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Issue: Batman #338
Publication Date: August 1981
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Issues: #338 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/14/1981
Volume: 42
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (editor); Cary Burkett (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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This Sporting Death!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Aparo (signed)
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Sportsman [Martin Mantle]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #22/1981 published October 1981
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-635
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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This Sporting Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway (script); Roy Thomas (plot assist)
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Sportsman [Martin Mantle] (villain, origin); Hank Klugmuun (death); Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Pierre Foote (death); Martin Mantle Sr. (flashback); Louisa Mantle (flashback)
Synopsis: Batman investigates the death of several sports figures, and finds that it is the work of a new villain, The Sportsman.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #22/1981 published October 1981
as Sport ist Mord! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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Superman vs. the Laughing Gas Bandits

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Hostess Fruit Pies
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies in comicstrip format.
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Murder on the Midway, Part Two: Killer Under the Big Top!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Don Newton
Inker(s): Steve Mitchell
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Pierre Bernard Jr. [as Bernard Jr.]
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Robin
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lorna Hill [as Lourna Hill]; Jo-Jo Jones (Flashback); Waldo Flynn (Flashback); Magnificent Melanie; Tiny; Vashnu
Synopsis: At the circus, Robin investigates to determine who killed Jo-Jo Jones.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #15 published January 1982
as Tödliche Eifersucht! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Batman #337.

Credits illegibly muddy on the tentpole on the splash page in this printing, but legible in reprint in Batman Taschenbuch reprint.

Lorna Hill is misspelled here as Lourna Hill.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Giordano
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bat Signals
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-820
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from David F. Mickus, Steve Thompson, Jeffrey Lowndes and Bill Norton.

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