Price: 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1984-04-03
Editing: Len Wein (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
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Fear Is the Key!
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Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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: ?

Something Scary
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Batman / comic story / 16 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-1200
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain); Harvey Bullock
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #373.

In Cold Type!
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Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Printer's Devil

[no title indexed]
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Detective Comments / letters page / 2 pages

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?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-1676

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Chuck Sholea, Jeffrey Lowndes, Christopher Melchert, David Sheedy, S. Kenneth Kawano, Aisha Cruz and T. M. Maple.

[no title indexed]
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Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page

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  1. Fear Is the Key!
    Batman
  2. Something Scary
    Batman
  3. In Cold Type!
    Green Arrow
  4. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
  5. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
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