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Issue: Batman #258
Publication Date: September 1974
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Issues: #258 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: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/25/1974
Volume: 35
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #107.
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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 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Threat of the Two-Headed Coin!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Cavalier [Mortimer Drake]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1784
Disclose Notes: Cardy's credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (August 2007).
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-1078
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Threat of the Two-Headed Coin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Harry Higby (actor, Two-Face impersonator); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (villain); Hotsy Totter (villain); The Joker (villain); General John Harris (villain, death); Samuel Smith-Smyth (villain)
Synopsis: Two-Face returns, having devised a plan to extort $2 billion from the citizens of the U.S. If the government refuses to pay, the criminal plans to destroy the government...forever!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Superband #2 published January 1975
as Die Kehrseite der Medaille [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #9/1977 published September 1977
as Attentatet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #10/1977 published September 1977
as Dubbelansiktets djävulska hot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: S-1745
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Bat-Puzzle
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Synopsis: Page consists of a puzzle for readers to solve plus a reprinted figure of Batman.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: P-28
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1790
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The Three Racketeers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Charters; "Crafty" Cal Clate (villain); Professor Post (villain); unnamed racketeer (villain)
Synopsis: Three former racketeers sit about a table playing cards in prison discussing how the Batman and Robin brought their dreams of easy wealth to a disastrous end.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #61 published March 1942
was The Three Racketeers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: N-981
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7 Wonder Crimes of Gotham City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Father Knickerbocker (figure); The Mastermind (villain)
Synopsis: The Dynamic Duo face an opponent out to commit the "Seven Wonder Crimes of Gotham City", who although captured, still vows to one day commit the "Seven Wonder Crimes of the Modern World"!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #368 published October 1967
was 7 Wonder Crimes of Gotham City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.5
Job Number: N-980
Disclose Notes: Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.
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Twenty-Ton Robbery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jeff (fish market owner); Mike (fish store owner); The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake; aka Albert Foster] (villain)
Synopsis: The Cavalier returns in disguise to acquire a new mob that he plans to use to rob the city blind, but the theft of a whale undoes his plans.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #26 published December 1944
was Twenty Ton Robbery! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: N-977
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.
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The Guardian of 100 Cities!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Roger Stanton (former actor, introduction); Shag Darnell (villain, introduction); Shag's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Famed replica artifacts from various movie sets, located in a field not far from Hollywood, serve as the stage as a hideout for escaped convict Shag Darnell and his thugs.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #95 published October 1955
was The Guardian of 100 Cities! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: N-979
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Paris.
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The Man with a Thousand Eyes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; aka Paul Dekker]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Harlan Bates (inventor); Count Florian (villain); Big Al Pakone; Sergeant Laney; Laney's wife; Laney's sister; Slick; Slug; Joe; other agents of Count Florian
Synopsis: Count Florian, a criminal Batman and Robin once battled in London, comes to America and successfully steals a civilian invention in order to spy on America.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #43 published December 1949
was The Man with a Thousand Eyes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: N-978
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rally 'Round Robin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1804

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