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Issue: Batman #197
Publication Date: December 1967
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Issues: #197 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/19/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from Direct Currents and copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Adult Image
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Catwoman Sets Her Claws for Batman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #5/1969 published May 1969
as Katten kvesser klørne [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Family #8 published November 1976
as Batgirl -- Cover Girl [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batgirl #1 published September 2007
as Batman #197 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #3 published September 2008
as Batman #197 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Catwoman Sets Her Claws for Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (villain); Catwoman's gang (villains); The Parker Brothers (villains)
Synopsis: Catwoman decides to reform and become a crime fighter like Batman in order to get him to somehow propose to her. When he doesn't, she gives him an ultimatum: to marry her or she returns to crime!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #5/1969 published May 1969
as Katten kvesser klørne! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #2 published July 1992
as Catwoman Sets Her Claws for Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #2 published July 1992
as Catwoman Sets Her Claws for Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batgirl #1 published September 2007
as Catwoman Sets Her Claws for Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #3 published September 2008
as Catwoman Sets Her Claws for Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, inks and letters confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Springer. Letters previously credited to Gaspar Saladino.

Story across 23 pages, but pages 12 and 23 are 1/2 pages.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from W. M. Neville, Ed Lahmann, Moira Maynard, Robert Kowalski and Peter Sanderson.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Daniel J. Alderson, Edwin O. Bachman, Robert Pinaha; "Old King" Cole Bleckley, Dennis Palumbo, Mike Jones and Karen Cocklurn.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
First Line: Mr. Cap gave me a great tip for gluing model parts together.
Synopsis: Using melted candle wax to help hold model parts together while the glue dries.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6576
Disclose Notes: Thanks to John Ritter, Monroeville, PA.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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