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Issue: Batman Monthly Presents the Penguin #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1990
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEgmont UK
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: London Editions Magazines
On Sale Date: 07/26/1990
Volume:
Pages: 48
ISBN: 0723555885
UPC/EAN: 9780723555889
Price: £0.95 GBP
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Brian M. Clarke (managing editor); Peter Nicholls (editor); Martin Gray (research); Ed Hyde (package design); Rob Sharp (package design)
Disclose Notes: Introduction states that this is the third in the series of Batman specials (following The Joker and Batman & Superman). It also states that the next special will focus on Batgirl, but it appears as though that was published as the first issue of the ongoing Batman Monthly Presents.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-shot
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Don Newton (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): Mark Dodd (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman; Penguin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Recoloured, credit from inside front cover.
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Batman Monthly Presents

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Short introduction to the comic, including a panel of the Penguin from the 1950s.

Inside front cover.
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Eyrie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joey Cavalieri
Penciller(s): Klaus Janson
Inker(s): Klaus Janson
Colorist(s): Klaus Janson
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; G. Gordon Godfrey; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Dr. Baird
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-2745
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Where Squawks the Penguin!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Brian M. Clarke (introduction); ? (article)
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Penguin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: History of the Penguin, including panels and cover reproductions.
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Oswald Who?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alvin Schwartz
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Miranda Cobblepot (Oswald's aunt); The Penguin [Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot] (villain); Stonehead (villain); Stonehead's henchmen (villains)
Synopsis: The Batman and Robin capture the Penguin attempting to pick up a postcard from the local post office, then discover the card is from the cagey bird's Aunt Miranda, wishing him a happy birthday, and who believes Oswald to be a successful, upstanding umbrella businessman. When it is discovered that the aunt is planning to visit Oswald, the Caped Crusaders try to keep the Penguin on the straight and narrow during her visit.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Batman Sunday strips #119-123 (2/10 - 3/10/1946)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Title and credits from reprinting in Batman: The Sunday Classics, 1943-46 (Kitchen Sink Press; DC, 1991 series) except for colourist who is credited differently here.
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Love Bird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Max Allan Collins
Penciller(s): Norm Breyfogle
Inker(s): Norm Breyfogle
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman
Editor(s): Denny O'Neil
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Dovina Partridge; Commissioner James Gordon
Synopsis: Batman interferes with the Penguin's love life.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: G-3090
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Definitely Collectible

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Superman with Justice League, Batman, DC Action! and Zones.

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