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Issue: Batman #228
Publication Date: January 1971
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Issues: #228 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/10/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Also designated on cover as Giant (DC, 1969 series) #G-79 and as G-79 on indicia page.

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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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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-175
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-186
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Outlaw Town, U.S.A.!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Jenko Brothers (villain, introduction) [Phil Jenko; Matt Jenko; Carl Jenko]; residents of Outlaw Town (villains, introduction)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #75 published February 1953
was Outlaw Town, U.S.A.! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Job Number: N-177
Disclose Notes: Penciler credit verified by Sprang. Inker credit verified by Paris.
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The Living Bat-Plane!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; James Gordon; Dr. Philip Winters; Slant Stafford (villain)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #91 published April 1955
was The Living Bat-Plane! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: N-179
Disclose Notes: Penciler credit verified by Sprang. Inker credit verified by Paris.
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The Duplicate Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Harry Larson [also as Batman] (introduction, ex-con, death); Fish Frye (villain, introduction); Frye's gang [Gimlet Hawkins; others un-named] (villains, introduction for all); The Carter Gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: When Batman crashes in the Batplane in a remote mountainous area, crooks learn of it and hire an ex-con and Bruce Wayne look-alike to pose as Batman while they loot Gotham City.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #83 published April 1954
was The Duplicate Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Job Number: N-178
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Paris.
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The Gotham City Safari

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Safari Club [Brad Jones; Markham (English member); Ed Yancey (death); Will Tyler; Alec Judson [also as Markham] (villain)]
Synopsis: Batman and Robin are invited to become members of the famed Safari Club is quickly followed by the murder of one of the members, and the Dynamic Duo soon find themselves on a "safari" to ferret out the killer...before he kills them!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #111 published October 1957
was The Gotham City Safari [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: N-180
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Paris.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Picture Math
First Line: This is the last name of a former president!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: N-187
Disclose Notes: Robin swapped in for original character introducing the puzzle.
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Prisoners of the Bat-Cave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed Governor; Roddy (a framed prisoner); Len Paul (villain)
Synopsis: Trapped by a malfunctioning time-lock, the Caped Crusaders actually solve a murder mystery while confined, but must find a way to get the evidence to the Governor in time to prevent an innocent man's execution.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #108 published June 1957
was Prisoners of the Bat-Cave [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: N-181
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Charles Paris.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-184
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The Doors That Hid Disaster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (voice only); Checkmate (villain, introduction, death)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #238 published December 1956
was The Doors That Hid Disaster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: N-176
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified by Paris.

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