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Issue: Batman #237
Publication Date: December 1971
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Issues: #237 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/26/1971
Volume: 32
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Night of the Reaper!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #1/1973 published January 1973
as Mannen med ljåen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #262 published April 1975
as Comedy Cover Capers [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #8 published January 1983
as Nacht der Rache! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams #3 published March 2006
as Batman #237 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Demoniske møter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] published August 2006
as Night of the Reaper! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Collection - Neal Adams #3 published October 2009
as Batman #237 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1011
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Night of the Reaper!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tom Fagan; Bernie Wrightson; Alan Weiss; Gerry Conway; Doctor Gruener
Synopsis: Dick Grayson and his college friends travel to the Halloween celebration in Rutland Vermont. Robin and Batman get caught between two sides, both looking for revenge against an ex-Nazi officer.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLimited Collectors' Edition #C-52 published October 1977
as Night of the Reaper! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #8/1981 published January 1981
as Dødens sendebud [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #11/1981 published October 1981
as Dödens sändebud [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #8 published January 1983
as Nacht der Rache! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #51 [Direct Sales] published August 1984
as Night of the Reaper! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #2 published August 1989
as Night of the Reaper! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Seventies #[nn] published February 1999
as Night of the Reaper! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams #3 published March 2006
as Night of the Reaper! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Demoniske møter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] published August 2006
as Ljåmannens natt [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
In Content Item: FlagBatman Collection - Neal Adams #3 published October 2009
as Die Nacht des Sensenmanns! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 25
Job Number: S-889
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story based on ideas by Bernie Wrightson and Harlan Ellison, per Denny O'Neil's recounting in the letters section. Gerry Conway, Berni Wrightson and Alan Weiss are caricatured in story, as they attended the real Rutland Halloween Parade. Adams draws figures of Captain America, Thor, Spider-Man and Havok in the parade and later at a party. Conway, Wrightson, and Weiss also appear in the Robin story in Batman #239.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-1030
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from "The Cosmic Addict", Kevin L. Glennon, Kerry O'Conner, Barry Short and Christopher Juricich. Also includes a letter from Denny O'Neil who recounts the real life events that inspired "Night of the Reaper."
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The Screaming House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #37 published March 1940
was The Screaming House [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: S-1001
Disclose Notes: Editor's note in the final panel explains that this was Batman's last solo story before Robin debuted.

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