Price: 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1987-07-07
Editing: Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor)
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[no title indexed]
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Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (5)

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 #41.

The Crime Doctor's Crimson Clinic
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Batman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Mike W. Barr (credited)
Pencils:
Norm Breyfogle (credited)
Inks:
Norm Breyfogle (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
John Costanza (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-3249
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Crime is a disease -- and while any normal physician...
  • Universe:DC : mainstream
Characters:
Schuyler Reems (ex-con); Patty Reems (wife); Polly Reems (daughter); Herky (criminal); "Big Moe" McAllister (villain, death); Nurse Rench (aide to Crime Doctor)
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin break up a theft at a blood bank, and discover that the Crime Doctor is back in business. When Mob boss "Big Moe" McAllister needs a heart operation, ex-con Shuyler Reems agrees to be a donor for the Crime Doctor in exchange for money to provide for his family.
Reprints (5)

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Detective Comments / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
Jonathan Peterson (responses)
Denny O'Neil (signed as Denny) ("From the Den")
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?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-2844

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Robert Carter, Fred L. DeBoom, Robert Cleveland, Eric Martin, A. Critic, David Groenewegen, and Andy Casale.

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