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Issue: The Batman Family #13
Publication Date: September 1977
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Issues: #13 of 20 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/21/1977
Volume: 3
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893165509
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #144.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Outsider [Alfred Pennyworth]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2669
Disclose Notes: Cover colorist credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Man Who Melted Manhattan!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Francine Langstrom; Sunset Gang; The Outsider [Alfred Pennyworth]; Uturuncu (were-jaguar); Batwoman [Kathy Kane]
Synopsis: Batgirl and Robin are lured to New York, and along with Man-Bat are attacked by the Outsider, who has returned to take over Alfred's body and pledged to kill Batman's allies.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #51 [Direct Sales] published August 1984
as The Man Who Melted Manhattan! Chapter 1: Death Derby at Dawn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #51 [Direct Sales] published August 1984
as [The Man Who Melted Manhattan!] Chapter 2: Twilight of the Sunset Gang [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #51 [Direct Sales] published August 1984
as [The Man Who Melted Manhattan!] Chapter Three: Explosive End of the Dynamite Duo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #51 [Direct Sales] published August 1984
as [The Man Who Melted Manhattan!] Chapter 4: Inside-- Outside-- Melting Down the Town! [Story on Interior Page(s)]-1 page
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 30
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story told in multiple chapters:
Chapter 1 Death Derby at Dawn.
Chapter 2 Twilight of the Sunset Gang.
Chapter 3 Explosive End of the Dynamite Duo!
Chapter 4 Inside -- Outside -- Melting Down the Town!
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The Outsider

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman's Bureau of Found Villains
Character(s): The Outsider [Alfred Pennyworth]; Brandon Crawford; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBumper Batcomic #15 published January 1978
as The Outsider [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #3/1979 published January 1979
as Outsideren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-2679
Disclose Notes: Composed of panels taken from various earlier Batman stories.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Cover Comedy Capers
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; The Outsider [Alfred Pennyworth]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four Detective Comics covers with altered dialogue. Actual dialogue at bottom of second page of the letter column.
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Robin's New Look?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2707
Disclose Notes: Reader submitted designs for a new Robin costume from Michael O. Celeya, Tom Probasco, Norm Breyfogle, and Craig Sarton.

Norm Breyfogle's first published work for a comic book publisher.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-2676
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Beth Montelone, Mike White, Tom Mitchell, Georjean Fraina, Paul Balze, Scott Gibson, Scott R. Taylor and Lee Wochner.

Has The Great Superman Movie Contest N banner at bottom of 1st page.

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