Batman Special #1 [Direct]
([April] 1984)

DC, 1984 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.45 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1984-01-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Len Wein (editor); Nicola Cuti (assistant editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock
Newsprint
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
One-Shot

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Golden
Inks
Michael Golden
Colors
Michael Golden
Job Number
C-719
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Wrath; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Grayle Hudson
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inks previously credited to Mike DeCarlo.

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...The Player on the Other Side! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr
Pencils
Michael Golden
Inks
Mike DeCarlo; Michael Golden
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Todd Klein
Editing
Dick Giordano; Len Wein
Job Number
G-1043
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Commissioner James Gordon; Wrath; Alfred Pennyworth; Grayle Hudson; Leslie Thompkins
Synopsis
If Batman is a force for good, there must be a balancing force for evil - Wrath.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Michael Golden inked pages 1-3, 7, 10, 19 (woman in panel 1 and panel 4), 22, 23 (panel 1 and 2), 29 (panel 2-4) and Mike DeCarlo did the rest.

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

Meanwhile... / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Players on the Other Side (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike W. Barr
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1546

Indexer Notes

Background information on this Batman Special.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. 1. ...The Player on the Other Side!
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. The Players on the Other Side
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