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Issue: Bumper Batcomic #2
Publication Date: September 1976
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Issues: #2 of 20 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagK. G. Murray
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Indicia Publisher: The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd
On Sale Date: 09/1976
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN:
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Price: $0.30 AUD
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Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Grasp of the Killer Cult

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo; Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Jim Aparo; Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Editor(s): Murray Boltinoff (original editor); Paul Levitz (original assistant editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman; The Spectre
Character(s): Batman; The Spectre
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2284
Disclose Notes: This cover reprints only the main image from the cover of The Brave and the Bold #116.
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Grasp of the Killer Cult

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Haney
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo
Inker(s): Jim Aparo
Letterer(s): Jim Aparo
Editor(s): Murray Boltinoff (original editor); Paul Levitz (original assistant editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman; the Spectre
Character(s): Batman; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; James Gordon; Lola Lalanna; John T. Weaver; James Wilson
Synopsis: Bizarre murders are committed by seemingly upstanding citizens who are soon determined to be imposters. They turn out to be members of a World War II military construction crew possessed by the spirits of followers of the Far Eastern goddess Kali. It takes the power of the Spectre to prevent her resurrection.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: B-2087
Disclose Notes: This story is presented in three parts: Part 1 - Streets of Fear (6 pages); Part 2 - The Tooth of Kali (7 pages); Part 3 - Judgment of a Goddess (7 pages).
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The Many Lives of the Spectre

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo; Nick Cardy; Bernard Baily; Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Jim Aparo; Nick Cardy; Bernard Baily; Murphy Anderson
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Editor(s): Murray Boltinoff (original editor); Paul Levitz (original assistant editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman; the Spectre
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Batman (one vignette)
Synopsis: Batman fills in the readers on the background of his co-star this issue, the Spectre.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-2235
Disclose Notes: Spectre artwork for this feature is taken from More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #53 [top tier (art only) from last page of Spectre story], Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #60 [cover illustration (art only)], Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #83 [cover illustrations (art only)], and Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #5 (November-December 1973) [from the cover, two of three vertical panels]. The Batman vignette is from an unidentified source.
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Jack the Giants Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon
Penciller(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Inker(s): Creig Flessel
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Joe Simon (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Jack Barstow
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: JS-7
Disclose Notes: This story features Champion Sports Star: All Star Center: Jack Barstow (basketball).
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The Great Handcuff King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron ?; Joe Samachson ?
Penciller(s): Jerry Robinson
Inker(s): Jerry Robinson
Letterer(s): George Roussos
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (original editor, credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Adventures of Alfred
Synopsis: Alfred decides to get a pair of handcuffs in order to practice putting them on felons, but when he practices on a fellow gentlemen's gentlemen, Alfred is shocked at the result.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: N-1352
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The Cluemaster's Topsy-Turvy Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Sid Greene
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese ?
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Cluemaster (Arthur Brown) (introduction; villain); Aunt Harriet Cooper
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: N-1368
Disclose Notes: This printing begins with "Batman Presents the villain of the Issue--The Cluemaster" and is probably sourced from the reprint in Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #2 (November-December 1975). This story is in two parts of 5.67 and 8 pages.

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