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Issue: Batman #343

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Publication Date: January 1982

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Issues: #343 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 09/22/1981

Volume: 43

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)

Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Format

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:

Variants2

Batman #343 [Direct]

2 Batman #343 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- A Dagger So Deadly... [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- A Dagger So Deadly ... [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

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Title Page

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Indicia

Content Items (4 total)

A Dagger So Deadly...

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Gene Colan (signed)

Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Batman

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Batman Superband #15 published January 1982
as Batman #343 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: C-749

A Dagger So Deadly ...

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gerry Conway

Penciller(s): Gene Colan

Inker(s): Klaus Janson

Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Batman

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Arthur Reeves; Peter Pauling; Boss Rupert Thorne; Dagger [David Rennington] (villain); Jansen; Collins; Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom] (flashback); Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley] (flashback)

Synopsis: Batman faces a new villain Dagger, a blade-wielding extortionist. Meanwhile, Poison Ivy stakes her claim on the Wayne Foundation using the documents that she hypnotically induced Bruce and the other board members into signing that gives control of the company's assets to her.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Batman Superband #15 published January 1982
as Tödliche Klingen... [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 19

Job Number: J-7577

Odyssey's End

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gerry Conway

Penciller(s): Trevor Von Eeden

Inker(s): Rodin Rodriguez

Colorist(s): Carl Gafford

Letterer(s): Pierre Bernard Jr. [as P. Bernard Jr.]

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Robin

Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Deanna; Harris [as Dr. Paul Andre]; Sharkey (flashback)

Synopsis: After dropping Deanna at a hospital for medical care after her ordeal with Sharkey and the Coven, Robin discovers that the hospital staff and patients have been imprisoned by criminals who are planning to hijack a shipment of drugs.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Job Number: J-7719

[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: L909

Notes: Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List. Previous indexer credited Dick Giordano. Letters of comment from Devon James, Michael Marsee and Alicia Wu.