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Issue: Batman #251
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [circle]View Brand Images
On Sale Date: 06/21/1973
Volume: 34
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #97.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Look Out, Gotham! The Joker's Back in Town!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Joker
Reprinting
FlagLynvingen #2/1974 published February 1974
as Se opp Jokeren er tilbake! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagLäderlappen #3/1974 published March 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSuperman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #114 published November 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSuperman #23/1974 published November 1974
as Der Joker läuft Amok! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams #3 published March 2006
as Batman #251 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman: Demoniske møter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] published August 2006
as Look Out, Gotham! The Joker's Back in Town! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman Collection - Neal Adams #4 published February 2010
as Batman #251 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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S-1546
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Don't Be Half a Man!

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Subject Matter
Charles Atlas; Mac
Mac uses the Charles Atlas course to build up his muscles and fight back against a bully of the beach.
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for body building course. The sequential art portion is a smaller version than earlier versions.
On inside front cover.
The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Joker (villain); Batman; James Gordon; Packy White; Philly Jack Barton; Bigger Melvin; Bing Hooley
Reprinting
FlagBatman #254 published January 1974
as [untitled] [Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)]Reprint of page 21
FlagLynvingen #2/1974 published February 1974
as Jokerens femdobbelte hevn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLäderlappen #3/1974 published March 1974
as Se upp! Jokern är tillbaka! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman #255 published March 1974
as [untitled] [Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)]reprint of page 21 of "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!"
FlagSuperman #23/1974 published November 1974
as Der Joker läuft Amok! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #114 published November 1974
as The Joker's Five-Way Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Best of DC #2 published November 1979
as The Joker's Five-Way Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLäderlappen #13/1981 published December 1981
as Se upp! Jokern är tillbaka! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman #1 published July 1984
as A Vingança do Coringa [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published February 1988
as The Joker's Five-Way Revenge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1989
as The Joker's Five-Way Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagStacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published November 1990
as The Joker's Five-Way Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams #3 published March 2006
as The Joker's Five-Way Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman: Demoniske møter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] published August 2006
as Jokers femdoble hevn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman Collection - Neal Adams #4 published February 2010
as Jokers fünffache Rache! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22.5
S-563
Story across 23 pages, page 23 is a half page.

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Now There Are 14 Prehistoric Scenes.

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Ad for models of prehistoric scenes.
Located between story pages 4 and 5.
Woods Edge / Tank Trap

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Ad for games Woods Edge and Tank Trap with toy figures.
Located between story pages 7 and 8.
Read This Story if You Want to..."Get it All Together"...When You Get Out of the Service

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Subject Matter
Cleveland Institute of Electronics, Inc.
Pete; Joe
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1
Ad in sequential art form for training in electronics, targeted to returning servicemen.
Located between story pages 9 and 10.
[untitled]

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Ad for toys and novelties.
Located between story pages 13 and 14.
Just Put an X Next to the Comics You Want!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
DC Comics
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Miscellaneous
0.5
House ad for subscriptions to DC Comics.
Located between story pages 13 and 14.
The New Magazine of Weird Humor!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Plop!
"Arms" Armstrong
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Miscellaneous
0.5
House ad for Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #1 (September-October 1973), with cover shown, advertised as "On Sale June 21st".
Located between story pages 13 and 14.
Gold Crown / Supreme Command

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for games Gold Crown and Supreme Command, with toy figures.
Located between story pages 15 and 16.
Enter The Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys

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Credits
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typeset
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Subject Matter
Sea-Monkeys
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad for Sea-monkeys from Unicorn House and Transcience Corporation.
Pencil credits from: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2005/11/10/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-24/ .
Located between story pages 21 and 22.
The Super Catalogue

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Passaic Book Center
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad for comic book, magazine, and book catalog.
Located between story pages 21 and 22.
The Scoreboards Don’t Tell All!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
sports
Champion Sports
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Miscellaneous
0.5
House ad for Champion Sports (DC, 1973 series) #1 (October-November 1973), with cover shown.
Located at the bottom of story page 23.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Dear Editor: It shall suffice for myself...
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Miscellaneous
1
S-1554
Letters of comment from Keith Griffin, Joe Peluso, and Leonard Tirado.
Located after story page 23.
Famous Name Prizes or Cash...the Easy Olympic Way!

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Ad for sales people for Christmas cards.
Located after story page 23.
Power

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Subject Matter
Universal Bodybuilding
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for body building course.
On inside back cover.
Getting a Daisy B*B Gun Is Like Getting a Good Grade.

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Miscellaneous
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Ad for b*b guns from the Daisy division of Victor Comptometer Corporation.
On back cover.

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