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Issue: Batman #397
Publication Date: July 1986
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Issues: #397 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Fourth Printing
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
4 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The second, third and fourth printing variants were distributed to the direct market only, the content on the inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover varied, with some advertisements having a 1989 copyright date. The content of the UPC box is different from the Direct (first printing) UPC box, while the second and fourth printing have the same UPC content. The indicia for the second and fourth printing have additional text indicating the printing sequence. The indicia of the third printing is identical to the indicia of the first printing.
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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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Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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The Triumph of Two-Face!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Two-Face; Batman (image on coin)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Binary Brains

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Catwoman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Lucius Fox; Two-Face (villain); Circe
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-2516
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Detective Comics #563; story continues in Detective Comics #564. Story title from Ralf H. Kienzle.
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Secret of the Temple

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.5
Disclose Notes: Part of a 12-page insert included in some issues to promote the Mask toy line and TV show.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2326
Disclose 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.

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