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Issue: Batman #221
Publication Date: May 1970
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Issues: #221 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: 03/03/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filings. The date also appears in a house ad for the issue that appeared in Justice League of America #80.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
First Line: Seek Batman out, my pets -- and destroy him!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #1/1971 published January 1971
as Lynvingen møter flaggermusene! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Illustrated by Neal Adams #2 published August 2004
as Batman #221 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Gotiske netter [Alle Tiders Superhelter] #[nn] [1. opplag] published August 2005
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Collection - Neal Adams #3 published October 2009
as Batman #221 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-398
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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A Bat-Death for Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Willi Von Ritter; Ilga Von Ritter; Otto Kramm
Synopsis: Batman discovers the source of the pollution that is turning ordinary animals into killers.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #1/1971 published January 1971
as En flaggermusdød for Lynvingen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #20 published January 1983
as In den Fängen der Fledermäuse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15.17
Job Number: S-325
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 9.5 pages.
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The FBI Crime Laboratory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-409
Disclose Notes: Four panels with text.
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Hot Time in Gotham Town Tonight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Synopsis: An evil idol, brought back from the Vietnam war, causes a fire in an apartment building but Batman rescues the residents and destroys the idol.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #1/1971 published January 1971
as Varmebølge i Gotham City! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLimited Collectors' Edition #C-25 published April 1974
as Hot Time in Gotham Town Tonight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: S-314
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Dear Editor: Thirty years and the ever-changing world...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-408
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Bill J. White; Alan Brennert; Gary Skinner; Edward Broderick; Dann Jamrose; David Cox; Donnie Pitchford; Roger Schoolcraft; and Steve Beery.

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