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Issue: Batman #218
Publication Date: January 1970
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Issues: #218 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/11/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Also designated on cover as Giant (DC, 1969 series) #G67 and as G-67 on indicia page.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #75 and copyright registration.
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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
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The Strangest Cases from Batman's Crime-File!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Wrecker
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Batman and Robin's Greatest Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Mr. Melden (owner of Melden Machine Shop); Jay Caird (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #234 published August 1956
was Batman and Robin's Greatest Mystery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Hand from Nowhere

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Bobby; Lex Luthor (villain)
Synopsis: Batman investigates reports of a mysterious giant hand and some aliens present at thefts of seemingly worthless minerals.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #130 published March 1960
was The Hand from Nowhere [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Paris.
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The Man Who Couldn't Be Tried Twice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Willy Keys (circus clown); Wyler (trapeze artist, death); Dr. Forbes (Police lab employee); James Lee (villain, trapeze artist); David Dial (villain, owner of All-Star Circus)
Synopsis: Batman's testimony in a court case seemingly allows a guilty man to go free, but he uncovers evidence later that proves another man was a killer!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #118 published September 1958
was The Man Who Couldn't Be Tried Twice! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Burnley.
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The Body in the Bat-Cave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alec Wyre (villain, inventor, death); Jigger Mulane (villain); Dan Dolson (villain); Hank Purdy (villain, gangster)
Synopsis: As Bruce and Dick head for the Bat-Cave to change to their other identities, they discover the dead body of a man known for selling secrets to the underworld. Batman and Robin therefore must discover if this man sold the secret location of the Bat-Cave to underworld thugs.
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #121 published February 1959
was The Body in the Bat-Cave [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Paris.
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Death Row's Innocent Resident

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Bower (villain)
Synopsis: A convicted murderer on death row agrees to confess to his crime, but only to the Batman. When the Caped Crusader shows, he finds that it was only a ruse to get him there to try to convince the Dynamic Duo of his innocence.
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Reprint Notes: from Batman Sunday (McClure Syndicate) 1944.06.11 - 1944.07.30
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a house ad for Our Army at War # 216.
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The League against Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Rolf Baglund (sculptor); Burke (Policeman); Thomson (Policeman); The Wrecker [Dwight Forrow] (villain, introduction, writer); Doug Forrow (villain, Dwight's brother)
Synopsis: A new and vicious criminal appears to wreck the attempts of the populace to honor Batman and Robin in any way.
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #197 published July 1953
was The League Against Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Pencils credit verified by Sprang. Inks credit verified by Paris.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: N-128
Disclose Notes: Letters from Klas H. Reimers, Stephen Weisenbach, Sam Moore, Phillip Stahlman & Stewart Jennison, Jim Fitzpatrick, Neal S. Pozner.

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