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Issue: Mad Batman Spectacular #[nn]
Publication Date: July 1997
 
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Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Mad Batman Spectacular

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Sam Viviano
Sam Viviano
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Battyman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
The Dynamic Uno Dept.
Battyman [Bruce Swain]; Neuman; Icky; the Jerker [Yack Nattier]; Superman (cameo); Dick Tracy (cameo); Ed Koch (cameo); Charles Bronson (cameo); the Phantom of the Opera (cameo)
Fleeing from Battyman, criminal Yack Nattier falls into a vat of toxic waste and becomes the Jerker. The Jerker begins a citywide campaign of shooting, killing, and poisoning, laughing all the way. As the Jerker falls to his death during a fight, Battyman follows. That way they can both avoid the sequel.
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Satirizes the 1989 film "Batman."
Bat Boy and Rubin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Kurtzman
Wally Wood (signed)
Wally Wood (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Hero Worship Dept.
Bat Boy; Rubin; the Fleagle Gang; the Flurgle Gang
Bat Boy and Rubin eliminate the gangs in Cosmopolis, but the killer is still at large.
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Miscellaneous
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A parody of Batman and Robin comics.
A Mad Look at Batman

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
humorous
West-Ward Ho-Ho! Dept.
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
A satirical look at Batman.
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Buttman Returns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Hart
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Bruce Wayne’s World Dept.
Buttman; Neuman; Scatwoman [Saltina]; the Penicillin; Commissioner Boredom; Stimpy (cameo); the Jerker (cameo); Dennis the Menace (cameo); Snoopy (cameo); Charlie Brown (cameo); Pinocchio (cameo)
As the Penicillin ingratiates himself with the people of Gotham City, Saltina discovers her boss's corruption; he pushes her out the window, but she's revived by cats. As Scatwoman she attacks men, including Buttman, even though though they're attracted to each other; as Saltina, she also forms a relationship with Buttman's alter ego. Scatwoman and the corrupt boss are electrocuted, the Penicillin drowns. Buttman feels empty and unfulfilled; the Jerker reveals that he wrote this terrible screenplay so that Buttman will die of embarrassment.
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Parodies the 1992 movie Batman Returns.
Clooney as the Bat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Jacobs
Paul Coker
Paul Coker
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Frank on a Roll Dept.
George Clooney; filmmakers
The Michael Keaton and Val Kilmer Batman movies fail to satisfy, so producers turn to George Clooney. He is confident that he'll be praised beyond all measure as the greatest Batman yet. But there is no joy in filmdom -- Clooney struck out like the rest.
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Story told in verse; parodies "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer.
Outtakes From the New Movie Batman & Robin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Edwing [as Duck Edwing]
Don Edwing [as Duck Edwing]
Don Edwing [as Duck Edwing]
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Tales of the Duck Knight Dept.
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Miscellaneous
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Batsman: The Anemic Series

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick DeBartolo
Sam Viviano
Sam Viviano
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
The Dork Knight Dept.
Batsman; Ribbin'; Neuman; Commissioner Gorey; Detective Bullhorn; the Jerker; Cattywoman; the Pengrin; Mad Hatter; Mr. Freeze; Poison Ivy; the Scabcrow; Two-Face; Hobbes; Batman (photo of Adam West)
Someone is rubbing out both good and evil residents of Gothic City. Batsman and Ribbin' try to find the culprit but at last are rubbed out themselves with an eraser by Adam West, who's annoyed that even though he was the greatest TV Batsman, no one ever calls him to do the new movies and TV shows.
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Parodies television's 1992-1995 Batman: The Animated Series. Ribbin' is drawn to resemble Calvin from the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip.
Bats-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Silverstone
Mort Drucker (signed)
Mort Drucker (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Aide-de-"Camp" Dept.
Adam West [as Bruce Swain and Bats-Man]; Burt Ward [as Gray Dickson and Sparrow]; Alan Napier [as Alfred]; Madge Blake [as Aunt Harriet]; Neil Hamilton [as Commissioner Gordon]; Stafford Repp [as Chief O'Hara]
Parody of the television show "Batman"; tired of his double identity ruining his love life, Sparrow attempts to murder Bats-Man.
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Miscellaneous
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Villains Awaiting Batman’s Return to TV

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Raiola; Charlie Kadau
Rick Tulka
Rick Tulka
typeset
Subject Matter
Fiends Like Old Times Dept.
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Miscellaneous
3
Buttman Fershlugginer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Getting Too Carreyed Away Dept.
Val Kilmer [as Buttman [Brute Lame]]; Jim Carrey [as the Piddler]; Tommy Lee Jones [as Dual Puss]; Nicole Kidman [as Dr. Chaste Malden]; Chris O’Donnell [as Dork Gravestone]; Michael Gough [as Neuman]
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Batman & Robin Outtake #621: The Kiss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
James Bennett
Duck Edwing
Duck Edwing
?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Batman; Poison Ivy; Bane
Poison Ivy warns Batman that one kiss and it will all be over. He feels compelled to kiss Bane.
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Back cover

Parody based on the 1997 movie Batman & Robin.

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