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Issue: DC Special Series #27
Publication Date: January 1981
 
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Title: Batman vs. the Incredible Hulk
Variant: Direct Sales
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/24/1981
Volume: 5
Pages: 68
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 USD
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Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The issue is a full 64-page story with the first page devoted to a splash and credits. No further credits appear in the rest of the issue or chapter dividers.

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BATMAN VS. THE INCREDIBLE HULK, Fall, 1981 (DC SPECIAL SERIES, Vol. 5, No. 27,) published four times a year by DC COMICS INC, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019 Copyright © 1981 by DC Comics Inc. and the Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. All Rights Reserved. The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this magazine are entirely fictional. No actual persons, living or dead, are intended or should be inferred. Batman, Bruce Wayne, Commissioner Gordon, Alfred, The Joker, Killer Moth, Two-Face and the Scarecrow, and the visual depictions thereof are trademarks of DC Comics Inc. Incredible Hulk, Bruce Banner, Shaper of Worlds, Abomination, the Leader, the Rhino, General Thunderbolt Ross, "Doc" Samson, and Rick Jones, and the visual depictions thereof are trademarks of Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. Printed in the U.S.A.

On sale date given as September 24, 1981 in Amazing Heroes #4, Comic Reader #194, Daily Planet vol. 81 #13, and DC Coming Attractions #58. No copyright record found.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S. (#1-17, 20-22); digest (#18, 19, 23, 24); tabloid (#25-27)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-17, 20-22, 25-27); squarebound (#18, 19, 23, 24)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
FlagBatman vs La Masa #[nn] published January 1989
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #30-244 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagGigant #5/1983 published January 1983
as Titanenes kamp! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagCrossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1] published February 1991
as DC Special Series #27 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #[nn] published May 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Origin of Batman

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
When young Bruce Wayne saw his parents murdered before his eyes...
Reprinting
FlagGigant #5/1983 published January 1983
as Lynvingen's bakgrunn [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1] published February 1991
as The Origin of Batman / The Origin of the Incredible Hulk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #[nn] published May 1995
as The Origin of Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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On inside front cover.
The Origin of the Incredible Hulk

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
When Dr. Robert Bruce Banner attempted to rescue a reckless teenager...
Reprinting
FlagGigant #5/1983 published January 1983
as Kolossen's bakgrunn [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1] published February 1991
as The Origin of Batman / The Origin of the Incredible Hulk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #[nn] published May 1995
as The Origin of the Incredible Hulk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
On inside front cover.
The Monster and the Madman

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman... In a history-making confrontation with the mightiest man-brute to ever walk the Earth... the Incredible Hulk
Reprinting
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #30-244 published January 1982
as The Monster and the Madman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGigant #5/1983 published January 1983
as Titanenes kamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1] published February 1991
as The Monster and the Madman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #[nn] published May 1995
as The Monster and the Madman [Credits on Interior Page(s)]
 
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"The Monster and the Madman" is the title of the complete-issue story. It is divided into a prologue, 5 chapters, and an epilogue.
Prologue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Harvey Maxwell (civilian); Bobbie (civilian); Joker's gangband [Kennie (Death); Orville; Elmo]
The temperature hit 90° this hot summer's day in Gotham City--
Reprinting
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #30-244 published January 1982
as Prologue: [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGigant #5/1983 published January 1983
as Titanenes kamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1] published February 1991
as The Monster and the Madman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #[nn] published May 1995
as Prologue [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Chapter One: When Wakes the Behemoth...!

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Subject Matter
superhero
Joker's gangband
According to his security pass, his name is David Banks--
Reprinting
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #30-244 published January 1982
as Chapter One: When Wakes the Behemoth...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGigant #5/1983 published January 1983
as Titanenes kamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1] published February 1991
as The Monster and the Madman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #[nn] published May 1995
as Chapter One: When Wakes the Behemoth...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Chapter Two: When Dreams Won't Come!

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Subject Matter
superhero
Joker's gangband [Orville; Elmo]
It is quiet along these moonlit docks tonight...
Reprinting
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #30-244 published January 1982
as Chapter Two: When Dreams Won't Come! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGigant #5/1983 published January 1983
as Titanenes kamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1] published February 1991
as The Monster and the Madman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #[nn] published May 1995
as Chapter Two: When Dreams Won't Come! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Chapter Three: When the Sea Churns Green...!

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Subject Matter
superhero
Jackson (scientist); Stogie (crook); Sydney (crook); Arnie (civilian); Colonel Orville Baker (imposter)
Anchored just beyond the three-mile mark off the shores of Gotham City...
Reprinting
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #30-244 published January 1982
as Chapter Three: When the Sea Churns Green...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGigant #5/1983 published January 1983
as Titanenes kamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1] published February 1991
as The Monster and the Madman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #[nn] published May 1995
as Chapter Three: When the Sea Churns Green...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Chapter Four: When the Shaper Commands...!

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Subject Matter
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Colonel Orville Baker (imposter); Morty (crook)
While, back at a certain warehouse...
Reprinting
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #30-244 published January 1982
as Chapter Four: When the Shaper Commands... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGigant #6/1983 published January 1983
as Titanenes kamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1] published February 1991
as The Monster and the Madman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #[nn] published May 1995
as Chapter Four: When the Shaper Commands...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Chapter Five: When Madness Reigns...!

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Subject Matter
superhero
Like ripples across a pond...
Reprinting
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #30-244 published January 1982
as Chapter Five: When Madness Begins...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGigant #6/1983 published January 1983
as Titanenes kamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1] published February 1991
as The Monster and the Madman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #[nn] published May 1995
as Chapter Five: When Madness Reigns...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Epilogue

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Subject Matter
superhero
Reclining majestically, the Joker sits upon his grotesque throne...
Reprinting
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #30-244 published January 1982
as Epilogue: [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGigant #6/1983 published January 1983
as Titanenes kamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1] published February 1991
as The Monster and the Madman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman vs. The Incredible Hulk #[nn] published May 1995
as Epilogue [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Evolution of a Cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
Reprinting
FlagGigant #5/1983 published January 1983
as Et omslag blir til [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCrossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection #[1] published February 1991
as Evolution of a Cover [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Inside back cover.
[untitled]

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The Mighty Man-Brute and the Masked Manhunter...
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Back cover.

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