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Issue: Batman #293
Publication Date: November 1977
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Issues: #293 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/04/1977
Volume: 38
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893043011
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings. On-sale date from Comic Reader #146 was August 3.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Kal El; Clark Kent]
First Line: I've trapped you in Batman's body, Superman-- --So when I kill him-- You die!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #1 published January 1978
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2710
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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[Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?] The Testimony of Luthor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Two-Face]; Lex Luthor; Superman [Kal El; Clark Kent]; Mad Hatter [Jervis Tech]; Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]; Spook; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Signalman [Phil Cobb]; Mr. Freeze [Dr. Victor Fries]; Cavalier [Mortimer Drake]; Ra's al Ghul; Killer Moth [Cameron van Cleer]; Cluemaster [Arthur Brown]; Lois Lane; Sparky Grimes; Sam Hoxie; Captain Stingaree; Joker (off panel)
Synopsis: Lex Luthor's claim to have killed the Batman is refuted by surprise witness Superman, who convinces the jury that Luthor did not kill Batman, as he thought.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #1 published January 1978
as [Wo warst du, als Batman starb?, Teil 3:] Lex Luthor sagt aus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #4/1979 published January 1979
as Vitneprovet til Luthor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #4/1979 published March 1979
as Luthors vittnesmål [Var var du den natt Läderlappen mördades?] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Strange Deaths of Batman #[nn] published March 2009
as [Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?:] The Testimony of Luthor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-2627
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continues from Batman #292 and continues in Batman #294.
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Cooky La Moo on Broadway

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman; Steve Trevor; Cooky La Moo; unnamed bystanders
Synopsis: Steve crosses wires on an electric Cooky La Moo poster, causing it to come alive and go berserk, but Wonder Woman and Steve calm it with her lasso and Hostess Twinkies.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in comicstrip format.
Cooky refers to Steve as "Steve Howard."
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2718
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from M. Christiansen, Gerald Duet, Matt L. Holmes, Andy Cohen, Adam Castro, Robert A. Buethe, Paul Ortega and Scott Gibson.
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The Greatest Superman Story Ever Told

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Message from the publisher.

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