Batman #398 [Direct]
(August 1986)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-04-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #27. Dennis O'Neil credited as issue editor on letters page apparently in error. The text "Abby's in Gotham City in Swamp Thing #51" is in UPC box. The Direct (first printing), Newsstand and Canadian variants have the regular cover differences in pricing, and UPC box contents, but have the same indicia, inside front cover, inside back cover, and back cover content. As of 2023-10-21, the Canadian variant indicia content has not been confirmed. The second, second (DC Multi-pack) and fourth printing variants were distributed to the United States direct market only, the content on the inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover varied, with some advertisements having a 1989 copyright date. The content of the UPC box also varied and additional text was added to he indicia indicating the printing sequence. As of 2023-10-21, no evidence of a third printing has been found.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tom Mandrake (signed)
Inks
Tom Mandrake (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Todd Klein
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Help me, Catwoman! Before Two-Face buries me alive!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Catwoman; Two-Face
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

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About Faces! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Tom Mandrake (credited)
Inks
Tom Mandrake (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Job Number
G-2570
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Catwoman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Two-Face (villain); Circe (villain)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Detective Comics #564.

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

Bat-Signals / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Greenberger
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2361

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Jef Peckham, Jeff Melton, Joe Sarnicola, Elvis Orten, Greg Western, David Llyod Glenister, Lammers, Vincent R. Bellizia and Carl Cafarelli.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Help me, Catwoman! Before Two-Face buries me alive!!"]
    Batman
  2. 1. About Faces!
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
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  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Lou Mazzella
  • John Monagle
  • Matthew Peets
  • Alan Smith
  • Jim Van Dore
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