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Issue: Batman #260
Publication Date: January 1975
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Issues: #260 of 715 Issues (1363 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: 10/29/1974
Volume: 36
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #111.
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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:  
Disclose Reprinted In9
Disclose Reprinted From7
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Joker; Riddler [Edward Nigma]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #13/1975 published June 1975
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #9/1975 published September 1975
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1861
Disclose Notes: Cardy's credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]. Color credits provided by Anthony Tollin.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-1198
Disclose Notes: Figures taken from the cover of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #200.
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This One'll Kill You, Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joker (villain); Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Alfred Pennyworth; Al (prison guard); Pete (prison guard); Marcus (inmate); Doctor Hamish (death); Oliver Queen [Green Arrow]; Roy Harper [Speedy]; Clark Kent [Superman]; Dick Grayson [Robin]; Doctor Rockwell
Synopsis: The Joker escapes from prison and drugs Batman with a laughing virus that will cause him to laugh himself to death in three days, then the Joker kills one of the only men in the world who could prepare an antidote.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #13/1975 published June 1975
as Du lachst dich tot, Batman! - Teil 1 : "und wenn ich lache . . . " [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #13/1975 published June 1975
as Du lachst dich tot, Batman! - Teil 2 : " . . .ist´s, um nicht zu weinen! " [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #9/1975 published September 1975
as Du kommer att dö av skratt Läderlappen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #14 [Direct Sales] published July 1981
as This One'll Kill You, Batman, Chapter 1: And If I Laugh... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #14 [Direct Sales] published July 1981
as This One'll Kill You, Batman, Chapter 2: ...'Tis That I May Not Weep! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Seventies #[nn] published February 1999
as This One'll Kill You, Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: S-1805
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): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Batman Whirly-Word Game
First Line: Only two people can have one!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-1197
Disclose Notes: puzzle
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The Grade A Crimes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Bill; John Winthrop (villain, introduction); Winthrop's gang [Sparks; rest unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis: After a series of early-bird robberies, Batman notes the appearances of a milkman and his horse-drawn wagon at the scene of every crime, and makes the connection that it is involved in the heists.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #16 published April 1943
was The Grade A Crimes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: N-1140
Disclose Notes: Bill Jourdain's article in Alter Ego #27 (August 2003) gives art credits to Dick Sprang (pencils) and Charles Paris (inks). However, Sprang told Craig Delich personally (after being shown the story) that he did NOT do this story, and, later, Jack Burnley verified to Craig in person that he penciled and inked the story, and his brother Ray did backgrounds. Index of source of reprint material credits letters to "Betty Bentley ?"

Script credit confirmed by Jack Schiff (the original indexer credited Bill Finger). Story was heavily edited by editor Jack Schiff.
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The Perfect Crime-- Slightly Imperfect!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mystery Analysts of Gotham City [Kaye Daye; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; District Attorney Danton; Martin Tellman; Commissioner James Gordon; Hugh Rankin; Art Saddows]; Nancy Owens (actress); Fern Hunter [also as Kaye Daye] (villain); Hunter's gang [Joe; Chuck; other un-named] (villains)
Synopsis: At the latest meeting of the Analysts, Kaye announces that she didn't write her latest book, and seems to be threatened by a voice from her brooch. Batman has a feeling that the Kaye at the meeting is an impostor, so he looks into the matter.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #181 published June 1966
was The Perfect Crime -- Slightly Imperfect! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Job Number: N-1139
Disclose Notes: Robin does not appear in this story.
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Batman Trivia Quiz

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Album #37 published October 1979
as [untitled] [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-1201
Disclose Notes: Trivia questions featuring panels from various Batman stories.
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Strange Old Laws

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I don't have to ride in that...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #311 published January 1963
was [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-1196
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The Case Without a Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Papa Brugel (costume shop owner); Eddie (costume shop fitter); August (costume shop bookkeeper); Cat-Woman [Corinne] (costume shop seamstress, not the real Catwoman]; Bobo the Bruiser (carnival wrestler)
Synopsis: $99 missing from a shop owner's cash register leads Batman and Robin on the trail of the would-be thief.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #112 published June 1946
was The Case Without a Crime! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: N-1141
Disclose Notes: A character dresses as Catwoman at a masquerade ball. Mortimer signed his own name to a shop sign on panel 3 of page 6.
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Speedy Justice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagGang Busters #48 published October 1955
was Speedy Justice [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-1210
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The Pearl of Peril!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #27 published February 1945
was The Pearl of Peril! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: N-1142
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Robinson.
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The Riddler's Prison-Puzzle Problem!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #377 published July 1968
was The Riddler's Prison-Puzzle Problem! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.17
Job Number: N-1138
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Pages 8 is a 2/3-page and page 15 is a 1/2-page.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-1869
Disclose Notes: Includes a letter from Jack C. Harris.

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