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Issue: Batman #198
Publication Date: January 1968
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Issues: #198 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: 11/14/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): E. Nelson Bridwell [as Nelson Bridwell]
Disclose Notes: Also designated on cover as 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G43 and as G-43 on indicia page.

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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Special All-Villain Issue!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino ? (see notes); Murphy Anderson ? (see notes); Bob Kane (reprinted page)
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson; Charles Paris (reprinted page)
Colorist(s): Jack Adler ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman; Joe Chill; Joker (inset); Catwoman (inset); Penguin (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #12/1968 published December 1968
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a page from the story from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #47 (June-July 1948) in black & white and negative. Nick Caputo suspects that Anderson may have penciled the cover.
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Giant Batman

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: G-43
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The Origin of the Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Bob Kane
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin retold in detail); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Thomas Wayne (flashback, death); Martha Wayne (flashback, death); Joe Chill (villain, name revealed in this story, Thomas and Martha Wayne's murderer, death); Feets Borgam (killer, death); Monty Julep (illegal gambler, death)
Synopsis: While investigating criminal activity at a transport company, Batman recognizes the owner, Joe Chill, as the man who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne years before. Batman tries to find evidence of Chill's illegal operations, but when he fails, he decides to reveal his identity to Chill and tells him that will be watching him and will catch him eventually. In a panic, Chill flees to his gang, but when they find out Chill is responsible for Batman's existence they shoot him, and only after do they realize that they should have asked Chill for Batman's real name.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #47 published June 1948
was The Origin of the Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Paris.
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The Jungle Cat-Queen!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #211 published September 1954
was The Jungle Cat-Queen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Pencils credit verified by Sprang; inks credit verified by Paris.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Giant Bat Mail
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Web of the Spinner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; The Spinner (Villain; Introduction); "Peanuts" Gilson
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #129 published February 1960
was The Web of the Spinner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.5
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Paris.
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Oswald Who?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alvin Schwartz
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Catwoman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Batman Sunday (McClure Syndicate) 1946.02.10 - 1946.03.10
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Paris.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bill and His Family
First Line: First, to pull down the shades...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Crimes of Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Vern
Penciller(s): Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures); Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #61 published November 1952
was The Crimes of Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Paris.
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The Menace of False Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #113 published February 1958
was The Menace of False Face [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Paris.
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The Bandit of the Bells!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Kane; Charles Paris
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Gong [Ed Peale] (villain, introduction); Henry Morton
Synopsis: Batman and Robin face a new villain, The Gong, who commits crimes based on bells.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #55 published October 1949
was The Bandit of the Bells! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Hints
First Line: Drats! The pick-up brushes on my slot car always get pulled...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6599
Disclose Notes: Idea from Brady Pinketon, Satellite Beach, Fla.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino; Gil Kane (illustrations)
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson; Sid Greene (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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