Volume: 44
Price: 1.00 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1980
Editing: Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)
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[no title indexed]
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Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks:
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:C-429
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Sterling Silversmith; Robin [Dick Grayson] (head shot); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (head shot); Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce] (head shot)
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: DC [bullet]
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

Murder in Quicksilver
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Batman / comic story / 17 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-6637
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Crime Doctor [Dr. Bradford Thorne] (villain); Sterling Silversmith; Frenchy; Elmo Kraft (death)
Synopsis:
Having discovered that Batman is Bruce Wayne, and knowing that Batman knows his true identity as well, the Crime Doctor attempts to flee Gotham. But he is kidnapped by Sterling Silversmith who tortures him in order to learn Batman's identity.
Reprints (7)

Indexer Notes

Story continued from previous issue. Sterling Silversmith previously appeared in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #446 (April 1975).

Volume 80 Issue 22 - October, 1980
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Daily Planet / in-house column / 1.83 pages

#65 Vince Colletta
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DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.34 page

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

Planet Puzzle / activity / 0.66 page

Letters:
typeset

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Hembeck / comic story / 0.17 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:satire-parody; humor; superhero
Characters:
Krypto

She's No Angel
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Hawkman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Into the Fire!
(Table of Contents: 7)

Tales of Gotham City / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:drama; superhero
  • Job Number:J-6788
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

Feature next appears in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #334 [Direct] (April 1981).

Batman Then & Now
(Table of Contents: 8)

Batman / text article / 1 page

Script:
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?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:L-590
Characters:
Batman; Joker; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Text article on Batman with various small cover images.

Bossman's Bane!
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Batgirl / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-6799
Characters:
Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; Richard Bender; Robert "Bob" Barton; Norman "Shades" Cosgrove; Ray Beeler
Synopsis:
Batgirl pushes her limits to get evidence to bring in crime boss Ray Beeler.
Reprints (4)

[no title indexed]
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Batcave / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
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?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-590

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Kent A. Phenis, Vince Santore and Greg W. Myers.

Animals
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Black Lightning / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-6806
Characters:
Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Lynn Stewart; Jimmy Olsen; Inspector William Henderson; "Ice" (introduction, villain); Duke Street Kings (introduction, villains)
Synopsis:
During the Suicide Slum Olympics, "Ice" and his Duke Street Kings gang take hostages for a $1 million ransom. Black Lightning saves the hostages and keeps the gang members from being shot by the police.
Reprints (3)

The Gotham Connection
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Robin / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jennifer Anne; Chief Frank McDonald; Professor Klein
Synopsis:
Robin is torn between trying to break up a drug ring and trying to fulfill his commitments to his studies.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Robin solo stories move to Batman (DC, 1940 series) #337 [Direct] (July 1981).

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. Murder in Quicksilver
    Batman
  3. Volume 80 Issue 22 - October, 1980
    Daily Planet
  4. #65 Vince Colletta
    DC Profiles
  5. [no title indexed]
    Planet Puzzle
  6. [no title indexed]
    Hembeck
  7. She's No Angel
    Hawkman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  8. Into the Fire!
    Tales of Gotham City
  9. Batman Then & Now
    Batman
  10. Bossman's Bane!
    Batgirl
  11. [no title indexed]
    Batcave
  12. Animals
    Black Lightning
  13. The Gotham Connection
    Robin
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