Batman #363 [Direct]
(September 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
1983-05-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Len Wein (editor); Nicola Cuti (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Introducing: Nocturna! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Hannigan (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Todd Klein
Job Number
C-419
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Nocturna [Natalia Knight]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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Elegant Night Crimes (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Don Newton
Inks
Alfredo Alcala
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
J-8856
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Nocturna [Natalia Knight] (first full appearance, villain); Night-Thief [Anton Knight; later Night-Slayer] (villain); Vicki Vale; Harvey Bullock; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Jason Todd; Lucius Fox
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from Detective Comics #529; story continues in Detective Comics #530.

This is the first full appearance of Nocturna; she appeared only in shadows in Detective Comics #529.

[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 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1406

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Charles D. Brown, John Brittan, Joe Paone, and Kent A Phenis.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Introducing: Nocturna!
    Batman
  2. 1. Elegant Night Crimes
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
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