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Issue: Batman #338

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Publication Date: August 1981

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Issues: #338 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)

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Variant: British

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 42

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: £0.15 GBP

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Dick Giordano (editor); Cary Burkett (associate editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Batman #338 [Direct]

Batman #338 [British]

Batman #338 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (5 total)

This Sporting Death!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Jim Aparo (signed)

Inker(s): Jim Aparo (signed)

Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Batman

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Sportsman [Martin Mantle]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: C-635

Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

This Sporting Death!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Gerry Conway (script); Roy Thomas (plot assist)

Penciller(s): Irv Novick

Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin

Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Batman

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Sportsman [Martin Mantle] (villain, origin); Hank Klugmuun (death); Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Pierre Foote (death); Martin Mantle Sr. (flashback); Louisa Mantle (flashback)

Synopsis: Batman investigates the death of several sports figures, and finds that it is the work of a new villain, The Sportsman.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

Superman vs. the Laughing Gas Bandits

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): Vince Colletta

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman; Hostess Fruit Pies

Character(s): Superman

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies in comicstrip format.

Murder on the Midway, Part Two: Killer Under the Big Top!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Gerry Conway

Penciller(s): Don Newton

Inker(s): Steve Mitchell

Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s): Pierre Bernard Jr. [as Bernard Jr.]

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Robin

Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lorna Hill [as Lourna Hill]; Jo-Jo Jones (Flashback); Waldo Flynn (Flashback); Magnificent Melanie; Tiny; Vashnu

Synopsis: At the circus, Robin investigates to determine who killed Jo-Jo Jones.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: Story continues from Batman #337.

Credits illegibly muddy on the tentpole on the splash page in this printing, but legible in reprint in Batman Taschenbuch reprint.

Lorna Hill is misspelled here as Lourna Hill.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Dick Giordano

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Bat Signals

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Pages: 1

Job Number: L-820

Notes: Letters of comment from David F. Mickus, Steve Thompson, Jeffrey Lowndes and Bill Norton.