Batman #359 [Direct]
(May 1983)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume
44
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-01-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Len Wein (editor); Nicola Cuti (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Hannigan (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Job Number
C-303
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In 24 hours I will murder the Batman--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Riddler [Edward Nigma]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Joker; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Cavalier [Mortimer Drake]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Though the cover shows many Batman villains, they do not appear inside the book itself.

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Hunt (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Dan Jurgens
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
J-8626
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dick Grayson [Robin]; Jason Todd; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; Alfred Pennyworth; Waldo Flynn; Trina Todd; Joe Todd; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones] (villain); Filbert Hughes III (criminal gang leader); Slick; Anthony Falco [Tony Falco] (death)
Synopsis
As Batman tracks Killer Croc, Croc breaks into prison to kill rival gang boss Tony Falco. Meanwhile, Joe and Trina Todd decide to follow Croc's man who has been threatening the circus.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Detective Comics #525. Story concludes in Detective Comics #526.

Jason Todd becomes a continuing character.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Bat-Signals / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1339

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Steven Schulz, Ms. Marina Kowkabany, Neil Ahlquist, David Lipson, Mark Waldman, and Larry Gilbert.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["In 24 hours I will murder the Batman--"]
    Batman
  2. 1. Hunt
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
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