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Issue: Batman #342
Publication Date: December 1981
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Issues: #342 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: 08/18/1981
Volume: 42
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (editor); Dave Manak (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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Disclose Reprinted In5
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Man-Bat Is Back!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Denys Cowan (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Superband #15 published January 1982
as Batman #342 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMan-Bat #[nn] published March 1983
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-682
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Requiem for a Hero

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Doctor Terrence Thirteen [The Ghost Breaker]; Commissioner James Gordon; Miss Crum; Lucius Fox; Boss Rupert Thorne; Hugo Strange (ghost); Francine Langstrom; Rebecca Langstrom; Alfred Pennyworth; Poison Ivy (flashback); Hamilton Hill (photo, identified as Harrison Hill)
Synopsis: Batman rescues Dr. Thirteen from Man-Bat's attack in the Batcave, but Man-Bat escapes. After learning from Francine Langstrom that Kirk has changed after taking the wrong dosage of Man-Bat serum, Batman returns to the caves near Wayne Manor to try the help Kirk, who in his delirium believes that his daughter is dead and that Batman is responsible.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #12/1982 published January 1982
as Sjelemesse for en helt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Superband #15 published January 1982
as Manbats Marterqualen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMan-Bat #[nn] published March 1983
as The Ghost of Wayne Mansion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: J-7551
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Batman #341.
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Burn, Robin, Burn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Trevor Von Eeden
Inker(s): Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Robin
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sharkey; Deanna (the coven's female captive)
Synopsis: Robin must save a young woman and himself from Sharkey's coven that wants to sacrifice both of them.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-7719
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Batman #341.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robin Snyder
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bat Signals
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-896
Disclose Notes: Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List; previous indexer credited Dick Giordano. Letters of comment from Christopher R. Sullivan, Tim Wahowske, John Hebert, Charles D. Brown and Matt Kurtz.

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