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Issue: Batman #261
Publication Date: March 1975
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Issues: #261 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: 12/31/1974
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 #113.
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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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The Mystery That Never Was!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1901
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-1265
Disclose Notes: Artwork taken from the cover of Batman #198.
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The Mystery That Never Was!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Hal Hemingway; Tom Wilson
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #2/1976 published January 1976
as Mysteriet med det låsta rummet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #1 [unnamed variant] published January 1976
as Batman verliert einen Freund [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #2/1976 published February 1976
as Mysteriet som ikke fantes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2 pages removed
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: S-1851
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Crime's Man-Hunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Carter Van Alt; Wally Henchell (gossip broadcaster); Brainy Bulow (villain); Bobo Nelson (villain); "Twisty" Herman (villain); Sam Azarra (villain); Slug (villain); Heiny Dipp (villain); Nick Rossi (villain); Slim (villain)
Synopsis: A group of crooks, led by Brainy Bulow, are down on their luck and worried that they can't make an honest dollar. Then they notice a "Wanted" poster, and decide to go into an honest business for once: rounding up wanted felons and cashing in on their rewards!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #92 published October 1944
was Crime's Manhunt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: N-1193
Disclose Notes: Letters credit verified by Dick Sprang.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Bat-Puzzle
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: P-16
Disclose Notes: puzzle
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Mobile, Alabama passed an ordinance...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-1264
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The 1,001 Inventions of Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #109 published August 1957
was The 1,001 Inventions of Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: N-1191
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The Women in the Batman's Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: N-1202
Disclose Notes: Composed of panels taken from various Batman stories.
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A Christmas Peril!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Scranton Loring (richest boy in the world, introduction); Timothy Scranton [as Santa Claus] (introduction); Joe Meeker (introduction); Eggers (villain, attorney, introduction); Gulliver (villain, Loring's butler, introduction); Happy Hoggsby (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Batman attempts to convince a very young "Scrooge" of the true meaning of Christmas.
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #27 published February 1945
was A Christmas Peril! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: N-1192
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The Great Batman Contest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jeff Keating (an inventor); Stilts Morgan (villain, harbor pirate); Joe (villain); Mike (villain)
Synopsis: Batman initiates a contest wherein boys submit their inventions in order to win a scholarship, while Batman hopes to find an invention that will serve him well in his crime fighting.
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From Content Item: FlagBatman #100 published June 1956
was The Great Batman Contest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: N-1195
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The Bat Kite

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman's Workshop
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-1253
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The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Blockbuster [Mark Desmond] (intro, villain); Roland Desmond (intro, criminal)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #345 published November 1965
was The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.34
Job Number: N-1194
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 5.67 pages.
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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-1907

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