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Issue: Batman #397

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Publication Date: July 1986

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Issues: #397 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 04/10/1986

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893043007

Price: $0.75 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Len Wein (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Notes: Some copies contain a 12 page insert for the Mask comic series.

On sale date from Meanwhile column in Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #4 "(Week of...)" and DC Releases #26.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock:

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Variants5

Batman #397 [Direct]

Batman #397 [2nd Printing]

Batman #397 [3rd Printing]

Batman #397 [Canadian]

Batman #397 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

The Triumph of Two-Face!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Tom Mandrake (signed)

Inker(s): Tom Mandrake (signed)

Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Batman

Character(s): Two-Face; Batman (image on coin)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Binary Brains

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Doug Moench

Penciller(s): Tom Mandrake

Inker(s): Tom Mandrake

Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Batman

Character(s): Batman; Catwoman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Lucius Fox; Two-Face (villain); Circe

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Job Number: G-2516

Notes: Story continues from Detective Comics #563; story continues in Detective Comics #564. Story title from Ralf H. Kienzle.

Secret of the Temple

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Joey Cavalieri (script); Joe Orlando (story)

Penciller(s): Jose Delbo

Inker(s): Pablo Marcos

Colorist(s): Shelley Eiber

Letterer(s): Agustin Mas

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Mask

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 3.5

Notes: Part of a 12-page insert included in some issues to promote the Mask toy line and TV show.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Greenberger

Penciller(s): José Luis García-López

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Bat-Signals

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: L-2326

Notes: Letters of comment from Darren Johnson, Mic McConnell, John K. Austin, John M. Gallagher, Willie Holmes, Jonathan R. Downing, John Yancura and Eric James Baich.