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Issue: The Batman Family #4
Publication Date: March 1976
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Issues: #4 of 20 Issues
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: 12/04/1975
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #125.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#1-4); saddle-stitched (#5-20)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Santa's Merry Men (crooks); Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (head shot); Phantom General [General Van Dort] (head shot); Fatman (head shot)
First Line: Dangerous doings for the Dynamite Duo!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Cage Me or Kill Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; James Gordon; Tad Wolfe; Diamond Lilly
Synopsis: Tad Wolfe asks Commissioner Gordon and Barbara Gordon to protect him from underworld hitmen.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #17/1976 published August 1976
as Sperrt mich ein! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: S-2124
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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A New Look for Robin

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (head in upper left corner)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #9/1976 published September 1976
as Den nye Robin [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: N-1437
Disclose Notes: Gallery of fan-submitted new costumes for Robin from Eric Stedman, Steve Smith, Chris Baker, Jamie Hightower, Michael Dunion, Janet Hetherington, Robert Aguilar Jr., Frank Slave and David Mouillesea.
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Justice for All Includes Children!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Robin's White (Very) Christmas!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lori Elton; Frank McDonald; Mr. Kelly; Bruce Wayne [Batman]; Alfred Pennyworth; Aunt Harriet
Synopsis: Robin catches a gang of thieves trying to steal the money raised for charity during Christmas.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #24/1976 published November 1976
as Stürmische Weihnacht für Robin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #12/1976 published December 1976
as Robins hvite jul [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #12/1976 published December 1976
as Robins jul [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #22 [Direct Sales] published March 1982
as Robin's (Very) White Christmas! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: S-2181
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The story title was apparently supposed to be "Robin's (Very) White Christmas!" which is how it reads in the blurb at the end of the Batgirl story, in the reprint in The Best of DC #22, and in the digital version of Batman Family #4. The reprint in Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus has the original (mis)placement of the word "Very".

Bruce Wayne does not appear in the Batman costume in this story.
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Batman Meets Fatman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Fatman; Red Mask Gang
Synopsis: A circus clown named 'Fatman' helps Batman and Robin capture the Red Mask Gang.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #113 published February 1958
was Batman Meets Fatman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: N-1349
Disclose Notes: Credits from the index for the original publication.
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The Secret War of the Phantom General

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny; Phantom General [General Von Dort]
Synopsis: General Von Dort, formerly a Nazi general, comes to Gotham to steal a rare isotope to complete his death ray.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #343 published September 1965
was The Secret War of the Phantom General [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: N-1427
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story across 24 pages in three parts of 9.67, 7.67, and 5.67 pages.

"Batman Presents the Villain of the Issue..."
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2217
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment George Tackes, Bob Rodi and Charles Jacques.
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The Cup Cake Caper

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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