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Issue: The Batman Family #5
Publication Date: May 1976
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
On Sale Date: 02/05/1976
Volume: 2
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893165506
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #127.
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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
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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The Princess and the Vagabond!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Maze; Ace the Bat-Hound (vignette); Signalman [Philip Cobb] (vignette)
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #15/1976 published July 1976
as Batgirl und Robin voll in Action! Außerdem: Krypto, der Superhund [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
S-2262
Color credits provided by Anthony Tollin.
Minerva Menace!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Aunt Minerva
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Princess and the Vagabond!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Maze; Clark Kent [Superman]; Alexei Brund; Princess Evalina; Jack Corley; Mary "Skippy" Mulcahy
Maze is hired to assassinate Princess Evalina and discredit Alexei Brund. They did not count on the fact that Batgirl is protecting the princess, and Brund is riding around the country with Dick Grayson.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #15/1976 published July 1976
as Die Fürstin und der Vagabund [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLynvingen #6/1979 published January 1979
as Prinsessen og eventyreren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLäderlappen #6/1979 published May 1979
as Mordintrigen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
18
S-2231
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Clark Kent appears as a reporter and not in the Superman identity.
Batman Presents... Ace, the Bat-Hound!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Bat-Hound [Ace] (introduction, Origin); Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (introduction); John Wilker (introduction); Bert Bowers (villain, introduction); Commissioner James Gordon
When Batman and Robin find an injured dog they take it back to the Batcave. The dog helps them with a few cases and leads them to the crooks who kidnapped his master.
Reprinting
FlagBatman #92 published June 1955
was Ace, the Bat-Hound! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
N-1452
Originally a Batman feature. Alfred's middle names revealed in this story.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
S-2270
Includes letters from Michael D. Dargay, Brian Scott, Bob Rodi and Wilson Rivera.
The Signs of the Signalman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Signalman [Philip Cobb]; Commissioner James Gordon; Miss Lanor
Signalman escapes from jail and goes on a new crime spree.
Reprinting
FlagBatman #124 published June 1959
was The Return of Signalman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7.67
N-1477
Story originally titled "The Return of Signalman."

"Batman Presents the Villain of the Issue"
The Signalman, the Mad Hatter & the Blockbuster

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman's Rogues Gallery
The Signalman [Philip Cobb]; The Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch]; The Blockbuster [Mark Desmond]
Reprinting
FlagLynvingen #8/1978 published January 1978
as Signalmannen; Hattemannen; Blockbuster [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
N-1481

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