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Issue: Batman #448
Publication Date: June 1990
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Issues: #448 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07098930430723
Price: $1.25 CAD
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
3 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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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
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The Penguin Affair 1 of 3

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Harold
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin. Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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The Penguin Affair: I [Chapter One] Pawns

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Lark (Penguin's assistant); Harold (intro); Tim Drake; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Sherry West [Heron] (actress); Clive (actor)
Synopsis: The Penguin takes in Harold, a deformed genius, who builds a device that gives Penguin the ability to control birds, which he uses to cause the birds to attack various targets in Gotham.
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Pages: 22
Job Number: G-5586
Disclose Notes: Harold eventually moves into the Bat-cave as one of Batman's assistants, to maintain & build Batman's equipment.

The Penguin Affair story continues in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #615.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-5586
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from David Malone, Julio Diaz, M.W. Simcox, Melissa Page, Mic McConnell, J.C. "Jude" Huang, Victor J. Miller and Patrick Carter. Includes "From the Den" column.

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