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261March-April 1975
$0.60

Batman #261

DC · March-April 1975 · on sale 1974-12-31

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Series
Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#261
Publication date
March-April 1975
Key date
1975-03-00
On-sale date
1974-12-31
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.60
Pages
100
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Mystery That Never Was!cover1pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Joe LettereseBatman; Robin
1-table of contents1script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar Saladino
2The Mystery That Never Was!comic story20script: Denny O'Neil; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Ben OdaBatman; Alfred Pennyworth; Hal Hemingway; Tom Wilson
3Crime's Man-Huntcomic story13script: Joseph Greene; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang; letters: Dick Sprang; editing: Jack SchiffBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Carter Van Alt; Wally Henchell (gossip broadcaster); Brainy Bulow (villain); Bobo Nelson (villain); "Twisty" Herman (villain); Sam Azarra (villain); Slug (villain); Heiny Dipp (villain); Nick Rossi (villain); Slim (villain)
4Bat-Puzzleactivity1script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Curt Swan, Sheldon Moldoff, Neal Adams, Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson, Sheldon Moldoff, Neal Adams
5-cartoon1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6The 1,001 Inventions of Batmancomic story8script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Pat Gordon; editing: Whitney EllsworthBatman; Robin
7The Women in the Batman's Lifecomic story2script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff, Bob Kane, Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane; inks: Sheldon Moldoff, Bob Kane, Jack Abel, Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino
8A Christmas Peril!comic story12script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Jerry Robinson; inks: Jerry Robinson; letters: Ira Schnapp; editing: Whitney EllsworthBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Scranton Loring (richest boy in the world, introduction); Timothy Scranton [as Santa Claus] (introduction); Joe Meeker (introduction); Eggers (villain, attorney, introduction); Gulliver (villain, Loring's butler, introduction); Happy Hoggsby (villain, intr
9The Great Batman Contestcomic story8script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Pat Gordon; editing: Whitney EllsworthBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jeff Keating (an inventor); Stilts Morgan (villain, harbor pirate); Joe (villain); Mike (villain)
10The Bat Kiteactivity1script: E. Nelson Bridwell; letters: Milt Snapinn, Ira Schnapp
11The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City!comic story13.34script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Blockbuster [Mark Desmond] (intro, villain); Roland Desmond (intro, criminal)
12-letters page2script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Anthony Kowalik; inks: Neal Adams

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