, including Dick Grayson. Batman and an ailing Robin must track down Doctor Death to find a cure in time. Meanwhile, newly sworn in mayor Hamilton Hill demands Gordon's resignation.
- Reprints
-
in Batman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1978 series) #17 (1982) -
in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #45 (janvier 1983) -
in Batman (Juniorpress, 1984 series) #4 (1984) -
in Superamigos (Editora Abril, 1985 series) #18 (Outubro 1986) - in Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([October] 2011)
- in Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([October] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Detective Comics #512.
[no title indexed]
Bat-Signals / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Robin Snyder
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-957
Indexer Notes
Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List. Letters of comment from Jeff Trexler, David Malone, Steve Thompson, Joe Pilla, and Jeffrey Lowndes.
Heroine or Villainess?
Catwoman / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- José Luis García-López
- Inks
- José Luis García-López ?; ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Todd Klein (feature logo design); ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Catwoman
Indexer Notes
Introduction page to Catwoman story following it. Catwoman poses taken from the DC Comics Style Guide. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Terror Train!
Catwoman / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-8005
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Bruce Wayne (in a dream); Robin [Dick Grayson] (in a dream); Commissioner James Gordon (in a dream); Detective Sergeant Richard Stuart (villain; introduction)
- Reprints
- in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #46 (avril 1983)
- in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) #2 ([July] 1992)
- in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) #2 (July 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Batman #346.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Diabolical Dr. Death!
Batman -
1.
Calling Doctor Death
Batman -
2.
Pirates' Gold
Aquaman; Hostess Twinkies -
3.
[no title indexed]
Bat-Signals -
4.
Heroine or Villainess?
Catwoman -
5.
Terror Train!
Catwoman
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Gordon Davie
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- J.D. Sebastian
- Alan Smith
- Jim Van Dore
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