Volume: 39
Price: 0.25 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1975-09-30
Editing: Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (associate editor); Bob Rozakis (credited) (assistant editor)
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[no title indexed]
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Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Ernie Chan (signed as EC)
Inks:
Ernie Chan (signed as EC)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:S-2138
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Batman -- You're a maniac to do -- this -- to an innocent man!
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (head shot)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #122.

The Captive Commissioner
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Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Set-Up Caper
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Batman / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:S-2097
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Kid Cobra; Commissioner James Gordon; Rex Giles; Jacques Sato
Synopsis:
Batman is set up to be sued for false arrest, assault and battery.
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

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

The Catch-Me-If-You-Can Crook!
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Hawkman / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:S-2128
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Name: Chester McCann Occupation: Crook
Characters:
Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Hawkgirl [Shiera Hall]; Chester McCann; Al Spears
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed]
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Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
? (illustration)
Inks:
? (illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:S-2146

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Steve Blakely, Jack Brannon, Marlene Menze, Sherman Boyson, John Heebink, Adam Castro, Fraser Engerman, Rick Peterson, Robert Mallory, D. K. Thomas and Jim Langley.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Batman -- You're a maniac to do -- this -- to an innocent man!"]
    Batman
  2. The Captive Commissioner
    Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  3. The Set-Up Caper
    Batman
  4. The Catch-Me-If-You-Can Crook!
    Hawkman
  5. [no title indexed]
    Batman's Hot-Line
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