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255March-April 1974
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Batman #255

DC · March-April 1974 · on sale 1973-12-28

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Identification plate

Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#255
Publication date
March-April 1974
Key date
1974-03-00
On-sale date
1973-12-28
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.50
Pages
100
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Moon of the Wolf!cover1pencils: Neal Adams, Nick Cardy; inks: Neal Adams, Nick Cardy; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Anthony Lupus; Thomas Wayne (vignette); Alfred Pennyworth (vignette); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (vignette); Robin [Dick Grayson] (vignette); Crazy-Quilt (vignette)
2-table of contents1script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal AdamsBatman [Bruce Wayne]
3Moon of the Wolfcomic story20script: Len Wein; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Dick GiordanoBatman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Janet Bonner; Anthony Lupus; Professor Milo (death)
4The First Batmancomic story10script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Stan KayeBatman [Bruce Wayne] (origin re-cap); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Thomas Wayne [as Bat-Man] (cameo, flashback); Martha Wayne (cameo, flashback); Lew Moxon (villain, introduction, death); Joey Chill (villain, death)
5The Duped Domestics!comic story12script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson; letters: George RoussosBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth [also as Batman]; Commissioner James Gordon; Bottom (Van Houten's butler); The Catwoman [Selina Kyle; also as Belinda (a maid)] (villain)
6The Story of the Batmobile...comic story2pencils: Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff, Carmine Infantino
7The True-False Face of Batman!comic story14.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Sid Greene; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Brains [John Hart]; Paul Crowell
8Bat-Puzzleactivity0.33script: Bob Rozakis
9-letters page1script: Martin Pasko
10Crazy-Quilt Comes Back!comic story7.67script: John Broome; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira SchnappCrazy-Quilt; Robin [Dick Grayson]
11The Outsider Strikes Again!comic story14.34script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Outsider; Aunt Harriet; Commissioner James Gordon
12Extra Letters to the Batmanletters page1script: Martin Pasko

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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