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Issue: Batman #340

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Publication Date: October 1981

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Issues: #340 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 06/16/1981

Volume: 42

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Dick Giordano (editor); Dave Manak (associate editor)

Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Format

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:

Variants2

Batman #340 [Direct]

Batman #340 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In3

2 Content Items
- Batman Battles the Mole! [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- A Man Called Mole! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Assets1

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Indicia

Content Items (4 total)

Batman Battles the Mole!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Jim Aparo (signed)

Inker(s): Jim Aparo (signed)

Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Batman

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Mole [Harrah]

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #25/1981 published December 1981
as Der Angriff aus der Tiefe! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: C-697

Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

A Man Called Mole!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gerry Conway; Roy Thomas

Penciller(s): Gene Colan

Inker(s): Adrian Gonzales

Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Batman

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Mole [Harrah] (villain); Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; William Elder; Doctor Andrew Kurtzmann; Mr. Konigsberg; Sandra Clark; Warden Rothstein; Robin [Dick Grayson] (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent] (flashback)

Synopsis: Batman investigates when prominent citizens are killed by a human mole.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #25/1981 published December 1981
as Der Maulwurf [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Superserien #15/1982 published January 1982
as Muldvarpen [Story on Interior Page(s)]5 pages removed

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 27

Job Number: J-7230

Notes: The Mole last appeared in World's Finest Comics #80.

Concerts and Cupcakes

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Rozakis

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): Vince Colletta

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Editor(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Hawkman; Hostess Cup Cakes

Character(s): Hawkman

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes in comicstrip format.
Script credit from interview at http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Robin Snyder

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Bat Signals

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: L-859

Notes: Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List; previous indexer credited Dick Giordano. Letters of comment from Glenn Dressler, Anthony Peter Molchan, Charles Brown, Kevin Klis, William Mullins, Mike Sopp, Gary Thompson and Kamran Raja.