Price: 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1985-03-05
Editing: Len Wein (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
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Chaos Is the Calendar Man!
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Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Pat Broderick (signed)
Inks:
Pat Broderick (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Calendar Man

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: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #13.

The First Day of Spring
(Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages

Script:
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Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-1869
Characters:
Batman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Calendar Man (villain); Alfred Pennyworth; Vicki Vale; Julia Remarque
Synopsis:
After the Calendar Man makes a threat on Robin's life, Batman forces Robin away from the action as Batman hunts down the Calendar Man alone.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #384; continues in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #385.

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

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?
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?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-1957

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Dale Coe, Jeff Mitchell, Robert Ploski, Mark Waldman, Charles D. Brown, Mary Dieringer, Stacia Allison, Delmo Waters and The Green Writer.

Sanctuary
(Table of Contents: 3)

Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-1734
Characters:
Oliver Queen [Green Arrow]; Dinah Lance [Black Canary]; Onyx
Synopsis:
While out to eat with Dinah Lance, Oliver Queen stands up for a naturalized citizen who is wrongly accused of being an illegal immigrant. Elsewhere, Onyx is taken in by a music shop worker.

Ben Oda Remembered
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Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page

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  1. Chaos Is the Calendar Man!
    Batman
  2. The First Day of Spring
    Batman
  3. [no title indexed]
    Detective Comments
  4. Sanctuary
    Green Arrow
  5. Ben Oda Remembered
    Meanwhile...
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