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Volume
4
Price
16.99 USD; 19.99 CAD
Pages
524
On-sale Date
2009-07-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
ISBN
978-1-4012-2314-4 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401223144 51699
Editing
Julius Schwartz (original editor); Sean Mackiewicz (editor)

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Reprints Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #376-390 and Batman (DC, 1940 series) #202-215.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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Showcase Presents Batman Volume 4 (Table of Contents: 1)

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Batman #202 (Table of Contents: 2)

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Gateway to Death! (Table of Contents: 3)

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[Detective Comics #376] (Table of Contents: 4)

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Hunted or Haunted? (Table of Contents: 5)

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[Batman #203] (Table of Contents: 6)

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[Detective Comics #377] (Table of Contents: 7)

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The Riddler's Prison-Puzzle Problem! (Table of Contents: 8)

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[Batman #204] (Table of Contents: 9)

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Operation Blindfold! (Table of Contents: 10)

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[Detective Comics #378] (Table of Contents: 11)

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Batman! Drop Dead... Twice! (Table of Contents: 12)

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[Batman #205] (Table of Contents: 13)

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Blind as a... Bat? (Table of Contents: 14)

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[Detective Comics #379] (Table of Contents: 15)

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Two Killing for the Price of One! (Table of Contents: 16)

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[Detective Comics #380] (Table of Contents: 17)

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Marital-Bliss Miss! (Table of Contents: 18)

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[Batman #206] (Table of Contents: 19)

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Batman Walks the Last Mile! (Table of Contents: 20)

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[Detective Comics #381] (Table of Contents: 21)

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One Drown -- One More to Go! (Table of Contents: 22)

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[Batman #207] (Table of Contents: 23)

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The Doomsday Ball! (Table of Contents: 24)

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[Detective Comics #382] (Table of Contents: 25)

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Riddle of the Robbin' Robin! (Table of Contents: 26)

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[Batman #208] (Table of Contents: 27)

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[Detective Comics #383] (Table of Contents: 28)

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The Fortune-Cookie Caper! (Table of Contents: 29)

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[Batman #209] (Table of Contents: 30)

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Jungle Jeopardy (Table of Contents: 31)

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[Detective Comics #384] (Table of Contents: 32)

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Whatever Will Happen to Heiress Heloise? (Table of Contents: 33)

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[Batman #210] (Table of Contents: 34)

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The Case of the Purr-loined Pearl! (Table of Contents: 35)

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[Detective Comics #385] (Table of Contents: 36)

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Die Small -- Die Big! (Table of Contents: 37)

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[Detective Comics #386] (Table of Contents: 38)

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Stand-In for Murder (Table of Contents: 39)

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[Batman #211] (Table of Contents: 40)

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Batman's Big Blow-Off! (Table of Contents: 41)

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[Detective Comics #387] (Table of Contents: 42)

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The Cry of the Night is -- "Sudden Death!" (Table of Contents: 43)

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[Batman #212] (Table of Contents: 44)

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Baffling Deaths of the Crime-Czar! (Table of Contents: 45)

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[Detective Comics #388] (Table of Contents: 46)

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Public Luna-Tic Number One! (Table of Contents: 47)

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[Batman #213] (Table of Contents: 48)

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The Origin of Robin! (Table of Contents: 49)

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[Detective Comics #389] (Table of Contents: 50)

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Batman's Marriage Trap! (Table of Contents: 53)

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If the Coffin Fits -- Wear It! (Table of Contents: 55)

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Call Me Master! (Table of Contents: 57)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. Showcase Presents Batman Volume 4
  3. 2. Batman #202
    Batman
  4. 3. Gateway to Death!
    Batman; Robin
  5. 4. [Detective Comics #376]
    Batman
  6. 5. Hunted or Haunted?
    Batman
  7. 6. [Batman #203]
    Batman
  8. 7. [Detective Comics #377]
    Batman
  9. 8. The Riddler's Prison-Puzzle Problem!
    Batman; Robin
  10. 9. [Batman #204]
    Batman
  11. 10. Operation Blindfold!
    Batman; Robin
  12. 11. [Detective Comics #378]
    Batman
  13. 12. Batman! Drop Dead... Twice!
    Batman
  14. 13. [Batman #205]
    Batman
  15. 14. Blind as a... Bat?
    Batman; Robin
  16. 15. [Detective Comics #379]
    Batman
  17. 16. Two Killing for the Price of One!
    Batman; Robin
  18. 17. [Detective Comics #380]
    Batman
  19. 18. Marital-Bliss Miss!
    Batman; Robin
  20. 19. [Batman #206]
    Batman
  21. 20. Batman Walks the Last Mile!
    Batman
  22. 21. [Detective Comics #381]
    Batman
  23. 22. One Drown -- One More to Go!
    Batman; Robin
  24. 23. [Batman #207]
    Batman
  25. 24. The Doomsday Ball!
    Batman; Robin
  26. 25. [Detective Comics #382]
    Batman
  27. 26. Riddle of the Robbin' Robin!
    Batman; Robin
  28. 27. [Batman #208]
    Batman
  29. 28. [Detective Comics #383]
    Batman; Robin
  30. 29. The Fortune-Cookie Caper!
    Batman; Robin
  31. 30. [Batman #209]
    Batman
  32. 31. Jungle Jeopardy
    Batman; Robin
  33. 32. [Detective Comics #384]
    Batgirl; Batman
  34. 33. Whatever Will Happen to Heiress Heloise?
    Batman
  35. 34. [Batman #210]
    Batman
  36. 35. The Case of the Purr-loined Pearl!
    Batman; Robin
  37. 36. [Detective Comics #385]
    Batgirl; Batman
  38. 37. Die Small -- Die Big!
    Batman
  39. 38. [Detective Comics #386]
    Batman; Robin
  40. 39. Stand-In for Murder
    Batman
  41. 40. [Batman #211]
    Batman
  42. 41. Batman's Big Blow-Off!
    Batman; Robin
  43. 42. [Detective Comics #387]
    Batman
  44. 43. The Cry of the Night is -- "Sudden Death!"
    Batman
  45. 44. [Batman #212]
    Batman
  46. 45. Baffling Deaths of the Crime-Czar!
    Batman; Robin
  47. 46. [Detective Comics #388]
    Batgirl; Batman
  48. 47. Public Luna-Tic Number One!
    Batman; Robin
  49. 48. [Batman #213]
    Batman
  50. 49. The Origin of Robin!
    Batman; Robin
  51. 50. [Detective Comics #389]
    Batgirl; Batman
  52. 51. Batman's Evil Eye
    Batman
  53. 52. [Batman #214]
    Batman
  54. 53. Batman's Marriage Trap!
    Batman
  55. 54. Detective Comics #390
    Batman; Robin
  56. 55. If the Coffin Fits -- Wear It!
    Batman
  57. 56. [Batman #215]
    Batman
  58. 57. Call Me Master!
    Batman; Robin
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  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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