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Issue: Batman #338

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Publication Date: August 1981

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Issues: #338 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 04/14/1981

Volume: 42

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.50 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Format

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:

Variants3

Batman #338 [Direct]

Batman #338 [British]

Batman #338 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In3

3 Content Items

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From0

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

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

Indicia on this Page

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Content Items (5 total)

This Sporting Death!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Sportsman [Martin Mantle]

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #22/1981 published October 1981
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: C-635

Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

This Sporting Death!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Sportsman [Martin Mantle] (villain, origin); Hank Klugmuun (death); Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Pierre Foote (death); Martin Mantle Sr. (flashback); Louisa Mantle (flashback)

Synopsis: Batman investigates the death of several sports figures, and finds that it is the work of a new villain, The Sportsman.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #22/1981 published October 1981
as Sport ist Mord! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

Superman vs. the Laughing Gas Bandits

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies in comicstrip format.

Murder on the Midway, Part Two: Killer Under the Big Top!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Lorna Hill [as Lourna Hill]; Jo-Jo Jones (Flashback); Waldo Flynn (Flashback); Magnificent Melanie; Tiny; Vashnu

Synopsis: At the circus, Robin investigates to determine who killed Jo-Jo Jones.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Batman Taschenbuch #15 published January 1982
as Tödliche Eifersucht! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: Story continues from Batman #337.

Credits illegibly muddy on the tentpole on the splash page in this printing, but legible in reprint in Batman Taschenbuch reprint.

Lorna Hill is misspelled here as Lourna Hill.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: L-820

Notes: Letters of comment from David F. Mickus, Steve Thompson, Jeffrey Lowndes and Bill Norton.