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Issue: Batman #194
Publication Date: August 1967
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Issues: #194 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/06/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from an ad in The Adventures of Bob Hope #106 and copyright registration.

Letters page indicates "Camp" trend is over.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Blockbuster Goes Bat-Mad!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino [as Infantino] (signed)
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson [as Anderson] (signed)
Colorist(s): Jack Adler ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Blockbuster [Mark Desmond]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #5/1968 published May 1968
as Berserken blir lyn-vill! [Illustration on Cover, Front]edited reprint
In Content Item: FlagBatman from the Thirties to the Seventies #73-168329 published October 1971
as Batman No. 194 Aug 1967 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #3 published September 2008
as Batman #194 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Blockbuster Goes Bat-Mad!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Chic Stone ? [as Bob Kane] (signed); Sheldon Moldoff ? [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Margot Rankin; Dr. Sloane; The Blockbuster [Mark Desmond; also as Solomon Grundy] (villain, origin, history); Solomon Grundy [Cyrus Gold] (villain, flashback to JLA #47)
Synopsis: By chance, a reformed Mark Desmond sees a Batman display at a local department store and reverts back to his Blockbuster persona, which goes out to destroy anything related to the Caped Crusader.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #5/1968 published May 1968
as Berserken blir lyn-vill! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #106 published June 1968
as The Blockbuster Goes Bat-Mad! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #3 published September 2008
as The Blockbuster Goes Bat-Mad! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters to the Batcave
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Peter Sanderson, Gary Collins, Dave Truesdale, Donna Crowley and Biljo White.
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The Problem of the Proxy Paintings!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City [Kaye Daye; Martin Tellman; Art Saddows; Commissioner James Gordon; District Attorney Danton; Hugh Rankin]; Haverford Mims (art critic); Reginald Stonefellow (industrialist); Ronald Stonefellow (Reginald's son); John Burleson (villain, art dealer); a group of thieves (villains)
Synopsis: Martin Tellman calls the Analysts together to help him solve the dilemma he faces: his collection of worthless copies of valuable paintings have suddenly become the real thing!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #5/1968 published May 1968
as Mysteriet med de falske maleriene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #105 published May 1968
as The Problem of the Proxy Paintings! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #208 published January 1969
as The Problem of the Proxy Paintings! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1-page excerpt
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #3 published September 2008
as The Problem of the Proxy Paintings! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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