Batman #311 (1979) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Dr. Phosphorus Is Back!	cover	1	pencils: José Luis García-López; inks: José Luis García-López; colors: Tatjana Wood	Batman; Batgirl; Doctor Phosphorus [Alex Sartorius]
1	Dr. Phosphorus Is Back!	comic story	17	script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Frank McLaughlin; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Ben Oda	Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; James Gordon; Peter Curtis; Boss Rupert Thorne; Arkham Asylum; Doctor Phosphorus [Alex Sartorius]; Killer Moth
3	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
4	Volume 79 Issue 5 - Week of February 5, 1979	in-house column	0.6	editing: Bob Rozakis
5	-	in-house column	0.2	script: Bob Rozakis
6	Sgt. Rock	comic story	0.2	script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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

Collection	Year
Tales of the Batman: Steve Englehart #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-9554-7	2020	On eBay ›

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