Price: 0.95 GBP
Pages: 48
On-sale Date: 1990-07-26
Editing: Brian Clarke (managing editor); Peter Nicholls (editor); Martin Gray (research); Rob Sharp (package design); Edward Hyde (package design)

[no title indexed]

Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Don Newton (signed)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors:
Mark Dodd (credited)

  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman; Penguin
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Recoloured, credit from inside front cover.

Issue Data

Series Data

  • Color: Colour
  • Binding: Saddle-stitched
  • Publishing Format: One-shot
  • Publication Type: magazine

Indexer Notes

Introduction states that this is the third in the series of Batman specials (following The Joker and Batman & Superman). It also states that the next special will focus on Batgirl, but it appears as though that was published as the first issue of the ongoing Batman Monthly Presents.

Batman Monthly Presents

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?
typeset

Indexer Notes

Short introduction to the comic, including a panel of the Penguin from the 1950s.

Inside front cover.

Batman / comic story / 22 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-2745
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; G. Gordon Godfrey; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Dr. Baird
Reprints (1)

Where Squawks the Penguin!

The Penguin / text article / 3 pages

Script:
Brian Clarke (introduction)
? (article)
Pencils:
various
Inks:
various
Colors:
various
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

History of the Penguin, including panels and cover reproductions.

[Oswald Who?]

Batman and Robin / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Miranda Cobblepot (Oswald's aunt); The Penguin [Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot] (villain); Stonehead (villain); Stonehead's henchmen (villains)
Synopsis:
The Batman and Robin capture the Penguin attempting to pick up a postcard from the local post office, then discover the card is from the cagey bird's Aunt Miranda, wishing him a happy birthday, and who believes Oswald to be a successful, upstanding umbrella businessman. When it is discovered that the aunt is planning to visit Oswald, the Caped Crusaders try to keep the Penguin on the straight and narrow during her visit.
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

Title and credits from reprinting in Batman: The Sunday Classics, 1943-46 (Kitchen Sink Press; DC, 1991 series) except for colourist who is credited differently here.

Batman / comic story / 15 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-3090
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Dovina Partridge; Commissioner James Gordon
Synopsis:
Batman interferes with the Penguin's love life.
Reprints (1)

Definitely Collectible

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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