Price: 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1984-01-31
Editing: Len Wein (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
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Curse of the Catman!
(Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Gene Colan (signed)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:C-726
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catman [Thomas Blake]
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

This issue has 2 variants

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: ?

Clothes Make the Cat(man)
(Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-1095
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Alfred Pennyworth; Julia Remarque; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; Catman [Thomas Blake]; Shiv Collins
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #371.

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page

Three Years Ago Today
(Table of Contents: 3)

Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]

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

Detective Comments / letters page / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Hannigan (cover preview)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (cover preview)
? (header)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman

Indexer Notes

No letters; a peek at the cover art for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #372 without title, text or trade dress.

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    Table of Contents
  1. Curse of the Catman!
    Batman
  2. Clothes Make the Cat(man)
    Batman
  3. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. Three Years Ago Today
    Green Arrow
  5. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
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