Price: 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1988-04-26
Editing: Denny O'Neil (editor)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; superhero
Characters:
Reprints (2)
This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

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

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Direct Currents #3, confirmed from copyright registration.

Slade's Demon
(Table of Contents: 1)

Batman / comic story / 38 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Ross Andru (credited)
Pablo Marcos (credited) (see notes)
Inks:
Denis Rodier (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
John Costanza (credited)
  • Genre:detective-mystery; superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Slade's Demon
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Nick Caputo believes Marcos penciled pages 22-28.

The Back-Up
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Robin / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Robin [Jason Todd]; Batman (flashback)
Synopsis:
Jason's teacher chides him for his lack of after school activities and Jason regrets not being able to do more. Three students ask him to help as a stagehand that afternoon. They show him how to navigate the school using the catwalks. They intend to change their grades in a locked office but run out of time and promise to meet later. Jason arrives early and sees them making the change. As he wonders what Batman would do, he remembers Bruce telling him, "let the criminals trip themselves up." The next day it's revealed the administration has caught the error and identified the perpetrators.
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    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  2. Slade's Demon
    Batman
  3. The Back-Up
    Robin
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jerry Sinkovec
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