Batman #357 [Newsstand]
(March 1983)

DC, 1940 Series
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Volume
44
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-12-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893043003
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Len Wein (editor); Nicola Cuti (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #357 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Suddenly... the Squid! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Hannigan (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin (sourced)
Letters
?
Job Number
C-230
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Squid [Lawrence Loman]
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Spider-Man Video Action Game Cartridge (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Parker Brothers Games; Spider-Man / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Squid (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Don Newton (credited)
Inks
Alfredo Alcala (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)
Job Number
J-8519
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Dick Grayson [Robin]; Jason Todd (intro, cameo); Joseph Todd (Jason's father, intro, cameo); Trina Todd (Jason's mother, intro, cameo); Commissioner James Gordon; Hamilton Hill; Lester; Joey Taylor; Dome; Otto; Waldo Flynn; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones] (second appearance, cameo, shown in shadows only); Slick; Sloan (circus owner); The Squid [Lawrence Loman] (villain, introduction); Eddie Colson; Olivia Ortega; Anthony Falco [Tony Falco]; Murph (cameraman); Cunningham (cameraman); Stanley (lawyer)
Synopsis
Batman tracks The Squid, a new villain who has taken over Gotham's underworld.
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Indexer Notes

Story panel shows the Todd family of trapeze artists, the first appearance of Jason Todd and his parents.

Story continues in Detective Comics #524.

Behind the Candy Counter (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Comic Book Conventions (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Dungeons & Dragons; TSR Hobbies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Amethyst; Legion of Super-Heroes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Atari Introduces Swordquest (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Atari; Swordquest / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Omega Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Life Savers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
?
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1277
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Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Mark Lagasse, Jim Sullivan, Greg Davis, John Hebert, Kevin J. Dooley, and Wallace Lee Hopkins.

After the Batman story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Revell Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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