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Publishers / DC / Batman (1940) / #221

221May 1970
$0.15

Batman #221

DC · May 1970 · on sale March 3, 1970

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Identification plate

Series: Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue: #221
Publication date: May 1970
Key date: May 1970
On-sale date: March 3, 1970
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.15
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman [Bruce Wayne]
1	A Bat-Death for Batman!	comic story	15.17	script: Frank Robbins; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: John Costanza	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Willi Von Ritter; Ilga Von Ritter; Otto Kramm
2	The FBI Crime Laboratory	comic story	1	script: Julius Schwartz
3	Hot Time in Gotham Town Tonight!	comic story	7.67	script: Mike Friedrich; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: John Costanza	Batman [Bruce Wayne]
4	-	letters page	2	script: Julius Schwartz

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-25	1974	On eBay ›
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams #2 ISBN 1-4012-0269-1	2004	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Batman #5 ISBN 978-1-4012-3236-8	2012	On eBay ›
Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-5551-0	2016	On eBay ›
Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-3836-0	2013	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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