Batman #374 [Newsstand]
(August 1984)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-05-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893043008
Editing
Len Wein (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #374 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Peril is the Penguin! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Newton (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
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Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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Pieces of Penguin! (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Don Newton (credited)
Inks
Alfredo Alcala (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Alfred Pennyworth; Julia Remarque; Vicki Vale; Commissioner James Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Mayor Hamilton Hill; Bill Modell
Synopsis
Tired of being looked upon as a joke, the Penguin decides to plan new crimes that will make everyone take him more seriously.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues in Detective Comics #541.

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1692

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Ray Ricks, Ronald C. Thomas, Andrew Gold and Dale Coe.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Peril is the Penguin!
    Batman
  2. 1. Pieces of Penguin!
    Batman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bat-Signals
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