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Issue: Batman #261
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
On Sale Date: 12/31/1974
Volume: 36
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #113.
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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:  
Disclose Reprinted In3
reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
The Mystery That Never Was!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Robin
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
S-1901
Cardy's credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [August 2007]. Color credits provided by Anthony Tollin.
[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
N-1265
Artwork taken from the cover of Batman #198.
The Mystery That Never Was!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Hal Hemingway; Tom Wilson
Reprinting
FlagLäderlappen #2/1976 published January 1976
as Mysteriet med det låsta rummet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #1 published January 1976
as Batman verliert einen Freund [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLynvingen #2/1976 published February 1976
as Mysteriet som ikke fantes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2 pages removed
 
Miscellaneous
20
S-1851
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Crime's Man-Hunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Carter Van Alt; Wally Henchell (gossip broadcaster); Brainy Bulow (villain); Bobo Nelson (villain); "Twisty" Herman (villain); Sam Azarra (villain); Slug (villain); Heiny Dipp (villain); Nick Rossi (villain); Slim (villain)
A group of crooks, led by Brainy Bulow, are down on their luck and worried that they can't make an honest dollar. Then they notice a "Wanted" poster, and decide to go into an honest business for once: rounding up wanted felons and cashing in on their rewards!
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #92 published October 1944
was Crime's Manhunt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
N-1193
Letters credit verified by Dick Sprang.
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (illustrations)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Bat-Puzzle
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
P-16
puzzle
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Mobile, Alabama passed an ordinance...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
N-1264
The 1,001 Inventions of Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Robin
Reprinting
FlagBatman #109 published August 1957
was The 1,001 Inventions of Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
N-1191
The Women in the Batman's Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (illustrations)
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
N-1202
Composed of panels taken from various Batman stories.
A Christmas Peril!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Scranton Loring (richest boy in the world, introduction); Timothy Scranton [as Santa Claus] (introduction); Joe Meeker (introduction); Eggers (villain, attorney, introduction); Gulliver (villain, Loring's butler, introduction); Happy Hoggsby (villain, introduction)
Batman attempts to convince a very young "Scrooge" of the true meaning of Christmas.
Reprinting
FlagBatman #27 published February 1945
was A Christmas Peril! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
N-1192
The Great Batman Contest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jeff Keating (an inventor); Stilts Morgan (villain, harbor pirate); Joe (villain); Mike (villain)
Batman initiates a contest wherein boys submit their inventions in order to win a scholarship, while Batman hopes to find an invention that will serve him well in his crime fighting.
Reprinting
FlagBatman #100 published June 1956
was The Great Batman Contest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
N-1195
The Bat Kite

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
?
Subject Matter
Batman's Workshop
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
N-1253
The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Blockbuster [Mark Desmond] (intro, villain); Roland Desmond (intro, criminal)
Reprinting
FlagDetective Comics #345 published November 1965
was The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13.34
N-1194
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story in two parts of 7.67 and 5.67 pages.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
S-1907

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