Volume: 33
Price: 0.25 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1972-01-18
Editing: Julius Schwartz

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #79.

Vengeance for a Dead Man!

Batman / comic story / 17 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:S-1026
Characters:
Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mason Sterling (Death); Flinky Davenport; Dr. Moon; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. Keener
Synopsis:
Batman and Talia track down the killer of Mason Sterling and Batman discovers who removed Sterling's brain.
Reprints (12)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Theater of the Mind!

Robin / comic story / 9 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:S-1106
Characters:
Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alan Weiss (flashback); Gerry Conway (flashback); Bernie Wrightson (flashback); Rick Asher; Terri Bergstrom; Gordon Asher; Burton Asher; Thomas (butler); Brother Thomas
Synopsis:
Robin reunites Rick Asher with his father.
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continued from Batman #239.

[no title indexed]

comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

Batman's Great Face-Saving Feat!

Batman and Robin / comic story / 11.67 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:S-1108
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mystery Analysts of Gotham City [Prof. Ralph Vern; Art Saddows; Kaye Daye; Martin Tellman; Commissioner James Gordon] (introduction); District Attorney Danton (not named in the story); Hugh Rankin (private investigator); The Trapeze Ten (flashback)
Synopsis:
A private investigator seeks to join the Mystery Analysts, but is blackballed by Batman for a very specific reason.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

The credits in this reprint say that Bob Kane pencilled this story, and that matches Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. However, it is known that Bob Kane contracted the artwork out to Sheldon Moldoff. Other credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records.

[no title indexed]

statement of ownership / 0.33 page

Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1971
Average number of copies sold preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 244,488
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 234,005
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., 909 Third Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10022, wholly owned by Kinney National Services, Inc., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10020, a publicly-held corporation.

[no title indexed]

Letters to the Batman / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Julius Schwartz (signed as JS)
Pencils:
Anthony Kowalik (logo illustration)
Inks:
Neal Adams (logo illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

  • Job Number:S-1130

Indexer Notes

Letters from Joe Farara, Clem Robins, Matt Graham, Bob Rozakis, Mark M. Thomase.

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