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Publishers / DC / Batman (1940) / #306

306December 1978
$0.40

Batman #306

DC · December 1978 · on sale September 12, 1978

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Identification plate

Series: Batman (DC, 1940 series)
Issue: #306
Publication date: December 1978
Key date: December 1978
On-sale date: September 12, 1978
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $0.40
Pages: 36
Barcode: 0709893043012
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Back from the Grave-- The Batman's Most Murderous Foe: The Black Spider!	cover	1	pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; colors: Tatjana Wood	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Black Spider
1	Night of Siege	comic story	15	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: John Calnan; inks: Dave Hunt; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ben Oda	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Hanniball Hardwicke (drug overlord); Black Spider; District Attorney Gelman; "Doc" Sugarman (flashback, drug dealer, death); Sgt. Finley; Alfred Pennyworth
2	The Mystery Murderer of '"Mrs. Batman"!	comic story	8	script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Don Newton; inks: Dave Hunt; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Ben Oda	Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Jeff Richter

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Whitman	See the GCD record for identification notes.
British	price 0.12 GBP

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Tales of the Batman: Don Newton #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-3294-8	2012	On eBay ›
Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7255-5	2017	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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